Boxing icon and Philippine senator Manny Pacquiao accepted a nomination to run for president of the Philippines, Reuters reported on Sunday.
Pacquaio accepted a nomination from the PDP-Laban party, which held its national assembly in Quezon City, to run in the 2022 elections. The election is in May.
"I am a fighter and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring," Pacquiao, 42, said in accepting the nomination, via Reuters. "In my whole life, I have not backed out of a fight. Because in the name of principle, the nation's pride, I stand reaffirmed and strong.