{"id":482233,"date":"2026-02-18T04:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:35:08","slug":"manny-pacquiao-returns-to-las-vegas-ring-for-10-round-exhibition-fight-against-provodnikov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482233\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao returns to Las Vegas ring for 10-round exhibition fight against Provodnikov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Manny Pacquiao isn\u2019t done with boxing yet and will return to the ring on April 18 to face former junior welterweight world champion Ruslan Provodnikov in a 10-round welterweight exhibition.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Pacquiao last fought on July 19 against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, losing by majority draw. Two of the judges scored it a draw and Max DeLuca awarded Barrios a 115-113 victory.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The loss dropped the 47-year-old\u2019s record to 62 wins, nine defeats and two draws.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI carry the Philippines with me every time I fight. The support from my country and from fans around the world continues to inspire me,\u201d Pacquiao said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cReturning 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 \u2013 and I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The bout will be at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center, which hosted a number of notable fights in the 1990s before the construction of MGM Grand Garden Arena and then T-Mobile Arena that became the primary homes for Las Vegas\u2019 top matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao isn\u2019t done with boxing yet and will return to the ring on April 18 to face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[9499,8439,703,49,48,1483,555,7501,2053,194817,82,194816,194815,29475],"class_list":{"0":"post-482233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-barrios","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-las-vegas","14":"tag-mgm-grand-garden-arena","15":"tag-pacquiao","16":"tag-philippines","17":"tag-ruslan-provodnikov","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-t-mobile-arena","20":"tag-thomas-mack-center","21":"tag-wbc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482233","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=482233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}