Presidential candidate, senator Manny Pacquiao greets supporters after casting his vote at the Kiamba Central Elementary School in Sarangani province on May 9, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File

MANILA — Boxer and former Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Friday confirmed that he would be running for the Senate again in the 2025 elections.

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"Yes, yes... [Under] PFP (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas)," Pacquaio said in an ambush interview.

PFP is the political party of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.

Pacquiao ranked third in the May 2022 presidential race won by Marcos.

He first threw his hat in the political ring more than a decade ago by serving as a congressman in his home province of Sarangani starting 2010, even while staying active in professional boxing.

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He was re-elected three years later before becoming a senator in 2016.

The only boxer to win eight world titles in as many weight classes, Pacquiao is the first fighter to win the lineal championship in 5 different weight divisions.

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—Report from Chat Ansagay