Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios live fight updates, results, highlights from 2025 boxing card

Round nine: Pacquiao looks to keep the momentum going. A left gets through for the Filipino. Close round for Pacquiao so far. He’s now growing in confidence.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Pacquiao (87-84 Barrios)

Round eight: While Pacquiao is by no means outclassed here, it’s hard to make a case for him in the close rounds, with Barrios doing the cleaner work. The champ catches him coming in. Pacquiao unloads a sharp combo. And counters well with hard shots. His best work of the fight by far. Great round for Manny.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Pacquiao (78-74 Barrios)

Round seven: Pacquiao finds the target with a sharp combination upstairs. Barrios fires back with one of his own to snap Manny’s head back. One gets through for each man as they go shot for shot in the middle of the ring. Barrios is doing well to avoid Pacquiao’s power hand and finishes off the round strongly with a left hook.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (69-64 Barrios)

Round six: Pacquiao times a counter well and gets on the front foot to follow it up. Barrios catches his man coming in this time. More complaints of a low blow from Pacquiao fall on deaf ears. Barrios goes to the body in the clinch. They both let their hands go in the final seconds but nothing of note lands.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (59-55 Barrios)

Round five: A stiff jab sends Manny backwards but he fires some rapid combinations to get the crowd excited. More nice work with the lead hand for Barrios. Pacquiao misses a power left. Barrios is getting the better of most of these exchanges. Pacquiao lands to finish the round.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (49-46 Barrios)

Round four: Barrios digs in a two-shot salvo to the body. The champ looks to be growing in confidence and getting a read on the timing. Pacquiao gets a warning but lands a wide left hand shortly after. 

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (39-37 Barrios)

Round three: Some good footwork by both has the other man missing to start the round. Barrios goes to the body with his right hand. Pacquiao stops after a body shot, wanting it called low, he’s told to fight on my Thomas Taylor. Manny gives one but eats two on the counter. They trade at range to finish the round, with Barrios landing a long right. Another close one for Barrios.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (29-28 Barrios)

Round two: Barrios lands a sharp jab to open up the round. Pacquiao misses a left hand. Barrios doubles up on the jab and goes down but it’s rightly ruled a slip. Barrios responds to a rear hand with another double jab. The size difference is stark. Close round for Barrios.

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Barrios (19-19)

Round one: Pacquiao fires a left hand into the guard of Barrios. The champ gets on the jab. Watchful start by both. Pacquiao looks sharp. Every punch, connected or otherwise, thrown by the Filipino is roared by this Vegas crowd. More scoring shots land for the 46-year-old. Great start by PacMan. 

SN unofficial scorecard: 10-9 Pacquiao  

8:25 p.m. PT/ 11:25 p.m. ET: It’s almost time. Follow along with our unofficial scorecard.

8:22 p.m. PT/ 11:22 p.m. ET: Pacquiao walks to a medley of The Script’s “Hall of Fame” and “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor. The roof might come off this place.

8:21 p.m. PT/ 11:21 p.m. ET: Barrios makes the walk first. And now the crowd loses it as Pacquiao is announced.

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7:56 p.m. PT/ 10:56 p.m. ET: It’s over! Fundora retains the WBC super-welterweight title, with Tszyu’s corner stopping the fight before the eighth round. 

7:50 p.m. PT/ 10:50 p.m. ET: Tszyu makes adjustments and gets himself into the fight. The fourth and fifth rounds are fairly even, with both competitors landing shots. Fundora maintains control despite his opponent’s improvement. 

7:40 p.m. PT/ 10:40 p.m. ET: Tszyu becomes more aggressive in the second and third rounds, but is still struggling with Fundora’s reach. With his face damaged on the right side, the Australian fires some haymakers, but Fundora remains on top.

7:30 p.m. PT/ 10:30 p.m. ET: Fundora drops Tszyu in the opening round! The champion uses his lead hand well, before sitting his opponent with a left hand. The Australian gets up quickly, though, before copping another left hand.

7:06 p.m. PT/ 10:06p.m. ET: Somehow, Salcido makes the final bell. There was never any doubt about which way the decision would go but, given the ferocious onslaught Cruz subjected his opponent to in the eighth and tenth rounds, it was stunning that it took until the final 30 seconds for Salcido to touch the canvas. He also had a point taken shortly before for holding but it was never going to be a factor, with Pitbull taking out a one-sided decision (99-89 x2, 100-88) to claim the interim WBC super lightweight title.

6:50 p.m. PT/ 9:50 p.m. ET: We’re through seven now and it’s still near-complete dominance from Cruz. A lesser chin might have gone down by now but Salcido remains up for the fight.

6:34 p.m. PT/ 9:34 p.m. ET: Three rounds down and Pitbull has won all of them so far. In his typical style, he’s walking Salcido down and sweeping right hands to the body before switching up with one upstairs. He’s already landed several hard shots but Salcido has eaten them so far.

6:04 p.m. PT/ 9:04 p.m. ET: And they continue swinging away up close right to the final bell. Figueroa moves to 26-2-1 with the unanimous decision win (115-113, 116-112 x2). The former world champ appeared to be landing the more damaging shots over the final few rounds and that won him the fight in the end. He’s now in the box seat for a shot at the WBA featherweight strap. Gonzalez is now 27-5.

5:46 p.m. PT/ 8:46 p.m. ET: We’ve had four more rounds of a similar pattern, with both guys taking turns pounding away in the middle of the ring. Could be anyone’s.

5:30 p.m. PT/ 8:30 p.m. ET: Four rounds of the scheduled 12 in the books and it’s shaping as a tough one to score. Fought almost exclusively at close range, Gonzalez is the busier while Figueroa may be landing the cleaner shots.

4:58 p.m. PT/ 7:58 p.m. ET: And it’s over. Castaneda battled on but couldn’t make the final bell after being dropped with a thunderous right hand to the body early into the 10th round. Former featherweight champ Russell Jr. announces himself as a force at lightweight after a three-and-a-half year layoff, moving to 32-2

4:45 p.m. PT/ 7:45 p.m. ET: Castaneda hits the canvas again in the sixth, this time due to a shovel hook at the end of a two-shot counter.

4:36 p.m. PT/ 7:36 p.m. ET: Four rounds into this one and Castaneda has worked his way into the fight after Russell Jr. started with a bang, dropping his man twice in the second round. The first coming thanks to a rear hand-right hook counter, the second after a destructive combination against the ropes.

4:13 p.m. PT/ 7:13 p.m. ET: They go the distance at super bantamweight, with Picasso taking a majority decision (95-95, 97-93, 98-92). He moves to 31-0-1, while Kameda is now 15-5-2.

3:48 p.m. PT/ 6:48 p.m. ET: Halfway through the fight and it’s not the one-sided beatdown for Picasso the betting odds might have suggested. The Mexican is most likely in front on the cards but Kameda is having success catching and shooting.

3:22 p.m. PT/ 6:22 p.m. ET: And so ends a highly entertaining fight, with Magsayo, now 28-2, taking out the decision. Mata appeared to grow in confidence through the second half of the bout, regularly finding the target with right hand counters. Former world champion Magsayo, however, was the more active and damaging of the pair and took the decision on all three cards (100-90 x2, 98-92). Mata drops 21-3-2.

3:10 p.m. PT/ 6:10 p.m. ET: Through seven rounds and it’s more of the same, which means Mata has been showing a hell of a chin, having worn a vicious uppercut in the fourth round.

2:57 p.m. PT/ 5:57 p.m. ET: Three rounds down in an entertaining fight and Magsayo is on top, digging in to the body well, although Mata has countered sharply on occasion to keep things interesting.

2:40 p.m. PT/ 5:40 p.m. ET: Magsayo and Mata are in the ring for the televised opener.

2:30 p.m. PT/ 5:30 p.m. ET: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Manny Pacquiao’s challenge for the WBC welterweight title against Mario Barrios. At 46 and after a four-year absence from competitive boxing, can Pacman improbably roll back the years?

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Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios start timeDate: Saturday, July 19Time: 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PTMain event start time (approx.): 11:15 p.m. ET | 8:15 p.m. PTLocation: MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas

Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios airs on July 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with the main card starting at 8 p.m. ET. The main event should begin around 11:15 p.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.