Boxing Superstar Manny Pacquiao will end his almost four years of retirement, heading to Mario Barrios for the WBC Wytreight Championships on July 19 in Las Vegas, the sources confirmed ESPN on Thursday.
The fight will be available via PBC in Prime Video Pay-Per-View.
The 46 -year -old Pacquiao fought in August 2021, when he lost a unanimous decision against Jordenis Ugas to the WBA (Super) championship in welterweight. After losing, Pacquiao announced a pension on social media to focus primarily on a political career. But the first world champion in boxing boxing had an eye on the sport that made him home.
Rumors about his return have been circulating over the past year. In July 2024, Pacquiao competed in a boxing match with Kickboxer Rukya Anpo in Super Rizin 3. The name Pacquiao is related to the return fight from Barrios from the end of last year.
At least a weekly fight Canelo-Alvarez-William in Saudi Arabia, President of WBC Mauricio Sulaiman told the boxing king media The fact that Barrios was to defend the title against Pacquiao in the summer, and also noticed that Pacquiao had already been cleaned to compete by Nevada State Athletic Commission. WBC wrote the rules that state that the former champion may ask for a fight for the title after retiring.
“At that time, Mario Barrios will face Manny Pacquiao in July,” said Sulaiman. “It’s a huge fight.”
The first and only eight -member boxing champion is to be introduced to the Galeria of Boxing Sław next month. He is also during the very close Senate race in the Philippines, where he previously served as a senator in 2016-2022. According to Brunch Boxing, Pacquiao will not formally announce his return to boxing until the election of May 12. But all signs and sources indicate the announcement of Pacquiao.
Fighting with San Antonio, Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KO) recently fought against Abel Ramos based on the decision of Jake Paul with Mike Tyson. He won the WBC transient title in September 2023, when he developed Ugas and was raised to the full master in June 2024. After Terenka Crawford was appointed as a “master during a break” after he moved to 154 pounds towards Israil Madrymov. Only two Barrios’ losses came to Gervont Davis and Keith Thurman.
The event of cooperation will be a rematch between the unified Master Master, Sebastian Fund (22-1-1, 14 KO) and Tim Tziu (25-2, 18 KO). They both met earlier on March 30, 2024. The fund entered as a tiny -term deputy and won the divided decision in nervousness.
TGB currently has T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 19. But the Lady Gagi’s Mayhem Ball trip is promoted to 16, 18 and 19 July, which will probably take the fight to the neighboring MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Pacquiao Zadaat from State and won his first main world title against Lehlohonolo Ledwaba on June 23, 2001.