Pacquiao vs Thurman FULL FIGHT: July 20, 2019 - PBC on FOX PPV
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Published 2021-08-14
"It was fun," said Pacquiao. "My opponent is a good fighter and boxer. He was strong. I'm not that kind of boxer who talks a lot; we were just promoting the fight. I think he did his best, and I did my best. I think we made the fans happy tonight because it was a good fight."
The sell-out crowd of 14,356 got treated to great action from the start, as an exciting first round was capped off by Pacquiao dropping Thurman for the first time in his career with a straight right hand late in the round.
"I knew it was too close," said Thurman. "He got the knockdown so he had momentum in round one."
Thurman made it into the second round but continued to have trouble with Pacquiao's right hand, as the future Hall of Famer threw it successfully as a jab and a power punch throughout the fight. Thurman adjusted in the middle rounds and began to try to smother Pacquiao and walk him down, having success when he was able to get his combinations off before his opponent.
Despite blood pouring from his nose from round four on, Thurman was able to land powerful combinations on Pacquiao for much of the second half of the fight, but was never able to hurt Pacquiao or score a knockdown of his own.
"I wish I had a little bit more output to go toe to toe," said Thurman. "I felt like he was getting a little bit tired, but he did have experience in the ring. My conditioning and my output was just behind Manny Pacquiao's. I would love the rematch."
In round 10, Pacquiao's landed a strong left hook to the body that clearly hurt Thurman and forced him to spend much of the remainder of the round backpedaling. The CompuBox scores were indicative of the close nature of the fight, with Thurman out landing Pacquiao 210 to 195, while Pacquiao was busier throwing 686 punches to 571 from Thurman.
"I really love the fans," said Pacquiao. "Thank you so much for coming here and witnessing the fight. I'm sure they were happy tonight because they saw a good fight. Even though Thurman lost, he did his best. He's not an easy opponent. He's a good boxer and he's strong. I was just blessed tonight."
Pacquiao had a large advantage in jabs landed, connecting on 82 to Thurman's 18. The 192 power punches landed by Thurman was the most in 43 Pacquiao fights that CompuBox has tracked. Round-by-round, the two fighters were only separated by more than five landed punches in rounds two, seven and nine.
After 12 rounds, the judges reached a split decision, with one judge scoring the fight 114-113 for Thurman, overruled by two judges scoring it 115-112 for Pacquiao, who captured the WBA Welterweight World Championship at 40-years-old.
"You get blessings and lessons," said Thurman. "Tonight was a blessing and a lesson. Thank you everybody, and thank you Manny Pacquiao."
"I think (I will fight) next year," said Pacquiao. "I will go back to the Philippines and work and then make a decision. I do hope to be at the (Errol) Spence vs. (Shawn) Porter fight on September 28."
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All Comments (21)
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I’m a Navy veteran, and a very proud American, but I’ve always rooted for Manny! He is one of the most exciting boxers of all time. It was a blast watching him grow from a young boxer to one of the greatest boxers of all time. He is a legend, and an all-around great man!
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People fail to really see how crazy this victory is. Thurman is an ELITE fighter capable of beating the best of the best out there. Before this fight, Thurman was beating the best welterweights at that moment in their prime. And now we saw a 40 year old Pacquiao beat this great fighter. There will never be a boxer who will come close to what Pacquiao has achieved in his career.
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Loved the Philippines National Anthem. Pacmanis obviously one of my favorite fighter's of all time. Here I am watching this fight for the third time since 2019.
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2024 watching-
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When Pacman beats Oscar De La Hoya many said Dela hoya is too old to fight at 35yrs old. yet this is Pacman at 40yrs old obliterated Thurman 10yrs younger champion with a flash knockdown at the very first round. that is Legendary 💫
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Imagine how pacquiao would do to thurman in his prime 😳
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The greatest boxer who has ever lived. Period.
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Thurman is one of the hardest punchers in welterweight, for manny to absorb those power punches is amazing considering his size and age
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I watch so many fights... until now... I still can't find as exciting as Manny Pacquiao fights. Such a rare talent.
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GOAT of my generation. And i’m even a mexican. I hated this man so much when i was a kid. Started hating him since the barrera fight. But now i love him. Dude is so humble.
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Thurman would’ve beaten any other 40 year old. But that night he was fighting Pacquiao.
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Freddie Roach at the back of Pacquiao during his introduction , just a proud Maestro/Father❤️
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The scariest stare down in history. Pacquiao always smile in a stare down
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GOAT of this boxing generation!! There will NEVER be another Manny 🙌🏽👑❤️
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Manny is truly incredible. The greatest fighter of this century. GOAT of this boxing generation!!There will NEVER be another Manny ️.
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GOAT pacman
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We will never see another Legend like MANNY.
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Introduction for manny pacquiao give me goosebumps
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This fight is lowkey more entertaining that I remember it to be. Good fight!
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Experience is the best teacher. Teacher Manny teaches us.. he's so humble.
