The world welterweight unification bout between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter is stirring the pot for a potentially attractive offer to bring Manny Pacquiao into the mix. Kenny and later, Shawn, were with Spence in many international competitions, and helped him prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games. But there is one more name that could be a dark horse in the world welterweight sweepstakes: Qudratillo Abduqaxorov (also spelled Kudratillo Abdukakhorov)Who? Abduqaxorov (16-0, 9 knockouts) is from Uzbekistan, and has been the WBC Silver welterweight champion since 2017. So the Uzbek champion is stablemates with a future Filipino world champion, and both have a manager based in Malaysia.

Source: Philippine Star September 27, 2019 16:41 UTC