In front of a crowd of 17,438 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Yordenis Ugas held on to his WBA title with a unanimous decision victory over the aging Manny Pacquiao, 42.
It was the size, physicality and style of boxing that gave Yordenis Ugas the advantage over Manny Pacquiao as the 12-round title fight went the distance. Maybe five or ten years ago Pacquiao could have made things difficult for Ugas, but the aged Pacquiao showed signs of a ending career. One could only imagine the outcome if it was the highly talented Errol Spence Jr. on this night landing those hard shots on Pacquiao.
Yordenis Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs) took the fight on just 11 days notice after unified champion Errol Spence Jr. withdrew because of an eye injury. Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KO's) couldn't figure out a way to takeover the fight while Ugas relied on defense and hard counterpunching to fight his way to victory. All three judges scored it for Ugas, Patricia Morse Jarman 113-115, Dave Moretti 112-116 and Steve Weisfeld 112- 116.
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