{"id":8070,"date":"2025-05-26T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/sugar-ray-leonard-supports-manny-pacquiaos-boxing-return-at-46\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:11:01","slug":"sugar-ray-leonard-supports-manny-pacquiaos-boxing-return-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/sugar-ray-leonard-supports-manny-pacquiaos-boxing-return-at-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Ray Leonard Supports Manny Pacquiao&#8217;s Boxing Return at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Sugar Ray Leonard<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I&#8217;m All For Pacquiao&#8217;s Comeback<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Even at 46!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-26T01:00:20-07:00\">May 26, 2025 1:00 AM PDT<\/time><br \/>\n                                                                      <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                Updated <time datetime=\"2025-05-26T04:01:05-07:00\">May 26, 2025 4:01 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-316c9fd3de2a5db361d3fd0ab06a3ba6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6b239442-93b5-42cb-b33b-63b29b10be26-86709067-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-6b239442-93b5-42cb-b33b-63b29b10be26-86709067-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bc\/16by9\/2025\/05\/21\/bcc32d11e7704fc481b625ae0b3870d6_md.jpg\" alt=\"052125_sugar_ray_leonard_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-316c9fd3de2a5db361d3fd0ab06a3ba6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-07f4814015669ad2914379a0ba48d2ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/manny-pacquiao\/\"><strong>Manny Pacquiao<\/strong><\/a> is returning to the ring at 46 years old &#8230; and while some folks are skeptical about the decision, boxing legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sugar-ray-leonard\/\"><strong>Sugar Ray Leonard<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he&#8217;s firmly in his corner!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-07f4814015669ad2914379a0ba48d2ab--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-03ffeedc82a05bd723af0e732bdf17f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Pacquiao is slated to face WBC welterweight champion<strong> Mario Barrios<\/strong> on July 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas &#8212; his first fight since his loss against <strong>Yordenis Ugas <\/strong>in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-03ffeedc82a05bd723af0e732bdf17f9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-41e7c33e15bcb2546cdc8e00bd77a34d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Some folks are worried about Pac Man heading into this fight for two reasons &#8212; the age gap (Barrios is 30, Pacquiao is 46) &#8230; and his extended time away from the sport while serving as the Senator of the Philippines.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-41e7c33e15bcb2546cdc8e00bd77a34d--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-567fd5239e23c0d2f668b1fd0a02f47f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-28e9c9fb-e4a2-4b60-a337-96daccf0846d-75564965-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-28e9c9fb-e4a2-4b60-a337-96daccf0846d-75564965-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/16by9\/2025\/05\/21\/91fa243296df4627b4a09df8f0860d99_md.jpg\" alt=\"052125_manny_pacquiao_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-567fd5239e23c0d2f668b1fd0a02f47f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-03ab25439d11515d9be6bbe780aadb2e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Sugar &#8212; widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time &#8212; tells us none of the concerns matter, &#8217;cause Pacquiao can and <em>will <\/em>do what he wants &#8230; and he&#8217;s all for it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-03ab25439d11515d9be6bbe780aadb2e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-554c1125128fdd98ca9a41c01cb944c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s not one thing that will really make people understand why we do what we do,&#8221; Sugar said. &#8220;But, you know what, God bless, stay healthy, and take care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-554c1125128fdd98ca9a41c01cb944c8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-750790be794f060052e96fa4909a0e38\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250521_1abc0b84868a4fc9a9b05fe699e72675\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:863b101d-e734-47d7-9072-f2bae94e6144\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1a\/4by3\/2025\/05\/21\/1abc0b84868a4fc9a9b05fe699e72675_md.jpg\" alt=\"sugar-ray-leonard-manny-pacquiao-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-750790be794f060052e96fa4909a0e38--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-18539ca85cbda287e669c4587450501f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Keep in mind, this is coming from Sugar, who himself unretired to fight in his 40s (against <strong>H\u00e9ctor Camacho<\/strong> in 1997) after a six-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-18539ca85cbda287e669c4587450501f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6849a10b37a6deaffe21eb7772083c3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve made more comebacks than everybody,&#8221; Sugar said. &#8220;I hold the record &#8212; undisputed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6849a10b37a6deaffe21eb7772083c3b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1efe8279b5140296c08eb952019d24ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Looks like Pacquiao is looking to follow in his footsteps!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1efe8279b5140296c08eb952019d24ea--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/26\/sugar-ray-leonard-manny-pacquiao-support-comeback-boxing-return\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar Ray Leonard I&#8217;m All For Pacquiao&#8217;s Comeback &#8230; Even at 46!!! 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