Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing legend, was proclaimed “champion at rest“in the night from Friday to Saturday World Boxing Association (AMB), where he holds the belt holder of the welterweight, who goes to the Cuban Yordenis Ugás.
Pacquiao, 42, hasn’t boxed since he won that belt WITH from welterweight to american Keith Thurman in Las Vegas in July 2019.
“Thanks to WITH because I have raised myself to the rank of super champion and do what’s best for the sport. Manny Pacquiao He is a legend and will always be a champion. His intention was to join the fight (ConorMcGregor and now with Ryan (Garcia)but you can’t, behind your history, usurp a championship, ”said the new belt keeper WITH welterweight, Yordenis Ugásand Twitter.
Ugás, 34, amateur world champion of the lightweight in 2005, in Mianyang (China), and bronze in the same category in the Beijing Olympics-2008.
After announcing he wanted to fight the Irish superstar mixed martial arts (MMA), Conor McGregor, Pacquiao seems to be heading for a battle against the rising value of the lightweight category, the American Ryan Garcia, 21 wins in as many fights, including 18 by KO.
The latter announced on social networks this week an upcoming fight against ‘Pac-Man‘, who has a political career in Philippines, where he is a senator, while continuing to box at the highest level.
“It is an honor to enter the ring with Manny Pacquiaohe wrote on Instagram Ryan Garcia, speaking of a “dream come true” without specifying what weight category the fight is planned in.
The fact is, you don’t have to worry.