{"id":401588,"date":"2026-01-11T01:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401588\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:21:06","slug":"former-champion-calls-for-comeback-fight-against-manny-pacquiao-watch-what-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401588\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champion calls for comeback fight against Manny Pacquiao: “Watch what happens”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last July, Manny Pacquiao<\/a> made a sensational return to professional boxing and now a former world champion is eyeing up a similar comeback, with eyes on a potential showdown with the Filipino icon.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao had not won a professional bout since 2019 when he returned to the sport and landed a world title shot against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in July, much to the annoyance of other contenders in the 147lb division.<\/p>\n

However, despite a spirited effort and surprisingly competitive contest, the winless drought of the now 47-year-old continued as Pacquiao could only muster a draw against Barrios.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pacquiao has opted to continue fighting, as he looks again to break his own record as the oldest ever welterweight world champion before hanging up the gloves for good.<\/p>\n

He has been linked to a number of proposals, most notably another world title challenge against WBA holder Rolando Romero and a possible rematch with long-term rival Floyd Mayweather, who famously defeated him back in 2015.<\/p>\n

There is a now another former champion hoping to land a scrap with Pacquiao \u2014 two-division conqueror Zab Judah revealed his interest in a showdown with boxing\u2019s only eight-division champion, in an interview with MillCity Boxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get it. I turn down nobody, I turn down nothing but collars, that\u2019s on my mama. Me and Manny never fought. We here, I would love to.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got me hyped with that Manny Pacquiao-Zab Judah s\u2013t. That sounds like something. It\u2019s a good idea. We ain\u2019t lacking over here, baby. Where Manny at? You put a n\u2014a name on the contract with mine and watch what happens. You already know how I get down.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems as though Pacquiao will be made to earn his next world title challenge, with Romero expected to instead face mandatory challenger Shakhram Giyasov<\/a> and Barrios poised to take on Ryan Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The normal business of boxing resuming may mean the Filipino legend could look to stage more of a spectacle fight, but Judah \u2014 who retired in 2019 after brain bleed following a stoppage loss \u2014 is unlikely to be heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last July, Manny Pacquiao made a sensational return to professional boxing and now a former world champion is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-401588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}