Pacman is back with unquestionable itch for ring action

There's a thin fine line that borders risk and recklessness. Risk justifies effort and offers material or moral reward; recklessness, oftentimes, only feeds one's ego in pursuit of personal adulation.

- EDITORS DESK RAMON RAFAEL BONILLA

Threading through miseries since his childhood and up until he sowed the seeds of a career that made him a living treasure, Manny Pacquiao has his tendencies of crossing the narrow edges of his limitations.

He tried business, he dipped his toes in singing, acting, and even made it to the PBA and earned a seat at the Philippine senate.

And at 46 years old, with a trove of money to spare, he should have been enjoying his retirement in his palatial GenSan mansion and seeing his kids grow and realize their own dreams. Perhaps, he should be travelling the world and appreciate life minus the stress and his painful past only worth remembering.

But he returned to the ring last Sunday, July 20, 2025, against a younger and taller opponent who advertised himself as an Aztec Warrior and nothing less of being the World Boxing Council welterweight champion.

It was one decision doubted by experts and one more reason he was clowned around by the very people he once gifted with pride on a global scale.