A PPV price of $29.99 is set for the December 10 boxing exhibition match between ring legend Manny Pacquiao and South Korean YouTuber DK Yoo at the Korea International Exhibition Center in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, South Korea.
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Some fights in the works according to ESPN:
WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka vs. WBA champion Joshua Franco in a unification clash on December 31 in Japan.
WBC #1 super middleweight David Benavidez against Jose Uzcategui in January on a date to be named.
Former undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor will defend his one remaining belt (WBO) against Jack Catterall on February 4.
hope to see Benavidez in a big fight some day
My guess is that by the time David gets a big fight they will put it on PPV. No one will buy it. What a shame. Great fighter whose career is being wasted in meaningless fights.
Ioka – Franco should be a lot of fun – I got Ioka, but Franco has surprised me before, against Moloney.
PBC has all those fighters in and around 168 and they keep putting Benavidez in with…. absolutely anyone else.
David Morrell called him vehemently, what happened? I guess once Canelo retires, they gonna start to face each other
Yep! Once the possibility of that payday is gone, everyone will start to fight each other. Might be too late for Andrade and Charlo by then though.
Maybe, just maybe we’ll see the big fights @68 in 2023! Now that Plant jacked 99 year old Dirrell and Benavidez hopefully getting by dude we can see them in the ring together in May!!
Look at how Mayweather provided a lane for the upcoming legends to follow. Paq wants those high reward low risk fights now, after he spoke bad about May doing Exhibition matches against a top UFC fighter. Now Paq is in with a YouTuber. If Canelo stays in decent shape he will be doing the same in another 8 years.
Money May changed the game in a lot of ways.
No. Exhibitions have been around over 100 years.
Wasnt Ali one of the biggest names to start doing exhibitions way back when? Could be even further back than him. Only difference is Ali did exhibitions for CHARITY, not to stay somewhat relevant in the sport and pay his bills. Im confident Pac Mans earnings will go to charity or something like that.. Just the kinda guy he is
No comments bashing Pacman just yet for following Mayweather’s blueprint…interesting how the first several responses thus far don’t even mention the exhibition bout while strategically sidestepping this fact and discussing other matters indicated in the writing…hmmh…amazing, but not surprising.
Taylor better fight Cattrel. He got his ass handed to him last time and as of now, is only the Champ on paper.
Good attempt at trying to hold back your bias for FMJ, Tony. Floyd actually does give to various charities and he has a foundation; do your research. Doesn’t Pacqaio owe like 50 Million in taxes in the Philippines? Seems like he needs to pay some bills as well. Just the kind of guy that he is…
– I don’t actually mind seeing these exhibition bouts.
– I’m just not going to pay to see them.
will not watch exibitions even if they were on free tv and they want you to pay for that nonsense i dont think the true boxing fan cares for these circus acts