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Boxing: Pacquiao wants Mayweather rematch

Manny Pacquiao returned home to the Philippines yesterday, nursing his right shoulder after surgery, weighing up the decision whether to retire or push for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather.

Pacquiao, wearing a black shoulder brace and arm sling, said his immediate priorities were recuperating from surgery and his duties as congressman and family man.

But with the Filipino fighter getting older, he admitted that the prospect of retiring is near.

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