Posted on 08/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode On its face, everything appeared to be the same. Despite the birth certificate of Manny Pacquiao collecting considerable more dust, the 42-year-old seemed to be in terrific shape. The hard work that the former eight-division world champion endured during a long and arduous training camp, was evident the moment
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao took a lot of criticism the last time he mentioned a physical problem that contributed to a unanimous-decision loss in Las Vegas. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The 42-year-old legend opened himself up to more skepticism Saturday night after his decisive defeat to Yordenis Ugas. The Filipino icon indicated during their
1:29 AM ET An opportunity to face a future Hall of Famer and one of boxing’s all-time pound-for-pound best doesn’t happen every day, and even less often does such a fight come together 11 days out. But Yordenis Ugas took that opportunity against Manny Pacquiao, and successfully defended his WBA welterweight world title on one
IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant is fully confirmed for his crack at Canelo Alvarez on November 6, and the 29-year-old was in the house to do some light promotion during last night’s Pacquiao-Ugas pay-per-view. “November 6, it’s going down. The first undisputed super middleweight of all time, you’re looking at him, his name is
Posted on 08/22/2021 By: Sean Crose Perhaps it was age. Perhaps it was a bigger, stronger opponent. Perhaps it was just that time. Whatever the reason may have been, few would argue that Manny Pacquiao didn’t clearly lose his 12 round bout to Yordenis Ugas on Saturday night in Las Vegas. By the end of
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas – Yordenis Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs) pulled off a big upset to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) to retain the WBA welterweight title. (photos by Ryan Hafey) The scores were 115-113, 116-112, 116-112. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, was fighting for the first time since July of
3:55 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao sits in the ring in front of the media, sunglasses covering his freshly stitched face. The shades help Pacquiao avoid detection of his battered eyes, but he can’t evade the question he knows is facing him; the question he perhaps can’t answer for himself. Is
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John Fury praised Jake Paul for his bravery and his attempts to take boxing seriously, but isn’t convinced he will succeed at the sweet science. He also discussed Tommy Fury’s training regime and how he his preparing for a full professional career in the fight game. Watch Paul v Woodley on BT Sport Box Office
Posted on 08/21/2021 By: Sean Crose The 32-6-3 Victor Ortiz returned to the ring on Saturday to face the 36-6-1 Robert Guerrero on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Yordenis Ugas fight. These two men were pretty big names in the welterweight division not all that long ago. Indeed, both fighters were in pay per view
Eight-division world champion and Philippine Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and WBA Welterweight World Champion Yordenis Ugas went face-to-face Friday at the official weigh-in before they meet in the highly anticipated FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-feature, former world champions Robert Guerrero and
7:43 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas fight for Ugas’ WBA “super” welterweight title in the main event of Saturday’s PPV card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs), 42, a senator in his home country of the Philippines, hasn’t fought since defeating Keith Thurman by
In a battle of veteran welterweights who both desperately needed a win, Robert Guerrero edged by Victor Ortiz via unanimous decision, winning on three cards of 96-94 in his favor. Bad Left Hook had the fight 95-95 on two separate cards, and it was a close, tightly-fought bout between the two throughout, with nobody ever
Posted on 08/21/2021 By: Sean Crose The broadcast undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Yordenas Ugas welterweight throwdown is admittedly fascinating. This isn’t because anything ground breaking is going to happen, but because it involves fighters whose pairing sparks interest. Of note here is the Victor Ortiz-Robert Guerrero match. These two men were pretty big names in
Robert Guerrero firmly believes he still has plenty more to offer the sport. That doesn’t make him any less proud of what he has already achieved. “When fans look back at my career, I want them to know that I always went out and gave everything,” Guerrero told BoxingScene.com ahead of his upcoming clash with
“Catch the Fair One”, the thriller/boxing film starring WBA super lightweight champion Kali Reis, has found a U.S. distributor. IFC Films recently announced their acquisition of the film’s domestic rights, with a planned release in 2022. IFC Films president Arianna Bocco said of the deal: “We’re so glad we have the opportunity to usher in
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 08/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode With the biggest fight of his life taking place in approximately 24 hours, Yordenis Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) made sure he tipped the scales in appropriate shape. Despite the Cuban-born native getting the call to face Manny Pacquiao on 11 days’ notice due
Yordenis Ugas accepted a much more difficult fight on less than two weeks’ notice once an injured Errol Spence Jr. was forced to withdraw from his showdown with Manny Pacquiao. The Cuban-born Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) was scheduled to defend his WBA “super” welterweight title against Argentina’s Fabian Maidana (18-1, 13 KOs) on the Pacquiao-Spence