{"id":561527,"date":"2026-05-02T00:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561527\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:29:08","slug":"manny-pacquiao-still-feels-cheated-out-of-record-breaking-victory-he-knows-who-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561527\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao still feels cheated out of record breaking victory: “He knows who won”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manny Pacquiao<\/a> remains baffled by the result of his one of his fights, believing that even his opponent knows who deserved to emerge victorious.<\/p>\n

Boxing legend Pacquiao has competed on 73 occasions in his professional career, but it was his most recent outing against Mario Barrios that has left him confused.<\/p>\n

The pair squared off last July, with Barrios making the second defence of his WBC world welterweight title, which he eventually lost against Ryan Garcia in February.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao, meanwhile, was entering his first professional outing since losing a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas in 2021.<\/p>\n

Yet despite his long layoff, the Filipino was able to hold Barrios to a controversial draw<\/a>, showing he can still navigate the 12-round distance against a certain level of opponent.<\/p>\n

In fact, many believe that Pacquiao deserved to claim the WBC title, which, given his age and inactivity, would have been a remarkable achievement.<\/p>\n

As it happened, though, the 47-year-old was unable to return to the win column ahead of his rematch with Floyd Mayweather, which is set to take place later this year.<\/p>\n

There is still much uncertainty though, with the two fighters disagreeing over whether or not it will be a fully sanctioned contest, while the respective date and location of September 19 and The Sphere, Las Vegas, are reportedly set to change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If it does indeed go ahead, Pacquiao is hoping to exact his revenge on Mayweather, and he has told Vibe<\/a> that it feels as if he is coming off his first win in six years, even if his record says otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a good fight with Mario Barrios, and I am surprised by the result. It was a draw, supposedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople know who won the fight, even him. I know he knows. I have to move on and look forward to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of his draw with Barrios, Pacquiao appears fully confident ahead of his proposed rematch against Mayweather, who won their first encounter via a unanimous decision in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao remains baffled by the result of his one of his fights, believing that even his opponent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-561527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}