Manny Pacquiao vs. Rios Scorecard: Pacquiao Wins Unanimous Decision As Judges Score Boxing Match For Pac-Man with judge scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110.
The boxing match on Saturday night between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios is one of the most anticipated matches of the year and with the undercard fights starting up at 7:00 pm, the main event will start at 9 pm and the major fight will be on later in the night and it all will be going down at the Venetian Macao in Macau over in China and the pay per view match will be coming from HBO and the replay of the fight will be on HBO GO for those who don't want to pay up.
The fight on pay per view costs $59.99 and is coming from HBO and it is their first pay per view from international waters and the fight is greatly anticipated by fans and for Pacquiao, as he is in the first two fight losing streak of his career and now he has to match up with a very tough fighter in Rios. The 34-year-old was knocked out in the battle with Juan Manuel Marquez in his last fight and many thought he could retire after that and now he has titles in eight different weight classes and on Saturday the WBO International Welterweight belt will be on the line. Pacquiao is looking to snap a two fight streak after falling to Marquez and also losing in a controversial decision against Timothy Bradley before that and many think the legacy of Pacquiao is on the line in the match on Saturday and the boxer has already spoken about how he will be fighting for himself and his home nation of the Philippines after the deadly natural disaster.
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Pacquiao is set money wise for the fight, as he will make nearly $20 million win or lose and he could end up with up to $30 million and the fight is expected to set some records with pay per view and viewers for HBO. Pacquiao comes in after getting knocked out in his last fight and he now is 54 and five with 38 knockouts in his career, while Rios comes in at the age of 37 and he is 31-1-1 with 23 knockouts and his last fight was also a defeat with a decision loss against Mike Alvarado and now both Rios and Pacquiao will be looking to snap their losing streaks. The match technically is "tomorrow" in China and the battle will be on November 23, 2013, a Saturday, on the east coast and the live stream will be online from Top Rank TV's Website and that link can be found HERE and it will be streaming online for Pacquiao and Rios.
The matchup for the preliminary fights will start up at 7:00 pm and the Pay Per View fights will begin at 9:00 pm and the Pacquiao ismatch is expected to begin around 12 midnight. The fight is going down at Cotai Arena and the match will be on HBO pay per view and the weigh ins came on Saturday and were live on TV and Pacquiao came in at 145 pounds and Rios came in just over that at 146.5 and now both fighters are ready for the big match after some dramatics the other day while they were working out and the crews got into a scuffle, but now it's all about the fight on Saturday night. Pacquiao is ready to make everyone forget about his loss to Marquez and there will be a number of other fights on the card, including flyweight, heavyweight and featherweight matches and Pacquiao has lots of pressure on him, because historically it can be tough in title fights to come back after a knockout.
The two come in evenly matched up and Rios is a few years younger and a bit bigger, giving him an extra inch in reach and he is an inch and a half taller and that makes the fight very hard to call, but many think Pacquiao will rebound from his last loss. Rios is considered to be less talented than Pacquiao and his defense is suspect and that could be the reason he ends up winning on Saturday night. Pacquiao and Rios will go at it from the Venetian and the fight is on HBO pay per view.
