{"id":487490,"date":"2026-02-18T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487490\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:57:07","slug":"manny-pacquiao-vs-ruslan-provodnikov-exhibition-set-for-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487490\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov exhibition set for April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The press release makes no mention of a broadcast partner, so odds are it\u2019ll land on PPV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now 42, he\u2019ll get the crack at Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KO) he originally missed out on thanks to his 2014 upset loss to Chris Algieri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI carry the Philippines with me every time I fight,\u201d said Manny Pacquiao. \u201cThe support from my country and from fans around the world continues to inspire me. Returning to Las Vegas means so much to me, and I\u2019m excited to work with a team focused on creating a world-class experience for the fans. I\u2019m coming back to give them a great fight \u2014 and I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">By the nonexistent standards of boxing exhibitions, such as the impending Mayweather vs Tyson debacle, this one\u2019s not bad. Pacquiao\u2019s still a solid operator and Provodnikov, despite the amount of damage he absorbed in the ring, never looked worryingly shot. Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/boxing-news\/113122\/callum-smith-vs-david-morrell-jr-official-for-april-18th-in-liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there\u2019s better action that day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The press release makes no mention of a broadcast partner, so odds are it\u2019ll land on PPV. Now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,1920,85],"class_list":["post-487490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}