Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence - August 21, 2021 (OFF)

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PPV Undercard

Three matchups have been added to the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View undercard headlined by eight-division world champion and Philippine Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao facing unified WBC and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. on Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

WBA Welterweight World Champion Yordenis Ugas will square off against Argentina’s Fabian “TNT” Maidana in the co-main event, while former world champions and all-action brawlers Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and “Vicious” Víctor Ortiz will meet in a 10-round welterweight duel. Kicking off the pay-per-view at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, unbeaten featherweight contender Mark Magsayo battles former world champion Julio Ceja in a 10-round attraction.

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, MP Promotions and Man Down Promotions, are on sale now and can be purchased through t-mobilearena.com and axs.com.

The 35-year-old Ugás (26-4, 12 KOs) has established himself as an elite welterweight since returning from a layoff in 2016, and was elevated to world champion in January after winning a WBA belt by defeating Abel Ramos last September. Ugás, who is from Santiago, Cuba and now lives in Miami, Florida, was on an eight-fight winning streak before losing a narrow split-decision to Shawn Porter in a world title fight in March 2019. The Olympic bronze medalist trains in Las Vegas and owns victories over then undefeated fighters Jamal James, Omar Figueroa Jr. and Bryant Perrella, plus veteran contenders Thomas Dulorme and Ray Robinson.

Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, Maidana (18-1, 13 KOs) will look to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, former two division champion Marcos Maidana, and become the latest Argentine world champion on August 21. The 29-year-old was unbeaten in his first 16 pro fights, capping off that run with a knockout of Andrey Klimov in July 2018. Since dropping a January 2019 decision to Jaider Parra, Maidana has bounced back with a knockout of Ramses Agaton in September 2019 and a 10-round decision victory over Carlos Cordoba in April of this year.

Guerrero (36-6-1, 20 KOs) is a three-time world champion who has won world titles at featherweight and super featherweight, and has fought a stacked lineup of elite fighters, including Floyd Mayweather, during a superb career. The Gilroy, California native returned from a 2017 defeat to Omar Figueroa Jr. to win his last three contests. After stopping Adam Mates in December 2018 and Hevinson Herrera in March 2019, Guerrero most recently won a unanimous decision over Gerald Thomas in September 2019.

Ortiz (32-6-3, 25 KOs), a former 147-pound champion, will return to the ring for the first time since a February 2018 draw against two-division champion Devon Alexander. The 34-year-old native of Garden City, Kansas, who now lives in Ventura, California, has faced some of the top names in the 147-pound division during his career. Ortiz won the welterweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto in April 2011, before losing the title to Floyd Mayweather.

The Filipino sensation Magsayo (22-0, 15 KOs) fights out of Pasig City, Metro Manila and most recently knocked out Pablo Cruz in four rounds in April 2021, following his U.S. televised debut in October 2020 that saw him defeat Rigoberto Hermosillo on FS1. The 26-year-old fights in the U.S. for the fifth time overall on August 21 and against his toughest competition to date in the former champion Ceja. Magsayo owns 12-round decision victories over Shoto Hayashi and Jose Robles Olvera, and a sixth-round stoppage of former title challenger Chris Avalos.

A former super bantamweight champion, Ceja (32-4-1, 28 KOs) will move up to featherweight as he seeks an opportunity to capture a championship in a second division. Ceja's 2019 saw him engage in two action-packed battles, dropping a June contest to former champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and most recently fighting unbeaten super bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa to a draw in November. The 28-year-old captured his 122-pound title with a stoppage of Hugo Ruiz in 2015, and has also challenged for a bantamweight title throughout his career.

I basically cringe when I see you reply to stuff dude! Waste of bandwidth! Say what you want to say, instead of posting other crap we can read on our own. Or post a link. We can click on it or not!

Get back to us when you deliver 1/100 of the value that Ruthless1 brings to the Boxrec table, cesspool for brain.

I get it. He posts articles for those too lazy to find and read for themselves. I would rather look at multiple sites to get a more unbiased viewpoint. I also hate long posts, but that's me. By the way, you are confusing me for someone that gives a rats ass what you think. Carry on dipshit.

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I basically cringe when I see you reply to stuff dude! Waste of bandwidth! Say what you want to say, instead of posting other crap we can read on our own. Or post a link. We can click on it or not!

Get back to us when you deliver 1/100 of the value that Ruthless1 brings to the Boxrec table, cesspool for brain.

I get it. He posts articles for those too lazy to find and read for themselves. I would rather look at multiple sites to get a more unbiased viewpoint. I also hate long posts, but that's me. By the way, you are confusing me for someone that gives a rats ass what you think. Carry on dipshit.

Wrong. No confusion over here at all, full septic tank skull.

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Judge tentatively denies injunction to keep Manny Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence

Audie Attar's attempt to stop Manny Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence Jr. has been tentatively denied.

Judge Walter Schwarm, in a tentative ruling on Thursday obtained by ESPN through a court records search, denied Paradigm Sports Management's effort to obtain a preliminary injunction against Pacquiao that would have halted the Aug. 21 welterweight championship fight in Las Vegas.

The official ruling will be handed down Friday morning in Superior Court of California in Orange County. Schwarm made the tentative ruling on the basis that the "evidence demonstrates a low probability of prevailing" in regard to two of the accusations: breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Paradigm claimed that Pacquiao's team brokered the fight with PBC and Spence without Attar's inclusion, despite holding exclusive rights to negotiate the 42-year-old's next two fights. Paradigm is also suing to recoup a $3.3 million advance it said Pacquiao received with the understanding those next two fights would be secured by Attar. No tentative ruling has been made in regard to the money.

"I would have preferred the tentative decision be favorable to us, but I live to fight another day," Attar's attorney, longtime boxing lawyer Judd Burstein, told ESPN.

Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division champion, signed with Attar's Paradigm Sports Management last year in the hopes of securing a long-discussed boxing match with UFC superstar Conor McGregor, who is managed by Paradigm. (Attar also represents UFC champion Israel Adesanya.)

The fight between Pacquiao and McGregor was being planned for this summer in Dubai, UAE, before McGregor was knocked out by Dustin Poirier in January. Instead, Pacquiao signed to fight Spence in a PBC on Fox PPV at T-Mobile Arena. Spence, the unified 147-pound champion, is ESPN's No. 4 pound-for-pound boxer. His fight with Pacquiao is the biggest of 2021 thus far.

"Paradigm Sports' lawsuit against me has no merit," Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) said in a prepared statement in late June. "I have an absolute right under the agreement with Paradigm to engage in the upcoming bout with Errol Spence. If this frivolous lawsuit continues, I will be proven correct in court."

Pacquiao is a senator in the Philippines, where he still resides, and he is gearing up for a potential presidential run in May against incumbent Rodrigo Duterte. The bout against Spence could be the final of Pacquiao's legendary career, a run that includes wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. Pacquiao's loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2015 remains the highest-grossing fight of all time.

"Pacman" hasn't competed since a July 2019 decision victory over Keith Thurman, Pacquiao's second fight with PBC.

Pacquiao, ESPN's No. 3 welterweight, has been training in Los Angeles with his longtime trainer, Freddie Roach, in hopes of once again reaching the pinnacle of the sport.

[H8Usernames]

Manny Pacquiao a great fighter that will never be forgotten.

Errol on the other hand will be remembered for only this fight regardless of whether his role is losing to a great or handing a great his final loss.

[Bandog]

Manny Pacquiao a great fighter that will never be forgotten.

Errol on the other hand will be remembered for only this fight regardless of whether his role is losing to a great or handing a great his final loss.

Spence is still young enough that besides this fight, will have a few more legacy type fights that will define him. Pac is great, but he beat an inactive Thurman, who isn't as tough as a 70-80% Spence. You'll see when they fight.

[H8Usernames]

Manny Pacquiao a great fighter that will never be forgotten.

Errol on the other hand will be remembered for only this fight regardless of whether his role is losing to a great or handing a great his final loss.

Spence is still young enough that besides this fight, will have a few more legacy type fights that will define him. Pac is great, but he beat an inactive Thurman, who isn't as tough as a 70-80% Spence. You'll see when they fight.

Yes legacy type fights that will define him as someone to forget.

[ironbeard]

The Pac who beat Thurman would also win THIS match as well. It's all about which version of Pac shows up for Spence.

Will he be rusty? I doubt it but let's see how things look as both camps start to conclude.

I disagree. I think that Spence is better than the Thurman that Pac fought. IMO, the KD won that fight. Spence is aware. I doubt that he will be as sloppy as Thurman was prior to getting clipped.

Pac will have to be better than that night.

[ironbeard]

The Pac who beat Thurman would also win THIS match as well. It's all about which version of Pac shows up for Spence.

Will he be rusty? I doubt it but let's see how things look as both camps start to conclude.

Pac will have to be better than that night.

Fair enough, but I maintain that Pac at his best wins this 99 times out of a hundred.

Yeah, I disagree with that too. Pac is already an ATG but “99 out of a hundred” is too much. I think that you are undervaluing Spence.

[margaret thatcher]

spence is an all rounder who is good at everything, much naturally bigger and stronger. doesnt have the holes in his game that thurman does

if manny can win , say, 4 rounds and go the distance, id consider that really impressive performance from pacman. i cant see him winning

if he does win, absolutely incredible stuff, his legend would grow even bigger

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If Spence stands toe to toe with Manny the first half if the fight he deserves to lose. Box, use a strong jab, be busy but cautious and start wearing Manny down, then turn up the heat.

I thought Manny started gassing later in the Thurman fight, but is very dangerous in the first few rounds.

[Bandog]

The Pac who beat Thurman would also win THIS match as well. It's all about which version of Pac shows up for Spence.

Will he be rusty? I doubt it but let's see how things look as both camps start to conclude.

Pac will have to be better than that night.

Fair enough, but I maintain that Pac at his best wins this 99 times out of a hundred.

Pac at his best was never randomly tested for PEDS. It's no coincidence his domination went downhill later. With both proven clean, I'd slightly favor Spence over Manny at any stage in their career, or at least a 50-50 fight. Maybe we'll see a reason why Spence is the 3rd? ever southpaw Manny has ever fought.

[Cent0089]

Still cannot believe Manny doing this at age of 42

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Press Release

Unified Welterweight Champion Errol Spence, Jr. was forced to withdraw from his blockbuster FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View showdown with eight-division and former welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas due to a retinal tear in his left eye.

WBA Welterweight Champion Yordenis Ugas will step up to replace Spence and will defend his title against Pacquiao, who won that title when he defeated Keith Thurman in his last fight July 2019. Ugas was preparing to make his first title defense against Fabian Maidana in the co-feature of the Spence-Pacquiao card. Being elevated to the main event against boxing legend Pacquiao means Ugas will get a career-defining fight sooner rather than later.

Spence discovered that he had a torn retina during a pre-fight medical examination by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in Las Vegas on Monday. He flew back home to Dallas, Texas on Tuesday and will have surgery to repair the tear on Wednesday. Spence is expected to make a full recovery and return to the ring.


“It’s an unfortunate turn of events that Errol has a retinal tear and subsequent surgery has prevented him from participating in this big pay-per-view event. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to his return to the ring,’’ said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “We’re excited that Manny has agreed to move forward and Ugas has stepped up to defend his title against the man who once held the title. Ugas was in the co-feature and had been preparing to fight on this date, so he’s ready. It’s a major challenge, because now he has to make his first title defense against a boxing legend in a career-defining fight.’’

The 35-year-old Ugás (26-4, 12 KOs) has established himself as an elite welterweight since returning from a layoff in 2016 and was elevated to world champion in January after winning a WBA Championship belt by defeating Abel Ramos last September. Ugás, who is from Santiago, Cuba and now lives in Miami, Florida, was on an eight-fight winning streak before losing a narrow split-decision to Shawn Porter in a world title fight in March 2019. The Olympic bronze medalist trains in Las Vegas and owns victories over then undefeated fighters Jamal James, Omar Figueroa Jr. and Bryant Perrella, plus veteran contenders Thomas Dulorme and Ray Robinson.

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[H8Usernames]

Manny Pacquiao a great fighter that will never be forgotten.

Errol on the other hand will be remembered for only this fight regardless of whether his role is losing to a great or handing a great his final loss.

Spence is still young enough that besides this fight, will have a few more legacy type fights that will define him. Pac is great, but he beat an inactive Thurman, who isn't as tough as a 70-80% Spence. You'll see when they fight.

Yes legacy type fights that will define him as someone to forget.

A step closer to forgetting a fraud.

[Evander]

Can't believe, oops, can believe yet another big one is off.
Not good, not surprised.

[Onetimeonly]

I wasn't buying it anyway.

[Bandog]

Spence is still young enough that besides this fight, will have a few more legacy type fights that will define him. Pac is great, but he beat an inactive Thurman, who isn't as tough as a 70-80% Spence. You'll see when they fight.

Yes legacy type fights that will define him as someone to forget.

A step closer to forgetting a fraud.

Spence is a fraud? Are you fairly new to boxing?

[DrDuke]

Not a big disappointment. Spence is too good for old Pac. With Ugas it will be more competetive.

[apollo creed]

I guess its all just business. MP has to get a big title, so the fight between him and Spence to be bigger. The winner would have 3 major belts.

[Enlightened-One]

The Spence Jr. bout was Pacquiao's final fight of his contract with the PBC.

We might never get to see the Filipino facing the American.

[Enlightened-One]

It makes me wonder whether Errol Spence Jr’s withdrawal from the Pacquiao bout has anything to do with the leaked sparring video?

I normally ignore gym stories, because there are so many reasons why a fighter underperforms during sparring (i.e. out-of-shape, both men at different stages of their training camp, fatigued because of all the exercise performed that day, experimentation and trying new things, having a bad day at the office, carrying an injury, an overzealous parring partner doing the wrong type of sparring etc.).

After all, the gym is the place where fighters are supposed to make all their mistakes. That’s the reason why there’s usually an unwritten rule whereby whatever happens in the gym never gets discussed with anyone, especially the media. It’s confidential!

That said, Errol Spence Jr. did look poor in that leaked sparring video. He didn’t have the physicality to bulldoze his opponent, which is what he’s known for. In fact, he was being outworked, with his defence being very porous.

Manny Pacquiao would have been the biggest name on Spence Jr’s resume. Arguably the biggest fight of his career. I don’t think he would have wanted to take a massive risk facing the Filipino if he was struggling in sparring.

So I wonder if there was any truth to the rumours about Spence Jr. underperforming inside the gym? And if this was the case, could the eye injury be the reason for this?

And is it possible that the car crash could have resulted in Spence Jr. being permanently injury prone in certain parts of his body? If you look at the photos, he definitely injured his eyes when he crashed his car (with one of them being more damaged than the other).

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It makes me wonder whether Errol Spence Jr’s withdrawal from the Pacquiao bout has anything to do with the leaked sparring video?

I normally ignore gym stories, because there are so many reasons why a fighter underperforms during sparring (i.e. out-of-shape, both men at different stages of their training camp, fatigued because of all the exercise performed that day, experimentation and trying new things, having a bad day at the office, carrying an injury, an overzealous parring partner doing the wrong type of sparring etc.).

After all, the gym is the place where fighters are supposed to make all their mistakes. That’s the reason why there’s usually an unwritten rule whereby whatever happens in the gym never gets discussed with anyone, especially the media. It’s confidential!

That said, Errol Spence Jr. did look poor in that leaked sparring video. He didn’t have the physicality to bulldoze his opponent, which is what he’s known for. In fact, he was being outworked, with his defence being very porous.

Manny Pacquiao would have been the biggest name on Spence Jr’s resume. Arguably the biggest fight of his career. I don’t think he would have wanted to take a massive risk facing the Filipino if he was struggling in sparring.

So I wonder if there was any truth to the rumours about Spence Jr. underperforming inside the gym? And if this was the case, could the eye injury be the reason for this?

And is it possible that the car crash could have resulted in Spence Jr. being permanently injury prone in certain parts of his body? If you look at the photos, he definitely injured his eyes when he crashed his car (with one of them being more damaged than the other).

Basically, he didn’t wanna get Thurman’d..

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