‘Very good’ progress on right shoulder, says Pacquiao after MRI

Screengrab of Manny Pacquiao’s Instagram post.

Manny Pacquiao’s road to recovery from shoulder surgery is going as planned.

In an Instagram post, Pacquiao was seen undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of a follow-up check up for his right shoulder.

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“Thank you to all the doctors. Very good progress,” the eight-division boxing champion wrote. “Glory to God. Successful MRI on my shoulder.”

Pacquiao went under the knife to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder just days after revealing the injury during the post-fight press conference following his unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May 2.

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With a full recovery near, his promoter, Top Rank chief Bob Arum also bared to the Telegraph that Pacquiao could make his ring return either “at the end of February or at the latest in the first two weeks of April” with Briton Amir Khan as the possible opponent.

Arum, in the same interview, also said that negotiations with Khan’s uncle and laywear Robert Davis to make the fight happen are already ongoing.

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Khan, a former two-time world champion, have been clamoring for a big time fight since missing out on Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. early this year.