Manny Pacquiao's next fight against Timothy Bradley will  be tougher on the Filipino boxing champion. Pacman, however, is all pumped up for his third match-up with the American professional boxer.

"Bradley is a much-improved fighter. Teddy Atlas has done a great job with him. Manny has his hands full and has to be in top form," Top Rank CEO and founder Bob Arum told The Telegraph. "It's going to be much tougher, this third fight."

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"Boxing is so much about the mental side and when you talk to Bradley now, it's like he has found the Holy Grail," he said. "Atlas, the trainer, strategist and more importantly the psychiatrist, has made Bradley a much more complete fighter. Atlas has had a huge impact."

However, Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddy Roach hinted Pacman has more to show in his next fight. The boxing champ's team sources even claimed he is "absolutely pumped" to return to the ring after his controversial loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year.

"He wants to show everybody the real Manny Pacquiao," Roach said.

The boxer-cum-politician has been very vocal about the upcoming bout being his last. During press conferences, he has repeatedly talked about moving on from the sport to focus on politics. Pacquiao is currently running for a seat in the Senate in his home country.

"After this fight I have already said that my mind is to focus on my job," Pacquiao said. "If I win a senate seat, I have a big responsibility and I need to focus on that."

The latest, however, points at the possibility that Manny Pacquiao may be back in the ring after his next fight with Timothy Bradley. The boxer said that he cannot talk about retirement with finality.

"I cannot say right now that I am going to retire. I don't want to say that because I don't know what the feeling is when you leave boxing," Pacman revealed. "I will give it great thought when I return home."

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