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Pacquiao’s son debut: The most famed father-son duos
Over the years in boxing, many sons have tried to repeat the successes of their fathers, and this weekend Jimuel Pacquiao, son of the great Manny Pacquiao, makes his professional debut.
Manny Pacquiao had extensive amateur experience with over 60 fights compared to Jimuel who had just ten and was back on the field tomorrow.
His father went down in history as one of, if not the most successful champion in the history of the sport, being the only eight-division world champion in history; Pacquiao has broken records that will likely never be broken while fighting so many great fighters in his career.
In June, Pacquiao returned to the ring for the first time in four years, where he took WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios to a twelve-round draw, and one of the judges actually gave him the nod.
This won’t be the first time a son has tried to achieve greatness inspired by his dad, and some of the best examples are below:
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Conor, although he has yet to reach anywhere near the level his father achieved in his career, has really impressed with his pressure, attacking style and some nasty knockouts on his resume.
Despite his lack of amateur pedigree, Benn is one of the UK’s biggest attractions, promoted by Matchroom and Eddie Hearn, and growing every time he steps into the ring.
Just a few weeks ago, Benn scored the best win of his career, defeating Chris Eubank Jr. over twelve rounds. after losing the first fight.
Benn has fought at 160 pounds in his last two fights, but confirmed he will now return to the more natural welterweight division.
Benn’s next fight could be for the world title after calling out some current champions including Devin Haney, Lewis Crocker and Mario Barrios.
His father Nigel also became one of the biggest names in the UK thanks to a very similar aggressive style which he passed on to his son.
Benn became the WBC middleweight champion with a victory over Mauro Galvano and traveled to Italy to regain his world title back to the UK. His son admitted his career goal is to repeat that by lifting the WBC green and gold belt his father won 33 years ago.
“The Destroyer” also won the WBO super middleweight title by defeating Doug DeWitt.
Chris Eubank Sr. and Benn fought twice, with Eubank winning their first fight and scoring an impressive draw in the rematch, leaving many people feeling that Benn was unlucky not to get the nod.
Chris Eubank and Chris Eubank Jr
Chris Eubank Sr won the super middleweight title at White Hart Lane against Michael Watson in the 12th round after a stoppage that should have come much earlier.
He won the middleweight belt in Birmingham in his first exchange with Benn, after a hard-fought battle with injuries to both fighters and a fight that made Eubank a real star.
He stopped Benn in the ninth round in an absolute classic.
‘Next Gen’ gained a huge audience from the start due to his origins, which he later moved away from, opting instead to train with Roy Jones Jr after a very public spat with his father.
Eubank Jr faced champions such as George Groves, James DeGale and Arthur Abraham, but never won a full world title himself.
In 2015, he became the WBA interim middleweight champion after stopping Dmitry Khudinov.
He was later reunited with his father earlier this year on the day of his first fight against Conor Benn, rekindling the more than 30-year feud between Eubanks and Benns in a 12-round thriller in which Eubank emerged victorious.
In the rematch, Eubank Jr looked like a shell of the man he was in April, and even less of the fighter he was earlier in his career, suggesting he may be approaching retirement as Benn lacked a comfortable points scorer.
Ricky Hatton and Campbell Hatton
Ricky Hatton is recognized not only as one of Britain’s greatest champions, but also as one of boxing’s most beloved figures, and very few, if any, have managed to unite a town like Hatton and Manchester; building a fan base that has yet to be rebuilt many years ago since he left the sport.
Hatton was not only a fan favorite, but also a warrior in the ring. He became the WBA and IBF welterweight champion with victories over Kostya Tszyu, where he stopped Tszyu in a fight that many still remember live from the arena.
Hatton shared a ring with two of the most recognizable names in history, including Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, where around 30,000 fans traveled from the UK to Vegas to cheer on the “killer”.
Hatton’s son became a fan favorite from the early stages of his career and rose to fame despite restricted amateur experience.
Hatton announced the end of his boxing career last October after back-to-back losses to James Flint and has set his sights on other paths in the future.
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The official record holder
Jaron Ennis is the bookmakers’ main favorite to defeat Xander Zayas in their highly anticipated world title clash on Saturday in Brooklyn.
Ennis challenges Zayas for the WBO and WBA super welterweight belts at the Barclays Center live on DAZN pay-per-view.
The undefeated resident of Philadelphia enters the game as the favorite on February 11 Bet365 give the 23-year-old his first professional defeat and become world champion in two weight categories.
“Boots” has stopped 31 of his 35 opponents, including Uisma Lima in his 154-pound debut in October, and is expected to stop the Puerto Rican on 20/21.
The 28-year-old last covered this distance in 2024, and a decision victory is valued at 13/2.
Even though Zayas has taken over as unified champion, he is an underdog Bet365 at 15/04.
Man from San Juan defeated Abass Baraou by split decision will add the WBA belt to his WBO crown in January and his best chance of victory is rated at 13/2 by decision, while success in the shock break is rated at 14/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Xander Zayas will win the fight: 15/4
- Xander Zayas by KO/TKO/DQ: 14/1
- Xander Zayas by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Jaron Ennis will win the fight: 11/02
- Jaron Ennis by KO/TKO/DQ: 20/21
- Jaron Ennis by decision or technical: 8/5
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
Round bets
Xander Zayas
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- Win in round 4: 100/1
- Win in round 5: 100/1
- To win in round 6: 100/1
- To win in round 7: 80/1
- To win in round 8: 80/1
- To win round 9: 66/1
- To win in round 10: 66/1
- To win round 11: 66/1
- To win in round 12: 80/1
- To win by decision or technical decision: 6/1
Jaron Ennis
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- Win in round 3: 40/1
- To win in round 4: 28/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- Win in round 7: 12/12
- To win in round 8: 1/11
- To win in round 9: 10/1
- To win in round 10: 10/1
- To win in round 11: 10/1
- To win in round 12: 1/11
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
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On Wednesday, Lewis Crocker heads to Australia to defend his IBF welterweight world title against Liam Paro for the first time.
Crocker will face Paro at the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, live on DAZN in the UK and Kayo Sports in Australia.
Crocker (22-0, 11 KO) became world champion in September, defeating Paddy Donovan twice before winning the rematch by split decision.
Man from Belfast recorded his second victory over Donovan after the first victory in March last year, and his rival was disqualified for hitting him after the bell.
Paro (27-1, 16 KO) is trying to become a world champion in two weight categories, having previously reigned in the super-lightweight division.
The 30-year-old won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico before winning the belt in his first defense against Richardson Hitchins.
The Australian has since won twice, overtaking David Papot in his last appearance in September.
McKean meets Taliva
Heavyweight Demsey McKean will look to continue his rebuild when he faces Liam Talivaa for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title.
McKean (24-2, 16 KO) had his career cut miniature after a last-round loss to Filip Hrgovic, followed by a brutal first-round loss to Moses Itauma.
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The 35-year-old southpaw returned to winning ways with back-to-back stoppage victories.
Talivaa (8-2, 4 KO) last won the IBF Oceania-Orient title, defeating Faiga Opelu by first-round stoppage.
Undercard remaining
At cruiserweight, Luke Modini (13-0, 11 KO) will likely need distance to beat Peng Qu (17-2-1, 12 KO), while Riley Candy (8-1, 5 KO) could stop Nathan Watson (11-3, 3 KO) at super middleweight.
Vegas Larfield (13-1, 9 KO) can hand Shamal Ram Anuj (11-8, 8 KO) his fourth defeat in a row in a featherweight clash.
Heavyweight Nelson Asofa-Solomon (2-0, 2 KO) can secure a third straight knockout over debutant George Burgess, and Stevan Ivic (8-0-1, 2 KO) can do the same against Caleb Tialu (3-7, 3 KO), also a heavyweight.
Prospective super welterweight fighter Jack Javed (1-0) should overtake Lance McDonald (1-5-1, 1 KO).
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