It truly is starting to look as if boxing nice Manny Pacquiao will combat for the WBC welterweight title in a while this 12 months, more than likely in Las Vegas. Mario Barrios, who was elevated from interim champion to full WBC welterweight champion after Terence Crawford made it recognized he’s going up in weight (to 154, the place he’ll problem Israil Madrimov for a belt in August), might face Pac Man quickly.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman informed Sky Sports activities that he would completely give his blessing for a Pacquiao problem of Barrios. The present WBC welterweight rankings present that Souleymane Cissokho is the present No1 contender. However Sulaiman says he would allow Pacquiao to get a shot on the belt in Barrios’ subsequent combat.
Sulaiman says a Manny Pacquiao comeback on the age of 45 can be “sensational.” Not solely that, however the WBC president mentioned he feels Pacquiao “can beat any fighter or may be aggressive with any fighter at this time.”
“Manny Pacquiao is timeless. He’s a legend,” Sulaiman mentioned. “We now have nice precedent of former champions coming again so long as they cross efficiently all of the medical examinations. As a former champion and as a legend, he does have the opportunity of combating for the WBC championship. I do like the thought very a lot. I feel Manny Pacquiao can beat any fighter or may be aggressive with any fighter at this time. However to have him return to the WBC greater than 20 years after he received his first world championship, which was the WBC flyweight title, after which go all the way in which to welterweight in 2024 can be sensational.”
As a lot as we Pacquiao followers would like to see him come again and make extra historical past, giving us extra pleasure in doing so, there actually isn’t any approach of figuring out whether or not Manny can “beat any fighter or may be aggressive with any fighter at this time.” In his final combat, which befell in the summertime of 2021, Pacquiao was comprehensively crushed by Yordenis Ugas. Okay, Ugas’ difficult/awkward model might have had one thing to do with it, however Pacquiao appeared a light power in comparison with his good days, and even compared to his earlier successful efficiency over Keith Thurman.
Pacquiao has saved himself in form and he’s nonetheless quick and dynamic. However can Manny actually beat a person some 16 years his junior in Barrios? Is it honest that Pacquiao jumps the queue in getting a shot? Sulaiman has given a Barrios-Pacquiao combat the inexperienced gentle, so now we’ve got to attend and see if the 2 fighters and their groups could make a deal.
Can all-time nice Pacquiao turn into a world champion on the age of 45?
