Tonight (Saturday, July 20th) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA “regular” welterweight champion and eight-division titleholder Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) takes on undefeated WBA “super” welterweight king Keith Thurman (29-0-1 NC, 22 KOs). Ignore Pacquiao’s “regular” title because the WBA is stupid, the title on the line of consequence is Thurman’s “super” belt.
Pacquiao recently bested Adrien Broner in his return to the United States, taking a comfortable unanimous decision. One week after Pacquiao’s victory, Thurman returned from a 22-month layoff and found himself in a tougher than expected “tune-up” title defense against Josesito Lopez.