Pacquiao Exhibition Bout With Provodnikov Not Official
By Eddie Sanchez
Manny Pacquiao exhibition with Ruslan Provodnikov has not been finalized yet, Jas Mathur, CEO of Manny Pacquiao Promotions, shared to ESPN on Tuesday evening.
Banner Promotions, which promotes Provodnikov, announced in a press release last week that Pacquiao would make his return to the ring on April 18 to face their fighter in a 10-round exhibition in Las Vegas.
Mathur confirmed the exhibition fight is under consideration, but claims it is “not official” even though tickets for the event are being sold on Manny Pacquiao’s website.
“It’s not official or else you would’ve seen a lot more announced by Manny directly on that,” Mathur told ESPN. “I would’ve also participated in that, and it is just not official.”
He claims it’s possible that Pacquiao doesn’t face Provodnikov at all ahead of the Mayweather fight.
“Will there be another exhibition potentially for Manny before the Mayweather fight? Yes, there will,” Mathur said. “I can’t say if it’ll be that one or if it will be something else, but as of right now, that particular fight is not done.”
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