LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 18: (L-R) Trainers Buboy Fernandez and Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao, TGB … More
Manny Pacquiao’s retirement ends on Saturday, July 19, when he faces WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in the main event of a PBC pay-per-view boxing card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, the only boxer to win titles in eight weight divisions, walked away from the ring in 2021 following a decision loss to Yordenis Ugás. We look at when boxing fans can expect to see the ring walks for the Pacquiao vs. Pacquiao fight card.
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Main Event
Mario Barrios (29-2-1) vs. Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2): For Barrios’s WBC welterweight championship
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Undercard
Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1-) vs. Tim Tszyu (25-2-0): For Fundora’s WBC junior middleweight title
Isaac Cruz (27-3-1) vs. Angel Fierro (23-3-2): Junior welterweight
Brandon Figueroa (25-2-1) vs. Joet Gonzalez (27-4-0): Featherweight
Gary Russell Jr. (31-2-0) vs. Hugo Castaneda (15-2-1): Lightweight
David Picasso (31-0-1) vs. Kyonosuke Kamed (15-4-2): Junior featherweight
Mark Magsayo (27-2) vs. Jorge Mata Cuellar (21-2-2): Junior lightweight
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Main Event Ring Walk Time
The ring walk for the Pacquiao vs. Barrios fight is expected to occur at approximately 11 p.m. ET.
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Fight Card Date:
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Fight Card Time:
5:30 p.m. ET
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Fight Card Location:
MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Fight Card How to Watch Or Stream:
Amazon Prime Video
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Fight Card Streaming Cost:
$79.95
rios said of his opponent. “It’s hard to be like, ‘Man, I’m about to square up with him for my title.’ But I am going in there with bad intentions. I am trying to get him out of there.”
Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs) is the No. 3 ranked 147-pounder according to ESPN.
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao attends the press conference ahead of his July 19 WBC welterweight … More
ESPN reported on Pacquiao coming out of retirement in early May. The former eight-division boxing champion confirmed his return on Instagram, writing, “On July 19, I return to the ring to face WBC Welterweight Champion Mario Barrios at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Let’s make history! #TeamPacquiao 🇵🇭”
The 46-year-old Pacquiao last fought in August 2021 when he dropped a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas for the WBA welterweight championship. Not long after that setback, Pacquiao announced his retirement.
“Even me, I’m amazed at what I have done,” Pacquiao said in a video he posted on social media. “The only boxer to hold world titles in four different decades and became the oldest boxer to win a world welterweight title, an amazing accomplishment.”
“It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over,” he added. “Today, I am announcing my retirement. I never thought that this day would come. As I hang up my boxing gloves, I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people, for supporting Manny Pacquiao.”
Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) was the No. 6 ranked welterweight, according to ESPN, when he retired. He is currently unranked.
“Goodbye, boxing. Thank you for changing my life,” Pacquiao added. “You gave me the chance to find a way out of poverty. Because of you, I was able to inspire people all over the world. Because of you, I have been given the courage to change more life.
“I will never forget what I have done and accomplished in my life. I can’t imagine that I have just heard the final bell.”
Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Breakdown
Manny Pacquiao is 46. Couple that with his inactivity, and no one should expect to see the fighter they remember him being in his heyday when he steps into the ring on Saturday. The question facing Pacquiao is whether the athleticism that helped him in his younger days can still assist him in competition in 2025.
Pacquiao’s reflexes, speed, and natural abilities helped mask some of the gaps in his game when he was racking up titles in eight divisions. Pacquiao displayed remarkable speed in his punches and footwork, which allowed him to move in and out of range with ease, while also landing blows from odd angles as his foes looked to react to Pacquiao’s movement. In his most recent fight, an August 2024 exhibition against kickboxer Rukiya Anpo, Pacquiao displayed slower movement and reflexes, which put him off balance and allowed his opponent to land while Pacquiao looked to recover his stance. At best, the slip in Pacquiao’s athleticism will remain where it was during that three-round affair. Don’t expect the best-case scenario on Saturday.
Mario Barrios is 30 and in his prime. If Pacquiao has declined significantly in his athleticism, which should be apparent early in this matchup, then Barrios must exploit Pacquiao’s pressure and tendency to push forward. If Barrios can pick up the timing of his aging opponent’s attacks, he should be able to counter effectively and step back out of range before Pacquiao can regain his footing and respond. Barrios’s height and reach advantages in this fight will also help him when it comes to countering Pacquiao’s attacks.
If Barrios can use his jab to keep Pacquiao and force him to work to get into range, that will also help Barrios when it comes to working effective counters.
Sebastian Fundora Vs. Tim Tszyu 2
US boxer Sebastian Fundora speaks during the press conference ahead of his July 19 WBC super … More
Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1 with 14 knockouts) opened his boxing career on a 18-0-1 run before he got the opportunity to fight for a title. In April 2022, Fundora faced Erickson Lubin for the vacant WBC interim light middleweight belt. Fundora won that fight by stoppage in the ninth round.
Fundora defended his belt in October 2022 with a unanimous decision win over Carlos Ocampo. His title run ended in April 2023 when Brian Mendoza knocked out Fundora in the early moments of the seventh round of their matchup.
Fundora returned to the ring nearly a year later to face Tim Tszyu at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the main event of a PBC card. Tszyu’s WBO junior middleweight title was on the line as well as the vacant WBC strap
Fundora won that fight via split decision, scoring an upset split decision (112-116, 116-112, 115-113). Fundora defended his titles in March of this year, knocking out Chordale Booker in the fourth round at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
The WBO stripped Fundora of his belt when he elected to face Tszyu in a rematch instead of WBO mandatory challenger Xander Zayas.
ESPN has Fundora ranked as the No. 3 junior middleweight behind Terence Crawford and Vergil Ortiz Jr.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 03: Tim Tszyu speaks prior to his WBC super welterweight rematch … More
Tim Tszyu (25-2 with 18 KOs) moved to 22-0 in March 2023 when he knocked out Tony Harrison to become the interim WBO junior middleweight champion. He was elevated to full champ when Jermell Charlo faced Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed super middleweight title in September 2023.
In his first title defense, Tszyu defeated Mendoza via unanimous decision in Australia in October 2023. Tszyu’s next defense was his bloody bout against Fundora.
When Tszyu returned to action in October 2024 it was against IBF junior middleweight champ Bakhram Murtazaliev, who knocked Tszyu down four times before Tszyu’s corner threw in the towel.
That loss had many wondering if Tszyu could get back to a title fight. However, an April 2025 TKO victory over Joseph Spencer put Tszyu back in the title fight conversation.
ESPN has Tszyu ranked at No. 6 at 154 pounds.
We will have more on the Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios as fight night nears.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2025/07/18/manny-pacquiao-vs-mario-barrios-fight-card-ring-walk-time/