IT is only an exhibition bout and the result will not be reflected in the record books, but just the same it will be used as a barometer to see just how much is left in the fuel tank of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao, pro boxing's only eight-division world champion, is booked to trade punches with former K-1 champion Rukiya Anpo in a three-round boxing exhibition at Super Rizin 3, set for Sunday, July 28, in Saitama, Japan.Anpo is a last-minute substitute. The original choice was Rizin featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki but he inexplicably withdrew from the fight.Suzuki would have been a more credible adversary, but just the same Anpo figures to make Pacquiao sweat.
Yoo was nothing more than a YouTuber. Anpo figures to be tougher as he is a full-time competitor in kickboxing. Pacquiao understandably took Yoo lightly, but the atmosphere figures to be different against Anpo.All eyes will be on the Pacquiao-Anpo exhibition as the Pacman plans to use this fight as a springboard to a real fight opposite WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios of Texas.Pacquiao had already made known his interest to stage a comeback.
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