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On May 10, Márquez accepted an offer from Top Rank to fight Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title at a catchweight of 144 pounds. [130] On May 18, Márquez signed the deal to fight Pacquiao for the third time on November 12 in Las Vegas. On November 12, Pacquiao defeated Márquez via majority decision 114–114, 115–113, and 116–112.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman, was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) welterweight championship. [2] The event took place on July 20, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won the fight by split decision, and at 40 years old, became the oldest welterweight to win a major world title in boxing history. [3]
Manny Pacquiao defended his title by unanimous decision, 120-108, 119-109, 119-109. After the fight, Pacquiao returned to Manila. At the time, he reflected on a possible retirement. [17] The fight was rewarded with a paid crowd of 36,371 and a gate of $6,359,985, according to post-fight tax reports filed with Texas boxing regulators. [18]
With Pacquiao winning his bout against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton was seen as the next opponent for Pacquiao. At mid-December, both boxers verbally agreed on a 50% split of the proceeds; [4] however, Pacquiao changed his decision to a favorable 60%–40% split of the pay-per-view (PPV) revenues, while Hatton wanted an even 50% split. [5]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse, billed as Fight of Champions, was a boxing match for the WBA (Regular) welterweight championship. The event took place on July 15, 2018 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] [4] Pacquiao won the fight by 7th-round TKO [5] and Matthysse announced his retirement shortly thereafter. [6]
[2] [3] The bout is the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy, [4] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time. [5] [6] [7] The fight also marked a return to HBO for Pacquiao, and the first fight in his four-year contract with Top Rank as his promoter. [8]
After the decision the WBO ordered a video review of the bout. The five judges on the WBO's committee all scored the fight in Pacquiao's favor — 118–110, 117–111, 117–111, 116–112 and 115–113. [21] However, the WBO cannot overturn the result of the fight. [22]