Manny Pacquiao, an eight-division boxing world champion and one of the Philippines’ most recognizable stars, is exploring ways to qualify for the 2024 Olympics, Sean Gibbons, the president of MP Promotions, tells Sports Illustrated.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26 in Paris.
Professional boxers have been allowed to compete in the Olympics since 2016. Pacquiao, 44, last fought in a sanctioned match in ’21, when he lost a welterweight title fight to Yordenis Ugás. In ’22, Pacquiao defeated YouTuber DK Yoo in an exhibition fight in South Korea.