In the early hours of 20 July at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas (USA), boxing fans witnessed the ring return of 46‑year‑old legend Manny Pacquiao (62‑8‑3, 39 KOs) against reigning WBC Welterweight champion Mario Barrios (29‑2‑2, 18 KOs).
The contest went the full route and ended in a majority draw. Official cards: 115‑113 for Barrios and two scores of 114‑114, so the belt stays with the champion.
Undercard highlights:
– Sebastian Fundora (23‑1‑1, 15 KOs) RTD 7 Tim Tszyu (25‑3, 18 KOs)
for the WBC Super‑Welterweight title (up to 69.9 kg)
– Isaac Cruz (28‑3‑1, 18 KOs) UD 10 Omar Salcido Gámez (20‑3, 14 KOs)
for the WBC Interim Super‑Lightweight title (up to 63.5 kg)
– Brandon Figueroa (26‑2‑1, 19 KOs) UD 12 Joet Gonzalez (27‑5, 15 KOs)
Featherweight bout (up to 57.2 kg)
– David Picasso (32‑0‑1, 17 KOs) MD 10 Kyonosuke Kameda (15‑5‑2, 9 KOs)
Featherweight bout (up to 57.2 kg)
– Mark Magsayo (28‑2, 18 KOs) UD 10 Jorge Mata (21‑3‑2, 13 KOs)
for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Super‑Featherweight belt (up to 59 kg)
– Gary Russell Jr. (32‑2, 19 KOs) TKO 10 Hugo Castañeda (15‑3‑1, 11 KOs)
Super‑Featherweight bout (up to 59 kg)
– Eumir Felix Marcial (6‑0, 4 KOs) TKO 3 Bernard Joseph (11‑3‑1, 5 KOs)
Middleweight bout (up to 72.6 kg)
Photo: CGTN