SAT, JUL 20, 2019 9pm Eastern Time / 6pm Pacific Time MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Winner 
Boxing's only eight-division World Champion Manny Pacquiao edged fellow Welterweight Champ Keith Thurman by split decision in a thrilling WBA 147-pound title fight in Las Vegas.
Fight HighlightsTop welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas scores a UD win over former World Champion Omar Figueroa Jr in a WBC eliminator, former titleholder Sergey Lipinets KOs late replacement Jayar Inson and Luis Nery stops Juan Carlo Payano in battle of former Champs.
With boxing’s structure being what it is, there are currently four men on the planet who can legitimately call themselves 147-pound world champions. Keith Thurman begs to differ.
This week in PBC Jabs, host Jordan Hardy reviews Deontay Wilder’s trip to Washington, D.C., outlines Keith Thurman’s open letter to boxing fans and asks Leo Santa Cruz about a possible title rematch with Carl Frampton.
Undefeated 147-pound world champion Keith Thurman might have stepped into the ring only one time this year, but the man known as “One Time” gave fans a Fight of the Year candidate when he defeated friend-turned-foe Shawn Porter by unanimous decision on June 25 in Brooklyn, New York. Now the 27-year-old from Clearwater, Florida, wants to remind boxing fans of the back-and-forth battle he and Porter waged this past summer on CBS, as well as express the passionate belief that he and so many of his peers share that the sweet science is more alive than ever.
