{"id":214044,"date":"2019-05-13T04:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=214044"},"modified":"2025-01-08T05:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:16:00","slug":"manny-pacquiao-announces-upcoming-fight-with-undefeated-keith-thurman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/13\/manny-pacquiao-announces-upcoming-fight-with-undefeated-keith-thurman\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao announces upcoming fight with undefeated Keith Thurman"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214045\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-13-at-12.13.48.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-214045 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-13-at-12.13.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-13-at-12.13.48.png 636w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-13-at-12.13.48-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;\u202aThe summer just got a little hotter!\u202c&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxV_sy7llrn\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mannypacquiao\/\">@mannypacquiao<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty-year-old Filipino world champion boxer Emmanuel \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao has just announced that he is willing to risk his World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight belt to fight undefeated American boxer Keith \u201cOne Time\u201d Thurman in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boxing Insider Mike Coppinger first hinted at the news last May 12, sharing to his almost 17,000 followers on Twitter, \u201cThe welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman has been finalized for July 20 in Las Vegas on FOX PPV and will be formally announced tonight on the broadcast of Jarrett Hurd-Julian Williams.\u201d Athlete-turned-Senator Pacquiao then confirmed the news, sharing a graphic on his Instagram account captioned, \u201cThe summer just got a little hotter!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thurman hails from Florida and is 10 years younger than Pacquiao, considered a WBA super-welterweight title holder after having an undefeated resume of 22KOs in 29 fights. He was inactive for two years due to an elbow surgery but made his comeback earlier in the year after conquering Josesito Lopez.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy metformin online <a href=\"https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/metformin.html\">https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/metformin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Right after that victory, Thurman did not shy away from expressing his desire in fighting \u201clegend\u201d Pacquiao, stating, \u201cManny Pacquiao is not going to be here for the years to come. Later this year if that fight presents itself, I would definitely be open for negotiations and I would love an opportunity to fight a legend.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cHe&#8217;s not the young Manny Pacquiao that he once was but he still is a great, world-class fighter. If we get that fight, we&#8217;d be happy to do it for ourselves and the fans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lexapro online <a href=\"https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lexapro.html\">https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lexapro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting his career in General Santos City, South Cotabato, Pacquiao is a household name in Philippine sports, carrying a record of 61 wins (39 KOs), seven losses, and four draws. His last victory was in January against American Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand in Vegas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy celexa online <a href=\"https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/celexa.html\">https:\/\/bradencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/celexa.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Prior to that, he obtained the 147-lbs title belt in a seven-round match against Lucas Matthysse from Argentina.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-year-old Filipino world champion boxer Emmanuel \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao has just announced that he is willing to risk his World Boxing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":214045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214044"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280662,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214044\/revisions\/280662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}