Boxing great Manny Pacquiao, who last fought in 2021, is exploring a fall return bout against Mario Barrios for the vacant WBC welterweight title.
Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger A Manny Pacquiao-Mario Barrios WBC welterweight title fight is being explored for this fall in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao Promotions President Sean Gibbons told ESPN.
to Yordenis Ugas. The all-time great boxer is a former Senator in the Philippines and is expected to seek re-election next year as he attempts to finalize one final fight.Keith Thurman and I feel at 45, I have a lot left in the game as I haven't taken a lot of punishment over the last few years," Pacquiao told ESPN."... I want to go out making history." Boxing's only ever eight-division champion, Pacquiao won his first title in 1998 as a 112-pounder at age 19. His last title victory came against Thurman in July 2019 at 147 pounds. Pacquiao attempted to obtain special exemption to compete at the Olympics this summer in Paris but the IOCManny Pacquiao, right, last fought in August of 2021 when he suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Yordenis Ugas, who retained his WBA junior middleweight title with the win. Barrios won the WBC interim welterweight title with a decision victory over Ugas in September. Terence Crawford wasBarrios, a 29-year-old from San Antonio, is ESPN's No. 5 welterweight. He's won three consecutive fights since back-to-back losses to Gervonta Davis and Thurman in 2021-'22. "I'm very excited at the possibility of this fight being made," Barrios said."Manny Pacquiao is a future Hall of Famer, a legend and someone I looked up to growing up. To share the ring with him would be an honor and a dream come true."
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