Manny Pacquiao beats Broner in unanimous decision

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Manny Pacquiao landed a clean blow against Adrien Broner but failed to knock him down.

Manny Pacquiao proved that he is in better shape at age 40 than most of the rest of us at whatever age.

The Filipino boxer beat Adrien Broner last Saturday (Jan. 19) in Las Vegas with a unanimous decision by all three judges. It was the 61st victory in the fighter's storied career.

Pacquiao landed 112 of 568 thrown punches. Broner threw only 295 punches and landed just 50.

Two judges favored Pacquiao by a 116-112 score, while the third had it 117-111.

There were no knockdowns, but Pacquiao landed the heavier punches — and lots of them.

For Pacquiao fans, it might have looked like a flashback to the the fighter's glory days when he held multiple crowns in various weight divisions. He showed he still has the speed that carried him over his 24-year career. Clearly, he was the better fighter in this match but he also showed that the power he was noted for has diminished with age. Despite some strong on-targe blows, he was never able to drop Broner.

Naturally, whenever Pacquiao fights, the subject of a rematch with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather came up.

"Tell (Floyd) to come back to the ring and then we will fight,” said Pacquiao. “I’m willing to fight him again, to fight Floyd Mayweather.”

In 2015, Mayweather easily handed Pacquiao a defeat in the much-ballyhood fight to determine who was the best pound-for-pound in the world. It had the richest purse of any fight in history and a repeat of that prize that may be the only draw to bring Mayweather out of retirement.

The 42-year old fighter was at ringside for the Pacquiao-Broner bout but refused to respond to inquiries about a possible rematch with the Filipino boxer, who when not training for a fight is a senator in the Philippines and still retains hero status among his countrymen in the Philippines and around the world.

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Manny Pacquiao opponent booed for making Asian joke

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Boxer Adrien Broner laughed at his own jokes, but no one else was laughing.

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TO THE SOUNDS of boos, boxer Adrien Broner made racist Asian and Black jokes about legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao in an effort to drum up buzz about their January 19 fight in Las Vegas.

Broner dropped “F” bombs and other four-letter words frequently during a joint news conference to promote the fight.

“Before beating me, he has a better chance of becoming a driving instructor,” Boxing Scene reported Broner said, referring to the Asian bad driver stereotype.

Broner didn’t stop there.

“(Pacquiao) f—-d up his money, f—-d up his taxes. If you ask me, he’s a black fighter,” he went on to say to another round of boos from the crowd.

Pacquiao smiled throughout the whole news conference. You can hear some of Broner’s profanity-laced tirades below.

“I got to be the one that sells the fight,’’ said Broner, according to USA Today. “His English isn’t that -- well, you know.-- Isn’t that good. All he do is smile and say one word at a time. 
So I got to sell the fight.’’

Pacquiao and Broner will meet in the ring Jan. 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It’ll be the 14th time Pacquiao has fought at the MGM Grand and 20th time in Las Vegas overall. Many of those fights will go down as some of the best in the sport’s history, as well as the biggest moneymakers.

Pacquiao hopes to get a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but those plans could be sidetracked if the 39-year old fighter does not beat Broner.

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