Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Full Boxing Fight Card

Manny Pacquiao ends his retirement of nearly four years on Saturday, July 19, when he meets WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in Las Vegas. The Pacquiao vs. Barrios matchup headlines a PBC Pay-Per-View boxing card on Amazon Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios Full Fight Card

Mario Barrios (29-2-1) vs. Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2): For Barrios’s WBC welterweight championship

Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1-) vs. Tim Tszyu (25-2-0): Super welterweight

Isaac Cruz (27-3-1) vs. Angel Fierro (23-3-2): Super lightweight

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

Mario Barrios Vs. Manny Pacquiao Opening Betting Odds

When the betting odds for the Barrios vs. Pacquiao were first published, Barrios was listed as the -750 betting favorite over the +470 Pacquiao. The champ is now -390, while the challenger is +220.

Mario Barrios Vs. Manny Pacquiao

The 30-year-old Barrios won the vacant WBC interim welterweight title in September 2023 with a unanimous decision over Yordenis Ugás. He retained the belt in May 2024 with a decision victory over Fabián Maidana. The WBC elevated Barrios to full championship status in June 2024. In his most recent outing, which came in November, Barrios fought Abel Ramos to a split draw to retain the belt.

“If the roles were reversed, Pacquiao wouldn’t try to take it easy on me,” Barrios told The Ring. “He’s not going to feel sorry for me in there. It’s just the reality of the sport. I am ready to defend my title by any means necessary.

“It’s kill or be killed in there. I have to go in there and make sure my hand is raised by any means necessary, whether it’s by knockout or by decision. He has age. I have to be ready for whatever he brings.”

“He’s such a likable dude,” Barrios 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.

ESPN reported on Pacquiao coming out of retirement in early May. The former eight-division boxing championconfirmed 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.”

We will have more on the Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios as fight night nears.