{"id":616086,"date":"2026-04-19T00:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616086\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:35:07","slug":"manny-pacquiao-reflects-on-reason-behind-the-loss-that-sent-him-into-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616086\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao reflects on reason behind the loss that sent him into retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manny Pacquiao<\/a> has recalled the pre-fight routine which, in his view, contributed to him retiring from the sport.<\/p>\n

At the start of the decade, the Filipino was coming off a pair of points victories over Keith Thurman and Adrien Broner, successfully defending his WBA world title on both occasions.<\/p>\n

In doing so, he was widely regarded as one of the leading fighters at 147lbs, only to then experience over two years of inactivity following his closely-contested encounter with Thurman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upon his return, Pacquiao may have been forgiven for facing a less formidable opponent, but he instead attempted to defend his title against Yordenis Ugas.<\/p>\n

With many believing he had done enough to defeat Shawn Porter, who ultimately edged their 2019 showdown by split decision, Ugas certainly represented a tough night\u2019s work for any fighter.<\/p>\n

As it happened, this proved to be the case against Pacquiao, who lost their contest by margins of 115-113 and 116-112, twice, on the judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Inside the Ring<\/a>, though, \u2018Pac Man\u2019 has claimed that his preparation for Ugas was far from ideal.<\/p>\n

\u201c[For] the Ugas fight, we did a routine that we did not usually do before [a] fight. That\u2019s what happened to me \u2013 cramping in both legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the fight, we did the massage machine. In the fight, I was cramping, could not move. [It was] the first time in my career [that happened].\u201d<\/p>\n

Ugas went on to face Errol Spence Jr in a unification clash the following year, suffering a 10th-round stoppage defeat after giving a terrific account of himself.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao, meanwhile, sailed into retirement and was involved in a couple exhibition matches, before returning to the sport and boxing to a draw against then-WBC world welterweight champion Mario Barrios<\/a> last July. He will, if all goes to plan, face Floyd Mayweather in a rematch this September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao has recalled the pre-fight routine which, in his view, contributed to him retiring from the sport.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-616086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616086","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=616086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}