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Manny Pacquiao has been a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live three times, been the subject of large, covers or front pages features in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue -- the latter along with athletes such as Dwight Howard and Serena Williams.
Pacquiao also has been named among Time Magazine's Top 25 People Who Mattered in 2009, being listed alphabetically directly behind the United States' first African-American president, Barack Obama.
The 31-year-old Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 knockouts) has earned seven titles in as many different weight divisions, the current WBO welterweight (147 pounds) crown, been named Fighter of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010, as well as Fighter of the Decade, and been voted in as a congressman for the Sarangani Province in his native Philippines in May.
But on Sunday, Pacquiao will be featured on "60 Minutes," where he told reporter Bob Simon that his primary concern is politics.
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"I already achieved my goals in boxing, my dreams in boxing," said Pacquiao. "What I want to achieve more is in public service. I want to be a champion there."
This news comes on the eve of perhaps the most difficult fight of Pacquiao's career.
For on Nov. 13, Pacquiao will make his second appearance at the Dallas Cowboys' Stadium, where he will pursue an eighth crown against 32-year-old former world champion Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) in an HBO pay-per-view Top Rank Promotions clash for the WBC's junior middleweight (154 pounds) belt.
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