Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr. MP PROMOTIONS/AFP FILE PHOTOSAfter several rumors about who his next opponent will be, Filipino boxing great and Senator Manny Pacquiao himself has finally set the record straight. In a captionless Instagram post on Saturday morning, Pacquiao posted that he is set to make his ring return on August 21 in Las Vegas, Nevada against the unified World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.Pacquiao last fought in July 2019 when he beat American Keith Thurman for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title. Last January, the WBA stripped Pacquiao off his belt for his inactivity, which was then running for one year and six months.

Source: Manila Times May 22, 2021 02:33 UTC