Manny Pacquiao mobbed by fans as he lands in Los Angeles to prepare for career closing fight with Tim Bradley Jr

Manny Pacquiao has arrived in Los Angeles to complete the final chapter of his boxing career.

The 37-year-old landed at LAX Airport to be greeted by a swarm of fans and media ahead of three week training camp.

Pacquiao will take on Timothy Bradley Jr for the third time on April 9, almost a year on from his last contest. 

Manny Pacquiao is surrounded by fans as he conducts a TV interview having landed in Los Angeles

Pacquiao will have three weeks to complete his training ahead of fighting Tim Bradley Jr for a third time

Fans and media mobbed Pacquiao (centre) having landed at LAX airport to prepare for his final fight

That bout was a defeat by Floyd Mayweather in May 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which is the scene for his final fight.

The welterweight, who recently caused controversy for comments regarding homosexuals, hopes to go out on a high note

‘Our training in the Philippines was very good, before we left there we already sparred 10 rounds, but now I’m very excited to finish my training in Hollywood,’ Pacquiao told TR Boxing.

‘It’s going to be an answer to all the questions in the minds of the fans.’

His trainer Freedie Roach also caught up with TR Boxing at LAX Airport and told fans to expect an exciting fight, despite almost a year absence from competitive action in the ring.

‘We have everything under control, we had a great month in the Philippines, it was a great training camp. We’ve got a few more weeks here and we’re just going to carry on,’ said Roach.

‘It took him a while to get going but the timing and distance are getting better. He fought seven rounds today (Saturday) and I was really impressed by what I saw.

‘Expect a really exciting fight, Manny is looking for the knockout.’  

The 37-year-old, training here in the Philippines, has not fought since losing to Floyd Mayweather in May 2015

Nacho Beristain, the trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez sees Pacquiao as the clear favourite and insists that Bradley Jr was only chosen to enable the 37-year-old to leave the sport a winner.

‘No, I don’t think Bradley will have a greater opportunity [to win], because Bradley is the same [fighter] – with that stinking, fast and difficult style,’ Beristain told ESPN Deportes. 

‘In addition to being a good fighter, Pacquiao is a responsible fighter, professional. He is not going to walk away [from boxing] with a loss, so he chose Bradley.’