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Get round by round results and full fight coverage here for the WBA welterweight championship boxing match between Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman.
Tonight (Saturday, July 20th) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA “regular” welterweight champion and eight-division titleholder Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) takes on undefeated WBA “super” welterweight king Keith Thurman (29-0-1 NC, 22 KOs). Ignore Pacquiao’s “regular” title because the WBA is stupid, the title on the line of consequence is Thurman’s “super” belt.
Pacquiao recently bested Adrien Broner in his return to the United States, taking a comfortable unanimous decision. One week after Pacquiao’s victory, Thurman returned from a 22-month layoff and found himself in a tougher than expected “tune-up” title defense against Josesito Lopez. Thurman did score a knockdown but found himself hurt on multiple occasions on his way to a majority decision. Perhaps that was ring rust, as we’ve seen Thurman perform better than that, but he’ll need to be on his A-game to topple even a 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao.
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Bloody Elbow is here to provide you with detailed, round-by-round coverage and running commentary of tonight’s showdown. The FOX PPV starts at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, and Pacquiao vs. Thurman should start at around 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. It’s boxing pacing, so expect it to be later.
Round 1 -
Yordenis Ugas vs. Omar Figueroa - Welterweights
Sergey Lipinets vs. Jayar Inson - Welterweights
Luis Nery vs. Juan Carlos Payano - Bantamweights
Caleb Plant vs. Mike Lee - Super-middleweights
Efe Ajagba vs. Ali Eren Demirezen - Heavyweights
