Boxer Manny Pacquiao is going out with a victory.

The 37-year-old southpaw defeated Timothy Bradley on Saturday in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas after recording a knockdown in the seventh and ninth rounds en route to a 116-110 unanimous decision win, per ESPN's Dan Rafael.

It was Pacquiao’s first fight since he lost to Floyd Mayweather by unanimous decision in May of 2015.

"I'm going to retire after this," Pacquiao said after the win, per GMA News' Mav Gonzales.

Now that Pacquiao is headed off to retirement, it is natural to wonder what his legacy will ultimately be when fans remember him years from now.

Pacquiao is one of the best fighters of his generation and can enter retirement knowing he has the upper hand on Bradley after Saturday’s result. They split their first two showdowns, although Bradley’s split-decision victory in 2012 was met with plenty of controversy. Duane Ford and C.J. Ross (who no longer judge) awarded the bout to Bradley, but most saw Pac-Man as the obvious winner.

Fortunately for Pacquiao, he won by unanimous decision in a 2014 rematch and took home the rubber match on Saturday.

Outside of the advantage he now enjoys over Bradley, one question that will at least linger for the immediate future regarding Pac-Man’s retirement is whether he will actually stay away from the ring.

Robert Morales of the Long Beach Press-Telegram (h/t the Los Angeles Daily News) noted the southpaw initially told his promoter Bob Arum he would retire after Saturday’s fight. However, Pacquiao didn’t sound as convinced leading up to it, per Morales: “I cannot say right now that I’m going to retire. I’m not telling Bob. I don’t want to say that because I don’t feel that yet, what you’re feeling when you get there.”

If he is truly done, Pac-Man will be remembered for a number of things. For one, he entered Saturday’s bout with a sparkling 57-6-2 overall record with 38 knockouts, per BoxRec. It is hard to argue with those numbers, and he was nearly unstoppable for much of his career.

He was a force to be reckoned with in his prime when he ferociously attacked opponents with an array of jabs and strikes that were always difficult to counter. His ability to unleash a flurry of punches helped him notch victories over the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley, among others.

Dan Rafael of ESPN.com said Pacquiao is “boxing’s only eight-division titleholder,” which is perhaps his greatest individual accomplishment in the ring.

Despite the eight division titles and an incredible prime, Pacquiao’s legacy will always be partially tied to Mayweather. The two didn’t fight when they were at their peaks even though they battled similar opponents and forged parallel paths. While they did eventually square off in 2015, boxers are often measured by how they did against fellow greats when they were at their best.

Pacquiao and Mayweather waited too long to give boxing fans what they truly wanted.

When they did meet, Mayweather won by dictating the fight throughout its entirety. That result will likely linger over Pacquiao’s legacy, especially since he will take a backseat to Money in any discussions about the best fighter of the most recent generation.

What’s more, Rafael pointed out Pacquiao angered fans who helped the fight set a record with 4.6 million pay-per-view subscriptions because he fought with an injured shoulder that was surgically repaired after the bout.

The Mayweather loss wasn’t the only stain on Pacquiao’s boxing resume. There was also the dramatic knockout defeat that came at the hands of Marquez in 2012. That seemed to slow some of the momentum that was possibly building toward a Mayweather and Pacquiao clash at the time and left boxing fans with an indelible image of the southpaw lying face down on the ground.

Pacquiao will also be remembered for his endeavors outside of the ring. Morales said Pac-Man is running for one of 12 Senate seats in his home country of the Philippines as a sitting congressman, which would make a boxing career all the more difficult.

Pacquiao also made headlines outside of his fights with unfortunate anti-gay comments that will impact how he is remembered in the eyes of many. The Guardian passed along the comments and said “Pacquiao has provoked a storm of controversy in his home country after saying people in same-sex relationships ‘are worse than animals.’”

Darren Rovell of ESPN reported Nike ended its contract with the boxer in the aftermath of those comments.

Pacquiao’s overall legacy is a complicated one that is shaped by incredible successes in the ring, a few dramatic failures against notable opponents and controversy outside of his actual boxing. 

While he lost his one chance to take down his greatest foe in the undefeated Mayweather, Pac-Man can at least take solace in the fact he walked out of the ring a winner thanks to Saturday’s result.