Tonight’s Live Results: Pacquiao Vs. Barrios And Fundora Vs. Tszyu 2 – From Las Vegas

Mario Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) retained his WBC welterweight title by fighting to a 12-round majority draw against Manny Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) in their headliner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The scores were 114-114, 115-113 for Barrios and 114-114. Many of the rounds were difficult to score due to the way they were see-sawing between the two fighters. Pacquiao, 46, gassed out after the tenth round and gave away the critical 11th and 12th that he needed to get the win.

Punch stats

– Mario Barrios – 120 of 658 punches for 18%
– Manny Pacquiao – 101 of 577 for 16%

Results

Sebastian Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) retained his WBC junior middleweight title with a seventh-round stoppage win over Tim Tszyu (25-3, 18 KOs) in the co-feature bout. Tszyu quit on his stool after round seven. He or his trainer decided he’d had enough after absorbing a lot of punishment from the 6’5″ Fundora for seven rounds. Referee Harvey Dock officially stopped it at 3:00 of the seventh round. Interestingly, Tszyu chose to quit after one of his best rounds. It was a last stand for him, with him going all out with what he had left in the tank, which even in that round, wasn’t enough to match the nonstop punching from ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora.

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) had too much offense for his replacement opponent Omar Salcido (20-3, 14 KOs), beating him by a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision. The scores were 100-88, 99-89, and 99-89.

Brandon Figueroa (26-2-1, 19 KOs) got a gift 12-round unanimous decision over Joet Gonzalez (27-5, 15 KOs) in a featherweight fight. The former WBA and WBC super bantamweight champion Figueroa, 28, was outworked by Gonzalez through the tenth round. Figuera came in in the last three rounds, but it was close enough to go either way.

The Scores

115-113
116-112
116-112

Gary Russell Jr. (32-2, 19 KOs) knocked out Hugo Castaneda (15-3, 11 KOs) in the tenth round in super featherweight action. The former WBA featherweight champion Russell Jr, 37, dropped Casteneda three times in the fight. Twice in round two, and a final time in the tenth.

Gary dropped Casteneda with a body shot in round ten. Although he beat the count, he then bent over after getting up, forcing referee Harvey Dock to wave it off.

It was Russell Jr’s first fight in three years. The notoriously inactive Russell Jr. has fought just four times in the last six years since 2019.

David Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs) won a questionable 10-round majority decision over Kyonosuke Kameda (15-5-2, 9 KOs) in a featherweight fight. Picasso, 24, was outworked throughout the fight and looked overmatched. Surprisingly, two of the judges scored it in his favor by the scores 98-92, 95-95, and 97-93.

Barrios vs. Pacquiao PPV Info

Tonight’s main card starts at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view. The price is $79.99. The ringwalks for Pacquiao-Barrios are at approximately 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT.

Pacquiao vs. Father Time Boxing

The 46-year-old Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) is getting an unheard-of straight title shot after four years of being retired. He lost his last fight against Yordenis Ugas in 2021, and looked shot, slow, and not as mobile as he’d been in the past. He blamed the loss on leg cramps, yet he still retired rather than ask for a rematch.

Pacquiao will need to use the high-energy, volume punching style that he was known for in the last to defeat the younger fighter Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs). It doesn’t look likely that Manny will be able to sustain a fast enough pace and throw enough shots for him to defeat the 30-year-old Barrios tonight.

Pacquiao-Barrios Fight Card Details

• Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios
• Sebastian Fundora vs. Tim Tszyu 2
• Isaac Cruz vs. Omar Salcido
• Brandon Figueroa vs. Joet Gonzalez
• Gary Russell Jr. vs. Hugo Castañeda
• David Picasso vs. Kyonosuke Kameda
• Mark Magsayo vs. Jorge Mata

The fight that many younger fans are more interested in on this card is the rematch between WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) and former WBO champ Tim Tszyu (25-2, 18 KOs). Tszyu is still salty about his 12-round split decision loss to Fundora last year, upset about the defeat, and continuing to blame it on the cut that he suffered early in the bout.

Fundora, 6’6″, views Tszyu as a complainer, unable to confront the truth about what happened last year. He also believes Tim is suffering from PTSD, still struggling mentally from what occurred in their fight.