Feb 18 (Reuters) \u2013 Manny Pacquiao confirmed he will face former junior welterweight world champion Ruslan Provodnikov in Las Vegas on April \u200b18, marking his second outing since \u200creturning from a four\u2011year retirement last year.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old last fought in July, when he ended a long hiatus with a majority draw against WBC welterweight champion Mario \u200cBarrios.<\/p>\n
\u201cI \u200bcarry the Philippines with me \u2060every time I fight. \u2060The support from my country and from fans around the world continues to inspire me,\u201d Pacquiao said in a statement issued by \u200bIndistry Media and Banner Promotions on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cReturning to Las Vegas means so much to me, \u2060and I\u2019m excited to \u2060work with a team focused on \u200bcreating a world-class experience for the fans. I\u2019m coming \u200bback to give them a great fight \u2013 \u200cand I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pacquiao initially retired in 2021 before resuming his career last year. Away from the ring, he served in the Philippine Senate \u2060from 2016 to 2022 and mounted an unsuccessful presidential bid in 2022.<\/p>\n
The eight-division world champion \u2014 the first boxer \u2060to achieve \u200cthat feat \u2014 also became the oldest \u2060welterweight world champion at age 40 \u200bin \u200c2019. His professional record stands at \u200b62 wins, \u2060eight losses and three draws from 73 fights.<\/p>\n
He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by \u200bKevin Buckland)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 18 (Reuters) \u2013 Manny Pacquiao confirmed he will face former junior welterweight world champion Ruslan Provodnikov in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-485028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485028","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=485028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}