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Pacquiao Wins 60th Career Bout With 7th-Round Knockout

by Associated Press

   KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA --

   Manny Pacquiao clinched his 60th victory with a seventh-round knockout
   Sunday of Argentinian Lucas Matthysse, his first stoppage in nine
   years.

   Pacquiao said he worked hard but was surprised by the swift win in the
   World Boxing Association welterweight title fight.

   Pacquiao rebounded from his disappointing loss last year to Australian
   Jeff Horn, and his victory could extend a boxing career that had taken
   a backseat to his political life as a Filipino senator.

   "This is part of boxing. You win some, you lose some," Matthysse said.
   He hailed Pacquiao as a "great legend" and said he will take a break
   after his loss.

   Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister
   Mahathir Mohamad also attended the fight, the biggest boxing match in
   the country since the 1975 heavyweight clash between Muhammad Ali and
   Australian Joe Bugner.

   "I would like to congratulate Senator Manny Pacquiao for giving us
   pride and bringing the Filipino nation together once more," Duterte
   said.