![]() ![]() It’s the pictures that provide the answer. At this point, most wonder why Manny Pacquiao is still fighting. He’s 40 now, and set to face undefeated welterweight champ Keith Thurman on July 20 in Vegas, almost four years since many first suggested he retire, before his worst loss and another career resurgence. The boxer ruminates on all this in late June, the various turns his life has taken since he climbed the stairs to Roach’s gym 18 years ago that week, so many stages in one messy and transcendent life. He grimaces at a series of knockout shots that earned him an old nickname, the Mexecutioner. He laughs at a snapshot from his movie premier, when he’s clad in bright red superhero tights. He points at her long gone chubby cheeks. He stops at a picture of his daughter, now 13 years old, then 4. ![]()
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