Manny Pacquiao return being eyed for January on Amazon Prime
By Eddie Sanchez
Manny Pacquiao’s return is targeted for January as a PBC’s PPV card on Amazon Prime, two officials familiar with the plans confirmed to BoxingScene on Friday. While WBA welterweight titleholder Rolando “Rolly” Romero, 17-2 (13 KOs), remains the front-runner to land the bout.
Record eight-division champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame member Pacquiao turns 48 in December, and he is less than three months removed from a stirring draw against WBC belt holder Mario Barrios Jr in a bout at MGM Grand that many believed he won.
Pacquiao, 62-8-3 (39 KOs), will repeat his attempt to join Bernard Hopkins and George Foreman as the only men to capture a world title after their 45th birthday.
In Romero, Pacquiao would meet a former 140lb champion who has lost only to unbeaten three-division champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz.
Pacquiao’s fight sliding to January was enabled by Thursday’s news that PBC will stage a December 6 Prime Video pay-per-view pitting Cruz versus WBA junior lightweight belt holder Lamont Roach Jnr.
Although there was industry talk last month that PBC was interested in staging a Teofimo Lopez Jnr fight with Pacquiao in January, that discussion is now off indefinitely, an industry official said.
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