Spence is 11 years younger and four inches taller than Pacquiao, that is why initially he was a massive 4:1 favorite to retain his belts when betting started.
Pacquiao is now only a 2:1 underdog.
Before the pandemic put mega fights on the shelf, Manny lit up the welterweight division in his last three fights, which took place during a 12-month period, from July 15, 2018 to July 20, 2019.
He ran the table, knocking out WBA regular welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse, successfully defending that title with a unanimous decision blitzing of Adrien Broner, and scoring a first-round knockdown en route to an exciting split decision victory over then-undefeated WBA welterweight “super” champion Keith Thurman to become, at age 40, the oldest man to win a welterweight title.
Now, he is ready to rumble once again.
Manny is looking to break that age record, along with Spence’s grip on those world championship belts.
“Two years out of the ring allowed my body to rest. My energy stores are overflowing,” said Manny. “I am so grateful to God that I can still fight at this level against the best and to still have these opportunities at age 42. I am still amazed that I have won world titles in each decade, going back to the nineties. My fight with Errol Spence is not just a battle between the two best welterweights but between two of the best fighters. There is no “B side” in this fight. I have just as much to prove in this fight as Errol does. We are going to bring out the best in each other. It is the type of fight that makes boxing so great.”
Manny, (62-7-2, 39 KOs), who hails from Sarangani Province in the Philippines, is the one-time Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Decade and three-time Fighter of the Year.
He faces his biggest professional boxing challenge when he goes mano a mano with Spence (27-0, 21 KOs), from DeSoto, Texas.
The Pacquiao-Spence world championship event, will headline a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Boxing Card, Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Already a future Hall of Famer in waiting, four-division champion Nonito Donaire continues to defy Father Time by daring to be great in search of more hardware.
The third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder had to reschedule.
The two heavyweights will battle for Fury’s WBC world heavyweight championship on October 9th also at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
This confrontation has been filled with “Drama” before, during, and now after actually happening.
Personally, being from a “Fan Base”, which always expects the worse and it’s actually, pleasantly surprised when something good does happen, I expect this fight not to be held in October.
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