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'Smoking hot' Pacquiao, 39, rolls back years to knock out Matthysse

Pacquiao registered the 60th win of a fabled 23-year career. [Photo/AFP]

Manny Pacquiao rolled back the years as he stopped WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on Sunday -- the 39-year-old Filipino icon's first knockout win since 2009.

It was a dominant, devastating display as "smoking hot" Pacquiao registered the 60th win of a fabled 23-year career that now looks certain to extend beyond his 40th birthday in December.

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