Manny Pacquiao – Keith Thurman: WBA welterweight championship – live! | sport

Do what you can of this: Floyd Mayweather Jr took a seat at the ring at MGM Grand before tonight's main event. Is it really four years since he and Pacquiao met in this same room in a superfight that broke all the income records? Rumors of a revenge that no one is particularly interested in seeing but that would generate tons of boats persisted over the years that have pbaded even last year. It makes you think.

What a difference two years makes. In 2017, Thurman was on the sidelines of the book-by-book conversation after unification of the welterweight titles against Danny Garcia, while Pacquiao was entering the market after a defeat against the nonchalant Jeff Horn. Since then, Thurman has been kept away for 22 months, first by a right elbow operation, then by a wounded left hand. He was also injured by a B-level opponent during a return fight in January, while Pacquiao won consecutive wins. on Lucas Matthysse and Adrien Broner.

Therefore, Pacquiao is participating in tonight's fight as a betting favorite, although we have just learned that the MGM has agreed to bet on Thurman six figures over the last few hours.

"This is an accumulation and progression of my entire career to that moment on Saturday night," Thurman said this week. "It's really the result of someone living their dream."

Hello and welcome to MGM Grand for the welterweight WBA title fight between tonight's Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman. This is a major event offering an intriguing clash between 40-year-old Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KO), eight-division champion in the winter of an outstanding career, and the 30-year-old . Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs), one of the young lions of the sport, was fortunate to win the victory of his career. Both conflict with versions of the welterweight title of the WBA, making it a unification fight in its own way.

The main event, a battle between the 12 welterweights between Omar Figueroa Jr and Yordenis Ugas, is about to start. Which means that Pacquiao and Thurman should do their walk in about 45 minutes.