Pacquiao was dropped by Nikefrom his $1million-a-year contract after he called homosexual ‘animals’.

"It's common sense. Do you see animals mating with the same sex? " Pacquiao asked in an interview with TV5.

"Animals are better because they can distinguish male from female."

His kit sponsors dropped him after the comment but he was pictured playing basketball in Nike sneakers in his home city of General Santos, Philippines on Monday.