JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME HOPES THERE CAN BE A PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER REMATCH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 30 Aug 2016
Despite Floyd Mayweather Jr?s insistence that he has retired from boxing and has no plans of returning to the ring particularly in a rematch with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, there are still persistent rumors if not hopes that a rematch would eventually happen.
The latest to express the hope that a Pacquiao-Mayweather rematch will eventually get done is Belgian actor, martial artist and director Jean-Claude Van Damme who is best known for a series of martial arts films including one of the earliest in Bloodsport (1988) and the latest The Expendables 2(2012).
Well-known Australian promoter Peter Maniatis spoke to Van Damme who has visited the Philippines in the past. Van Damme who is a fan of Pacquiao said he admired both Pacquiao and Mayweather as ?warriors? and maintained that if Manny has no injuries ?and is in better shape? it should be a great fight because Pacquiao ?has so much heart.?
Photo: Jean Claude van Damme (L) and Peter Maniatis.
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