Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman

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Welterweight Supremacy
Pacquiao vs. Thurman.jpg
DateJuly 20, 2019
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super) welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Philippines Manny Pacquiao United States Keith Thurman
Nickname Pac-Man One Time
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Pre-fight record 61–7–2 (39 KO) 29–0–1 (22 KO)
Height 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm)
Weight 145+1⁄2 lb (66 kg) 146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg)
Recognition WBA (Regular) welterweight champion
8-division world champion		 WBA (Super) welterweight champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round split decision (113-114, 115-112, 115-112)[1]

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman, billed as Welterweight Supremacy, was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) welterweight championship.[2] The event took place on July 20, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won the fight by split decision and, at 40 years old, became the oldest welterweight to win a major world title in boxing history.[3] The bout sold 500,000 pay-per-view (PPV) buys in the United States,[4] earning an estimated $37.5 million in pay-per-view revenue.

Background[]

After Thurman's fight with Josesito López, he publicly said he wanted to fight Pacquiao next.[5] It was initially thought that Errol Spence Jr. would be next on Pacquiao's list when he came up the ring after Spence easily disposed of Mikey Garcia. It had also been rumored that Pacquiao would be facing Thurman next and Spence would instead have a unification bout with Shawn Porter.[6] On May 11, 2019 it was announced that Pacquiao–Thurman would happen on July 20, 2019 and a few days after, MGM Grand Garden Arena announced that they would be hosting the fight.[7] Betting odds started in favor of Thurman but slowly went Pacquiao's way as the fight drew closer.[8] Throughout the promotion, Thurman had nice things to say about Pacquiao being a legend as a sign of respect and would follow it up with how he planned on finishing Pacquiao's career.[9]

Fight details[]

Pacquiao won the WBA (Super) welterweight title against Thurman via split decision and became the oldest welterweight to win a major title in boxing history.[3] Late in the first round, Pacquiao caught Thurman with a right hand and knocked him down, as Thurman was moving backwards after a Pacquiao a fast combination of body and head punches. Rounds one through five were vintage for Pacquiao as he bloodied Thurman's nose and forced him into a very intense fight. Thurman looked to have regained his composure in the middle rounds, adjusted to Pacquiao's offense in the second half of the fight and was able to catch him with some hard shots. Pacquiao though, would catch Thurman again in the tenth round, this time with a vicious left hook to the body that had Thurman moving around the ring, trying to survive the round. Thurman was visibly hurt and later admitted, "The body shot was a terrific body shot. I even took my mouthpiece out of my mouth just so I could breath a little deeper". Two judges ruled in favor of Pacquiao with a score of 115–112 and one in favor of Thurman with a score of 114–113. Many people, including Pacquiao himself, felt that the first-round knockdown and the tenth-round body shot rightfully secured him the win.[10][11][12]

According to CompuBox, Thurman was the more accurate boxer and outlanded Pacquiao. Pacquiao only landed 113 out of 340 of his power punches (33%) against Thurman's 192 out of 443 power punches (43%). Pacquiao was the busier fighter and had a difference of more than 100 punches compared to Thurman. Total punch stats were 195 out of 686 (28%) for Pacquiao and 210 out of 571 (37%) for Thurman.[13]

With the victory, Pacquiao also became the first boxer to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion, breaking his tie with Jack Britton and Emile Griffith.

Official scorecards[]

Pacquiao gets his gloves inspected by an official.
Judge Fighter  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 Total Source
Dave Moretti Pacquiao 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 115 [14]
Thurman 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 112
Glen Feldman Pacquiao 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 113
Thurman 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 114
Tim Cheatham Pacquiao 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 115
Thurman 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 112

Fight card[]

Thurman warming up with his trainer Dan Birmingham.
Pacquiao warming up with trainer Freddie Roach.
Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Note
Main card (Fox PPV)
Welterweight 147 lbs. Philippines Manny Pacquiao def. United States Keith Thurman (c) SD 12/12 Note 1
Welterweight 147 lbs. Cuba Yordenis Ugás def. United States Omar Figueroa Jr. UD 12/12
Welterweight 147 lbs. Russia Sergey Lipinets def. Philippines Jayar Inson TKO 2/10 0:57
Bantamweight 118 lbs. Mexico Luis Nery def. Dominican Republic Juan Carlos Payano KO 9/12 1:43
Undercard (Fox)
Super middleweight 168 lbs. United States Caleb Plant (c) def. United States Mike Lee TKO 3/12 1:29 Note 2
Heavyweight 200+ lbs. Nigeria Efe Ajagba def. Turkey Ali Eren Demirezen UD 10/10

^Note 1 For WBA (Super) welterweight title
^Note 2 For IBF super middleweight title

Broadcasting[]

Pacquiao celebrating in the ring after his victory over Thurman.
MGM Grand Garden Arena during the main event.

The fight was televised on PPV's Fox in the United States and both Sky Sports and Cignal in the Philippines. ABS-CBN also had exclusive rights to broadcast the fight on Philippine free-to-air.[15]

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/pay television PPV Stream
Australia Australia N/A Main Event N/A
Caribbean Community Caribbean[16] N/A Fox Premium Fox Play
France France N/A RMC Sport N/A RMC Sport
Indonesia Indonesia[17] Mola TV N/A Mola TV On Demand
Republic of Ireland Ireland N/A ITV Box Office Fite TV
Japan Japan N/A Wowow N/A Wowow
Middle East and North Africa MENA[18] N/A OSN Cinema OSN Play
Mexico Mexico[19] Azteca 7 N/A Azteca En Vivo
New Zealand New Zealand N/A Sky Arena N/A
Panama Panama[20] Telemetro N/A Medcom Go
Philippines Philippines[15] ABS-CBN (delayed) ABS-CBN S+A (delayed) Cignal iWant (delayed)
One Sports (delayed) Cignal Play
ESPN5
Solar Sports (delayed) Sky Sports Sky On Demand
Poland Poland[21] TVP Sport N/A TVP Stream
Russia Russia[22] Match TV
South America
  • Argentina Argentina
  • Bolivia Bolivia
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Chile Chile
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Ecuador Ecuador
  • Paraguay Paraguay
  • Peru Peru
  • Uruguay Uruguay
  • Venezuela Venezuela
 N/A Fox Premium Fox Play
Sub-Saharan Africa[23] N/A SuperSport N/A DStv Go
Thailand Thailand[24] PPTV N/A PPTV
East Timor Timor-Leste Mola TV N/A Mola TV On Demand
Turkey Turkey[25] DMAX N/A DMAX
United Kingdom United Kingdom[26] N/A ITV Box Office Fite TV
United States United States[27][28][29] Fox FS1 Fox Fox Sports Go
Fox Deportes

National anthem singers[]

References[]

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