{"id":582592,"date":"2026-04-03T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:30:09","slug":"jimuel-pacquiao-tackles-mma-veteran-in-2nd-pro-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582592\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimuel Pacquiao tackles MMA veteran in 2nd pro fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tJimuel Pacquiao returns to the ring, four months after the eldest son of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao welcomed his first child\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Jimuel Pacquiao intends to show his true worth in the ring on Friday, April 3 (Saturday, April 4, Philippine time) when he tangles with Darrick Gates at the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Pacquiao, the eldest child of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, salvaged a majority draw with Brendan Lally in his pro debut<\/a> at the same venue on November 29, 2025, his \u201caverage\u201d performance largely attributed to lack of focus and forced training interruptions as his partner, Carolina Pimentel, was about to give birth.<\/p>\n

With his esteemed father Manny, mother Jinkee, Carolina, and four-month-old daughter Clara<\/a> expected to be present at ringside, the young Pacquiao looks to give his all against Gates, an MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter with a 1-7 record, who lost his first and only boxing bout to\u00a0Jursly\u00a0Vargas in March 2025.<\/p>\n

Gates, 36, is 3 inches taller than Jimuel at 5-foot-9 and has a longer reach, posing a problem to solve in the four-round lightweight encounter supporting Pedro Taduran\u2019s defense of the IBF (International Boxing Federation) minimumweight belt against Mexican Gustavo Perez Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Jimuel weighed in at 136.2 pounds on Thursday, April 2, with Gates checking in at 133.8.<\/p>\n

The fight card is being staged by Manny Pacquiao Promotions, headed by Sean Gibbons. \u2013 Rappler.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Jimuel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-582592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582592","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=582592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}