Pacquiao Vs Adrien Broner Odds
As of November 3 and per betfair and Paddy Power, Pacquiao is a 4/9 favorite while Broner is a respectable 7/4 underdog. The odds of a draw are 20/1. Manny Pacquiao: Rough odds for last 15 fights. Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KO) is back in Las Vegas and back on Pay Per View January 19th against Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24 KO). Pacquiao will be defending his WBA Welterweight title and, as the champion, he’s getting the respect of bookmakers. Pacquiao vs Broner Odds.
Editor’s note: This article was updated with a report that a proposed fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ryan Garcia would be an exhibition.
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Ryan Garcia evidently believes he’s going to fight Manny Pacquiao.
The lightweight contender, a rising star, seems to say on Instagram that a deal to face the 42-year-old Filipino icon is in place. However, no official word – from Pacquiao or anyone else – has emerged.
The Athletic has reported that representatives of Garcia and Pacquiao are in “preliminary discussions.”
Boxing journalist Steve Kim tweeted that the bout would be an exhibition, not a sanctioned fight. Sean Gibbons, one of Pacquiao’s advisors, responded by saying, “The rules of engagement have not been decided yet!!”
Garcia wrote on IG: “A dream turned reality. It’s an honor to share the Ring with @mannypacquiao I will always respect what you did in and out the ring. Here’s to the Best Man Winning.”
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The concept of a Pacquiao-Garcia fight is a bit of a head-scratcher because they fight in different weight classes.
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Garcia competes at 135 pounds. Pacquiao has fought at 147 for more than a decade, although he’s a small welterweight. They could agree to a catchweight.
The fight makes sense from a business standpoint. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has a massive social media following, which means he could probably generate a lot of pay-per-view buys. And he’s coming off his biggest victory, a seventh-round knockout of former Olympic champion Luke Campbell on Jan. 2.
Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) last fought in July 2019, when he upset Keith Thurman by decision to win a major welterweight title. Since then, he has been focused on his work as a senator in the Philippines.
The eight-division titleholder has teased a possible fight with MMA star Conor McGregor, who was stopped by Dustin Poirier in UFC 257 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Garcia has been pushing for a fight with Gervonta Davis. He presumably would set that matchup aside for a crack at Pacquiao because of the money at stake.
MORE:Adrien Broner escaped with a controversial victory but he certainly didn’t look like a fighter who could replicate his early success.
Broner got off to a slow start against Jovanie Santiago but rallied in the second half of the fight to win a unanimous decision in a 12-round welterweight fight Saturday at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., his first outing in more than two years.
Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) got the decision even though he didn’t outland the obscure Santiago (14-1-1, 10 KOs) in any round and connected on more than twice as many punches overall, according to CompuBox.
“That was cool,” said Broner, who had his hand raised for the first time since 2017. “I want to go home and really look at my fight. I haven’t fought in two years. But I felt good, I felt like I won the fight. I felt like I beat him with the jab, honestly.
“But it felt good to get my hand raised.”
Broner did have success with his jab but one could argue that he didn’t throw enough power shots to control the fight, particularly in the first six or seven rounds.
Through Round 7, Broner landed a total of 44 punches. That’s 6.3 per round. Santiago connected on 98 over the same stretch.
The former four-division titleholder began to find his grove in the seventh round, picked up his pace and had an effective series of rounds. Two judges gave Broner Rounds 7-11 while the third gave him Rounds 7-10. (Boxing Junkie had Broner winning Round 8-11.)
All three judges gave the final round to Santiago, who outlanded Broner 207-98 overall.
The fight seemed to be close given Santiago’s early dominance and Broner’s rally. However, the judges didn’t see it that way. Peter Hary had it 117-110, nine rounds to three in favor Broner. Tom Carusone and Glen Feldman had it 116-111 and 115-112, respectively.
Boxing Junkie scored it 114-113 – seven rounds to five – for Santiago, who lost a point in the fourth round for punching after the bell.
Santiago evidently doesn’t believe a victory was stolen from him.
“No, the decision doesn’t surprise me,” he said. “Broner did a nice job in there. The decision could have gone both ways. He fought a great fight. We were in it to win this fight, and he got the decision.
“I think boxing fans know who I am now, but in this fight I should have applied more pressure, and the fight would have gone my way.”
Broner, who reportedly lost 35 pounds, and Santiago had been set to fight at 140 pounds but agreed to adjust the limit to 147 in the 11th hour. Broner said he plans to fight at 140 going forward.
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Three of his four losses have come at 147, including a wide decision against Manny Pacquiao in January 2019.
“I knew he was going to be tough because he’s 14-0,” Broner said of his Puerto Rican opponent. “And anybody with that ‘0’ wants to keep that ‘0’ so they’re going to fight like a bum fighting for a sandwich. I came in, and I got the job done.
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“There is a lot of work out there at 140. Right now we’re going to the drawing board with Al Haymon to see what’s best for me. But I’m definitely going back to the gym and I’m looking forward to getting one of those titles this year at 140.”