Manny Pacquiao returns to boxing ring to face Mario Barrios
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Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao is back. The former eight-division champion has decided to return to boxing after nearly four years away to try and win another world title at the age of 46 on Saturday. He challenges WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in the main event of a PBC on Prime PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Fighting for the first time in nearly four years, the 46-year-old Pacquiao and 30-year-old Mario Barrios fought to a majority draw. The judges scored the welterweight bout 115-113 (in favor of Barrios), 114-114, 114-114 and Barrios retained his WBC welterweight title.
Manny Pacquiao is a former boxing world champion who initially retired in 2021 before staging a comeback in 2025. He became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40. The only boxer to win world championships in eight weight divisions,