Manny Pacquiao takes on Keith Thurman in one of the biggest fights of the year so far.
The Filipino still has ambitions to lure Floyd Mayweather Jr out of retirement for a money-spinning rematch.
Yet the division remains on fire without ‘Money’, with the winner here likely to fight the winner of Errol Spence Jr vs Shawn Porter. Stay with us for all the updates and reaction from Las Vegas.
We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view.
From
15p
€0.18
$0.18
USD 0.27
a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras.
- Jack.Rathborn
- 21 July 2019 03:19
- Jack.Rathborn
- 21 July 2019 03:05
- Jack.Rathborn
- 21 July 2019 02:53
- Jack.Rathborn
- 21 July 2019 02:51
- Jack.Rathborn
- 21 July 2019 02:49
Please allow a moment for the updates to load
Pacquiao is looking forward to Thurman promising to trade with him with an aggressive style.
“That’s good because I’m small,” a laughing Pacquiao told a group of reporters at MGM Grand. “He’s big, so it’s good for him.”
“If he gets me down, he better have me out because I’m coming,” Thurman said. “I wanna trade with Pacquiao.
“Because like [late trainer] Ben Getty used to tell me, ever since I was 13, 14 years old, ‘I don’t care who it is, boy!
“You hit him with eight-ounce gloves, oh, they gonna do a pretty, little dance.’ Manny Pacquiao’s no different.”
Source: Read Full Article