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LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino icon, has not exceeded the threshold of 25 years of his legendary career and has not attracted fans and world titles.
Far from there.
Pacquiao, 40, defeated undefeated champion Keith Thurman in 12 rounds on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena to win the WBA title in an exciting move. The instant clbadic saw two judges score 115-112 for Pacquiao, while the third had 114-113 for Thurman. CBS Sports also scored 114-113 for Thurman.
Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KO) scored a reversal in the first round on a magnificent right hook that made the difference, as it helped him to steal the first round and beat Thurman (29-1). , 22 KO) in a year – round contestant who saw both fighters battle it at a crazy pace.
Despite the ill-will that separated them between Pacquiao and the only eight-division boxing world champion, vowing to charge Thurman for announcing his retirement and crucifying him, the two fighters showed immense mutual respect after the fight.
"I'm not a boxer to be a talkative, just to promote the fight," Pacquiao said. "I think we did a lot of things [to promote the fight]. He did his best and I did my best to make people happy. "
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Thurman beat Pacquiao in this extremely tight fight by a margin of 210 to 195, according to CompuBox. But Pacquiao always had the sold-out crowd as they rejoiced every time he got in touch with him and he was delighted with the historical character of what Pacquiao still does 24 years after becoming a professional. He has become the oldest welterweight in the history of boxing to claim one of the recognized titles.
"I really liked the fans, thank you very much for coming here and attending the fight," Pacquiao said. "I'm sure you were happy tonight because you see a good fight." Even though Thurman lost, he did his best – it's not an easy opponent – he's a good boxer. I think I'm just blessed tonight. "
Thurman rebounded well after a slow start that saw him struggling to handle the explosive speed and power of Pacquiao. But the frenzied pace continued to favor the young fighter, while Thurman, aged 30, imposed himself in the second half with powerful blows.
"I knew it was too tight, he managed to overthrow, so he got his momentum on the first lap," Thurman said. "I want to thank the fans, I want to thank everyone for coming in. It was a great night of boxing, Manny Pacquiao is a great, really great champion.
"I would have liked to have a little more outing to go to the end of the toe." I felt that he was starting to get tired, but he had experience in the ring.My conditioning, my outing was right behind Manny Pacquiao, good boxing night, I would love a rematch. "
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Pacquiao vs. Score card Thurman cover
|
Pacquiao |
ten |
ten |
ten |
9 |
ten |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
ten |
9 |
9 |
113 |
|
Thurman (c) |
8 |
9 |
9 |
ten |
9 |
ten |
ten |
ten |
ten |
9 |
ten |
ten |
114 |
Card Pacquiao vs. Thurman, results
Manny Pacquiao (c) def. Keith Thurman (113-114, 115-112, 115-112) – WBA welterweight title
Yordenis Ugas def. Omar Figueroa by unanimous decision (119-107, 119-107, 119-107) – welterweight
Sergey Lipinets def. Jayar Inson via TKO in the second round – welterweight
Luis Nery def. Juan Carlos Payano via TKO (ninth round) – dwarfs
Caleb Plant (c) def. Mike Lee via TKO in the third round – IBF super middleweight title
Thank you for being past.
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