Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugás, billed as The Legend vs. The Olympian or The Show Must Go On, is an upcoming welterweight professional boxing match contested between former eight-division world champion, Manny Pacquiao, and current WBA welterweight champion, Yordenis Ugás.
Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas, 5am GMT Sunday 22nd August 2021
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Preview
Both men were training for drastically different fights on the same card: Pacquiao against IBF and WBC world title holder Errol Spence Jr.; Ugas against Fabian Maidana. Both Spence and Maidana suffered eye injuries that knocked them out of those fights. Suddenly, Pacquiao and Ugas were set to headline a pay-per-view at T-Mobile Arena.
Pacquiao has captured full-fledged sanctioning body titles in seven weight classes from 112 to 154 pounds, and he’ll have the chance to re-acquire a belt he’s already won when he faces WBA welterweight claimant Yordenis Ugas in a scheduled 12-rounder in Las Vegas.
Neither Pacquiao nor Ugas is a boxer in the sense that they’ll flit around the ring using technique and defense to avoid violence. Instead, both have shown a willingness to engage in a fan-friendly manner while utilizing hand speed, body punching and intelligent use of ring space.
Ugas, to be sure, is not your typical slick Cuban operator. He chooses to fight up close or at mid-range and isn’t shy about involving himself in exchanges. He does have edges in height (5’9″ to 5’5 1/2″) and reach (69″ to 67″) that could enable him to fight more strategically, but it’s not his go-to mode.
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