The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not change its rules on age limits to let boxing great Manny Pacquiao compete at the Paris Games.

Pacquiao, who retired in 2021, wanted to box at age 45 at the Paris Olympics where medal bouts will be held in the Roland Garros tennis complex.

The IOC said on Sunday it wrote to Olympic officials in the Philippines explaining the age limit for boxers of 40 will be upheld. The IOC now oversees Olympic boxing after de-recognizing the International Boxing Association governing body.

The age limit for Olympic boxing was raised to 40 from 34 in 2013 — a move that would have let Pacquiao try to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He chose not to at the time when he was also elected to be a senator in his home country.

It is unclear if Pacquiao would have tried to earn a place at the Paris Olympics in one of the two qualification tournaments that open later this month in Italy and in May in Thailand.

The Philippines Olympic body had talked of trying to get a “universality” entry for him.