Two jurors saw a draw in the duel in 114 points; One indicated by Barrios as winner from 115 to 113
At 46 and 1,428 days after the ring, the Philippines Manny Pacqiao He returned to professional boxing on Saturday 19, and marked with the American Mario Barrios, world champion of world size (up to 66,678 pounds) version all over the world of boxing all over the world in the ring of the MGM hotel in Las Vegas. A jury indicated Barrios as a winner from 115 to 113, while two others saw a draw in the duel in 114 points.
Pacquiao fought for the 73rd time. Accumulate 62 victories (39 knockout), eight losses and three draws. Barrios added 33 fights, with 29 wins (18 knockout), two losses and two draws.
Pacquiao can receive up to $ 20 million, depending on the sale of remuneration per Vista. Barrios should be $ 2.5 million. “I will fight again,” said Filipino, a former world champion in eight categories.
The struggle
Without the same speed and movement of other times, Pacquiao went to the attack and applied good left shots to the first robbery.
In the second, Barrios arrived more aggressive and with strong shots, but Pacquiao returned with at least three good sequences.
The third round was violent. Barrios dominated the actions and Pacquiao went to the “fight” in the end. Barrios found the correct distance in the round room. Pacquiao has increased the rhythm to try to overcome the largest wing opening of the opponent and hit good shots.
With good shots, in the fifth robbery, Barrios did not let the pacquiao touch. The Philippines were less intense. In sixth place, Pacquiao begins to fight on the counterattack and takes advantage of it.
The seventh was a lap of the veil of Pacquiao. With a good leg game, the “short” strikes good sequences. The eighth robbery was the most violent of the struggle. Pacquiao was better at the end of the three minutes and raised the audience from the arena.
The two reduced their rhythm into the ninth robbery, but Pacquiao was still a little better, thanks to the good shots. Barrios dominated most of the tenth and eleventh robbery, while Pacquiao went to react only in the last ten seconds.
The last robbery did not have the expected intensity. The fighters seemed tired. Pacquiao did not find the necessary distance to release the shots.
Packeo does not exceed George Forman
If he had won, Manny Pacquiao would have become the second oldest boxer to be world champion. At 46, the Philippines would have passed George Foreman, who was a maximum weight sample at the age of 45 in 1994. The legendary Archie Moore took the heavy belt in 1960 at the age of 44.
The oldest boxing champion is the American Bernard Hopkins, owner of the belt treated in 2014 at the age of 49.
Source: Terra
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