Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman

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Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman
Pacquiao vs. Thurman.jpg
DateJuly 20, 2019
Venue MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line WBA (Super) welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Keith Thurman
Nickname Pac-Man One Time
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Pre-fight record 61–7–2 (39 KO) 29–0–0–1 (22 KO)
Height5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm)5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm)
Weight146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg)146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Regular) welterweight champion
8-division world champion 		WBA (Super) welterweight champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round split decision (113–114, 115–112, 115–112) [1]

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman , was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) welterweight championship. [2] The event took place on July 20, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won the fight by split decision, and at 40 years old, became the oldest welterweight to win a major world title in boxing history. [3] The bout sold 500,000 pay-per-view (PPV) buys in the United States, [4] earning an estimated $37.5 million in pay-per-view revenue.

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Background

After Thurman's fight with Josesito López, he publicly said he wanted to fight Pacquiao next. [5] It was initially thought that Errol Spence Jr. would be next on Pacquiao's list when he came up the ring after Spence easily disposed of Mikey Garcia. It had also been rumored that Pacquiao would be facing Thurman next and Spence would instead have a unification bout with Shawn Porter. [6] On May 11, 2019 it was announced that Pacquiao–Thurman would happen on July 20, 2019 and a few days after, MGM Grand Garden Arena announced that they would be hosting the fight. [7] Betting odds started in favor of Thurman but slowly went Pacquiao's way as the fight drew closer. [8] Throughout the promotion, Thurman had nice things to say about Pacquiao being a legend as a sign of respect and would follow it up with how he planned on finishing Pacquiao's career. [9]

Fight details

Pacquiao won the WBA (Super) welterweight title against Thurman via split decision and became the oldest welterweight to win a major title in boxing history. [3] Late in the first round, Pacquiao caught Thurman with a right hand to the chin after a left to the body and knocked him down as he was moving backwards. The first five rounds were vintage for Pacquiao; he bloodied Thurman's nose and forced him into a very intense fight. Thurman looked to have regained his composure in the middle rounds, adjusted to Pacquiao's offense in the second half of the fight and was able to catch him with some hard shots. But in the tenth round, Pacquiao caught Thurman again; this time, it was a vicious left hook to the body that had him moving around the ring, trying to survive the round. Thurman was visibly hurt by the body shot; he later admitted, "The body shot was a terrific body shot. I even took my mouthpiece out of my mouth just so I could breathe a little deeper". Glenn Feldman scored the bout 114–113 for Thurman; Dave Moretti and Tim Cheatham both scored it 115–112 for Pacquiao. Many people, including Pacquiao himself, felt that the first-round knockdown and the tenth-round body shot rightfully secured him the win. [10] [11] [12]

According to CompuBox, Thurman was the more accurate boxer and out-landed Pacquiao. Pacquiao only landed 113 out of 340 of his power punches (33%) against Thurman's 192 out of 443 power punches (43%). Pacquiao was the busier fighter and had a difference of more than 100 punches compared to Thurman. Total punch stats were 195 out of 686 (28%) for Pacquiao and 210 out of 571 (37%) for Thurman. [13]

With the victory, Pacquiao also became the first boxer to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion, breaking his tie with Jack Britton and Emile Griffith.

Official scorecards

Pacquiao gets his gloves inspected by an official. Pacquiao in locker room.jpg
Pacquiao gets his gloves inspected by an official.
JudgeFighter 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112TotalSource
Dave MorettiPacquiao1010910109910910910115 [14]
Thurman89109910109109109112
Glenn FeldmanPacquiao10109101099991099113
Thurman8910991010101091010114
Tim CheathamPacquiao1010101010999910910115
Thurman89999101010109109112

Fight card

Thurman warming up with trainer Dan Birmingham. Pacquiao-Thurman.jpg
Thurman warming up with trainer Dan Birmingham.
Pacquiao warming up with trainer Freddie Roach. Pacquiao warming up.jpg
Pacquiao warming up with trainer Freddie Roach.
Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundTimeNote
Main card (Fox PPV)
Welterweight147 lbs. Flag of the Philippines.svg Manny Pacquiao def. Flag of the United States.svg Keith Thurman (c)SD12/12 Note 1
Welterweight147 lbs. Flag of Cuba.svg Yordenis Ugás def. Flag of the United States.svg Omar Figueroa Jr. UD12/12
Welterweight147 lbs. Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Lipinets def. Flag of the Philippines.svg Jayar InsonTKO2/100:57
Bantamweight118 lbs. Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Nery def. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Carlos Payano KO9/121:43
Undercard (Fox)
Super middleweight168 lbs. Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Plant (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Mike Lee TKO3/121:29 Note 2
Heavyweight200+ lbs. Flag of Nigeria.svg Efe Ajagba def. Flag of Turkey.svg Ali Eren Demirezen UD10/10

^Note 1 For WBA (Super) welterweight title
^Note 2 For IBF super middleweight title

Broadcasting

Pacquiao celebrating in the ring after his victory over Thurman. Manny Pacquiao victory over Keith Thurman.jpg
Pacquiao celebrating in the ring after his victory over Thurman.
MGM Grand Garden Arena during the main event. Pacquiao vs. Thurman arena.jpg
MGM Grand Garden Arena during the main event.

The fight was televised on PPV's Fox in the United States and both Sky Sports and Cignal in the Philippines. ABS-CBN also had exclusive rights to broadcast the fight on Philippine free-to-air. [15]

CountryBroadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/pay television PPV Stream
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia— Main Event —
Flag of CARICOM.svg Caribbean [16] — Fox Premium Fox Play
Flag of France.svg France— RMC Sport —RMC Sport
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia [17] Mola TV—Mola TV On Demand
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland— ITV Box Office Fite TV
Flag of Japan.svg Japan— Wowow —Wowow
Flag of the Arab League.svg MENA [18] — OSN Cinema OSN Play
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico [19] Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand— Sky Arena —
Flag of Panama.svg Panama [20] Telemetro — Medcom Go
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines [15] ABS-CBN (delayed) ABS-CBN S+A (delayed)Cignal iWant (delayed)
One Sports (delayed)Cignal Play
ESPN5
Solar Sports (delayed)Sky Sports Sky On Demand
Flag of Poland.svg Poland [21] TVP Sport — TVP Stream
Flag of Russia.svg Russia [22] Match TV
South America
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  • Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia
  • Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
  • Flag of Chile.svg Chile
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
  • Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
  • Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
  • Flag of Peru.svg Peru
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
  • Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
—Fox PremiumFox Play
Sub-Saharan Africa [23] — SuperSport — DStv Go
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand [24] PPTV —PPTV
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-LesteMola TV—Mola TV On Demand
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey [25] DMAX —DMAX
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [26] —ITV Box OfficeFite TV
Flag of the United States.svg United States [27] [28] [29] Fox FS1 Fox Fox Sports Go
Fox Deportes

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Preceded by Keith Thurman's bouts
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