Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas met face-to-face for the first time days ahead of their super WBA welterweight title bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Aug. 21 there.
During the open-air event where he was accompanied by strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune and trainers Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez, the fighting senator once again hinted at his nearing retirement depending on the result against Ugas.
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"All I can say it could be or there more. I mean, I'm turning 43 this coming December but my plan is one at a time," said Pacquaio, 42, at the Toshiba Plaza in front of the T-Mobile Arena. "Let's focus on this first and talk about the next fight if there's another fight.
"It depends on the result of the fight but you know, I love doing this, I'm happy doing this and what I'm feeling like is when I was young at an early age of 20. I thought I'm so excited with training camp. It's still the same, the passion for the sport," added the only eight-division world boxing champion."
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Prior to the gathering, both fighters only attended a virtual press conference hosted by the Premier Boxing Champions.
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Before breaking camp in Los Angeles, California, Pacquiao made his final jog at Griffith Park and went to the Wild Card Gym for a short training session.
The 35-year-old Ugas, who owns the super WBA belt, said he's just as excited and honored to see Pacquiao in person.
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"This is going to be a great fight between me and Manny Pacquiao. I'm in great spirits -- emotional in a good way. Very excited for Saturday night," said Ugas, who was all red, his cap and sporting suit on, with the help of a translator.
"I'm so honored to be fighting a legend, someone like Manny Pacquiao who has done so much. When I got to call, it was wonderful for me for to have this opportunity and now I am really looking forward to Saturday night."
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Pacquiao has not fought since beating Keith Thurman in July 2019 to capture then the super WBA belt and improve at 62-7-2 record on top of 39 knockouts while Ugas likewise climbed to 26-4 card after defeating Abel Ramos last September.