Less than 24 hours after grinding out a split-decision win over the dangerous Thurman, a rested Pacquiao — still sporting puffy face — was back to his animated self. “Yun ang real fight (Now that’s a real fight),” Pacquiao said from his luxurious Skylofts suite at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Sunday (Monday, Manila time). Pacquiao knocked Thurman down in the first round and traded blows with the previously unbeaten throughout their well-attended fight. After dominating Thurman for the first five rounds of their fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena — bloodying the defending champion’s nose in the process — Pacquiao slowed down. In the 10th round, he went on survival mode after Pacquiao caught him with a vicious right hook to the body.

Source: Philippine Star July 22, 2019 08:26 UTC