“My trainer, Ismael Salas, and I had a plan,” said Ugas.
Two-way action brought the crowd to their feet in the seventh as they shouted “Manny! Manny! Manny!” Ugas remained poised, pushing the Philippine Senator back with more rights. The Cuban began landing a looping right in the fourth, a punch Pacquiao struggled with the entire night.įollowing a close fifth, Ugas regained the upper hand in the sixth, working the jab and delivering well-placed punches to the body. Pacquiao began the third with a short left but Ugas silenced the crowd with power shots of his own. In the second, he unveiled his long left jab, alternating it up and downstairs as Pacquiao struggled to get inside. Unfazed, the 35-year-old Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs) maintained a tight guard. Pacquiao, 42 (67-8-2, 39 KOs), promised a fast start and lived up to his word in the first, darting in and out with combinations. Ugas used his size, strength and length to keep Pacquiao guessing, slowly wearing down boxing’s only eight-division champ to win in decisive fashion. I look forward to returning to the Philippines and helping them during this pandemic.” “I am a fighter outside and inside the ring. That’s why we’re here, why we became popular and why we accomplished our dreams as a fighter. For many decades, the press, media and boxing fans were always behind us, supporting us. I want to thank all my fans and the media.
“Congratulations to Ugas and his team,” said Pacquiao. Pacquiao, as always, was gracious in defeat. So, I’m very proud that I got this win for Cuba and showed what we are all about.” A lot of people say Cubans can’t win the big fight. “I told you, I am the champion of the WBA and I showed it tonight.” “I’m very excited but, most of all, I want to thank Manny Pacquiao for giving me this moment in the ring today,” Ugas said afterward. A boisterous crowd of 17,438 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas watched the underdog Ugas outbox and out-fight the great Manny Pacquiao to win a 12-round unanimous decision and retain his WBA Welterweight World title in the main event of FOX Sports PBC pay-per-view.
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