Wednesday, May 21

Manny Pacquiao has announced he’s coming out of retirement to face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship in Las Vegas.

The 46-year-old Filipino boxing great, known as ‘PacMan’ for his non-stop appetite for sporting combat, is the only man to win world championships in a record eight weight divisions while he was also the oldest welterweight world champion in history at 40, back in 2019.

But six years on, he’s ready to take on WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios at the MGM Grand in Vegas on July 19.

A Filipino senator from 2016 to 2022, Pacquiao had retired from boxing in 2021 while he also ran for president in 2022.

“I’m back,” he announced on Instagram.

The southpaw, who has 62 wins, eight losses and two draws in a 72-fight career, was also elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025.

Barrios, a Mexican-American boxer, has 29 wins in 32 bouts, winning 18 by knockout and losing twice.

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