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Pacquiao launches bid to unearth Chinese boxing stars

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao trains at Elorde Boxing Gym [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao hopes to unearth the next Chinese world champion and help grow the sport with an academy in the largely untapped country.

The 38-year-old, who controversially lost his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title to Australian Jeff Horn in July, was in Beijing this week.

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