{"id":16311,"date":"2024-06-11T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2024-06-10T20:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:42:13","slug":"pacquiaos-comeback-not-imminent-for-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/boxing\/pacquiaos-comeback-not-imminent-for-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao&#8217;s Comeback &#8216;Not Imminent&#8217; for Title Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao (45) revealed on Monday that he is in discussions for a possible return to the ring, though he cautioned that a potential world title bout against Mario Barrios is still &#8220;far away.&#8221; The Filipino multiple-world champion stepped away from boxing in 2021 to pursue an unsuccessful bid for his country&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacquiao is set to face Japanese mixed martial artist Chihiro Suzuki in a three-round exhibition match next month in Saitama, north of Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He confirmed ongoing talks about a WBC welterweight world title fight with American fighter Barrios but emphasized that nothing is finalized yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost 23 years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoFear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NoFear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/do0TDDJsdM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/do0TDDJsdM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MannyPacquiao\/status\/1796254387939197388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re still in negotiations and talking about it. The fight hasn&#8217;t been set,&#8221; Pacquiao stated in Tokyo, noting his history of hinting at comebacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Those negotiations are ongoing. If it happens, it will be around November or December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s still much to discuss and finalize.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Pacquiao acknowledged the end of his hopes to compete in next month&#8217;s Paris Olympics after the International Olympic Committee denied a special request for his participation, citing their age limit of 40 for Olympic boxers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacquiao retired shortly after a defeat to Cuban Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas, marking his final professional fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iPokKpfeVP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iPokKpfeVP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MannyPacquiao\/status\/1755595343272821003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then ran for the Philippine presidency but lost significantly in the May 2022 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December 2022, Pacquiao returned for an exhibition match in Seoul against a South Korean YouTuber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacquiao will face Suzuki on July 28 in a 68kg boxing match consisting of three rounds, each lasting three minutes, without judges&#8217; decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacquiao emphasized that the upcoming bout is &#8220;not an exhibition, this is a fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re aiming for a knockout in this match,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There will be plenty of action in the ring, and I will do my utmost to secure a knockout victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao (45) revealed on Monday that he is in discussions for a possible return to the ring, though he cautioned that a potential world title bout against Mario Barrios is still &#8220;far away.&#8221; The Filipino multiple-world champion stepped away from boxing in 2021 to pursue an unsuccessful bid for his country&#8217;s presidency&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":16331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao (45) revealed on Monday that he is in discussions for a possible return to the ring.","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[206,733,4522],"class_list":["post-16311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-combat-sports","tag-pacquiao-manny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16332,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311\/revisions\/16332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}