Manny Pacquiao’s extremely anticipated return to boxing left battle followers pissed off.
‘PacMan’ stepped again contained in the squared circle on Saturday night time for a conflict with reigning and defending WBC welterweight world champion Mario Barrios.
Regardless of being 16 years older than his opponent and coming off a four-year-long layoff, Pacquiao didn’t miss a beat in opposition to the a lot greater Barrios. Pacquiao was the aggressor for a lot of the competition and appeared to have a pace benefit over Barrios regardless of the sizeable age hole.
It wasn’t till the later rounds that Barrios lastly began to search out his footing and join with some strong pictures in opposition to the previous eight-division titleholder. Nonetheless, it appeared to be too little, too late for Barrios, who confirmed completely an excessive amount of respect to ‘PacMan’ within the first half of the battle.
As we headed to the scorecards, the raucous crowd in Las Vegas was primed to listen to that we’ve a brand new WBA welterweight world champion. As a substitute, we obtained a choice that left the complete boxing neighborhood scratching their heads.
Official Outcome: Mario Barrios vs. Manny Pacquiao is dominated a majority draw (115-113 Barrios, 114-114, 114-114).
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