![]() ![]() The now 30-0 Nery started the fight slow, and arguably lost three of the first four rounds. While the referee was counting, Payano had to lie flat to help with the pain, ending the fight for Nery, who remains undefeated. It was a brutal hook to the body, right on the liver area, and Payano went to his knees. In the intro to the pay-per-view, Luis Nery and Juan Carlos Payano fought a pretty even fight on our cards, but things shifted in the ninth when the power-puncher, Nery, floored Payano with a body shot. ![]() Unfortunately, they didn’t make good on that warning, and Figueroa took a lot of unnecessary damage. Truthfully, Figueroa’s corner should have stopped that fight sometime around Round 7, after they warned their fighter that they would stop the fight if he kept allowing himself to take unanswered punches against the ropes. Figueroa was knocked down in the first round, and lost every single round after that on all three judges scorecards. Going into the bout without a loss, Figueroa was favored to win by many, but he was absolutely dominated by Ugás. In the co-feature and the WBC welterweight title eliminator between Yordenis Ugás and Omar Figueroa Jr., it was the latter who came out worse for wear. Pacquiao improved to 62-7-2 with wins in his last three bouts. Thurman suffers his first career defeat, now at 29-1 for his career. Ultimately, we only gave him four of the rounds, and none of the final three. He clearly won the majority of the rounds, but Thurman was generally always in the fight and landed some hard shots that stumbled Pacquiao on multiple occasions. Pacquiao scored an early knock down in the opening round, but the fight wasn’t a dominant one by any stretch. He declined to pick out who he would like to see next, while Thurman professed his desire for a rematch while congratulating his opponent. Once again, Pacquiao showed that he still has the hand speed to keep opponents guessing, and though he slowed down by the end of it, he again exceeded expectations at 40 years of age. SB Nation scored the bout 116-111 for Pacquiao. The first judge scored it 114-113 for Thurman, but the other two came out with scores of 115-112 in favor of Pacquiao. ![]() In the main event of the pay-per-view event, Pacquiao generally out-boxed Thurman and avoided his biggest power shots, winning a split decision through 12 rounds. Manny Pacquiao has won another title, taking the WBA (Super) welterweight title from Keith Thurman in an extremely entertaining and competitive bout on Saturday. ![]()
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