{"id":8890,"date":"2019-01-17T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T10:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=8890"},"modified":"2019-01-17T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:52:19","slug":"manny-pacquiao-to-fight-adrien-broner-in-wba-welterweight-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/manny-pacquiao-to-fight-adrien-broner-in-wba-welterweight-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao To Fight Adrien Broner In WBA Welterweight Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MannyThere were a lot of Manny Pacquiao<\/a> fans who believed that they had seen the last of him once he lost his fight to Floyd Mayweather<\/strong> back in 2015. Pacquiao is a senator in the Philippines and many believed that he would now focus on his political career.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao came out of retirement and has no plans of slowing down anytime soon<\/a>. He is set to return to Las Vegas and defend his WBA Welterweight belt against Adrien Broner on Jan 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. <\/p>\n

Pacquiao hasn’t fought in Las Vegas for quite sometime now as his last two fights were in Australia when he had a controversial decision loss to Jeff Horn<\/strong> and a KO win in Malaysian against Lucas Matthysse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao has had an incredible boxing career over the years which include wins over some of the biggest names in the game. He has fought and won against the likes of Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez (twice), Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto<\/strong>. The 40 year old Pacquiao will bring a wealth of experience into the ring when he takes on Broner who is just 29.<\/p>\n

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