Keith Thurman knows what it is like to share the ring with both Manny Pacquiao and Mario Barrios. Pacquiao makes a sensational return to boxing at the age of 46 this weekend when he challenges Barrios for his WBC welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

A one-time light heavyweight fighter, Gibbons, 58, sees the 12-round match having the making of the Pacquiao-Keith Thurman bout six years ago when the Filipino got off to a blazing start behind a first-round knockdown, a statement that dictated the pace of the entire fight, which Pacquiao eventually won by split decision.

Keith Thurman vs. Mario Barrios prediction. I’ve always enjoyed watching Thurman. But he’s 33, he’s had brittle hands, and he’s struggled in his last few fights.

Four prominent trainers recently got onto a Zoom call to discuss 147-pound contender Keith Thurman’s pay-per-view comeback fight against Mario Barrios on Saturday in Las Vegas. Thurman (29-1, 22 ...

Keith Thurman -190. Mario Barrios +160. Welterweight. Leo Santa Cruz -2200. Keenan Carbajal +1100. Featherweight. Abel Ramos -575. Lucas Santamaria +425. Welterweight. Luis Nery -150. Carlos ...

At 46, Pacquiao is older than George Foreman when Foreman defeated Michael Moorer to win the IBF and WBA heavyweight titles in 1994. Pacquiao also hasn't fought professionally in just shy of four years, retiring after being beaten by Yordenis Ugas in August 2021. That Ugas fight came more than two years after Pacquiao's previous bout.