Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao posted this picture on his Twitter account with Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, fueling rumors the Filipino boxer may star in the next installment of the action franchise “The Expendables.”
MANILA — Last year, Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone reportedly offered Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao a starring role in the latest installment of the action franchise “The Expendables,' reported Inquirer.net. Adding fuel to the rumors was the fact that Stallone and “The Expendables” co-star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were spotted ringside during Pacquiao's fight with Chris Algieri in Macau in November 2014. Stallone and Schwarzenegger reportedly met with Pacquiao in the locker room before the fight and offered the plum role. According to recent online reports, Stallone is courting Pacquiao, Hong Kong martial arts expert Jackie Chan and American wrestler Hulk Hogan to join the star-studded fourth installment of “The Expendables” — to beef up the action franchise's box-office chances. Once again, the rumor mill went on overdrive when Stallone visited Pacquiao in the Wild Card Gym on Monday, where the eight-division world champion is training for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2 in Las Vegas. The two legends posed for several photographs — one fun snapshot (which shows Pacquiao punching the actor who played boxer “Rocky”) was even posted by the Filipino champ on Twitter. Fan will have to wait and see if the boxing champion will appear in the movie franchise. — Agencies
