{"id":225032,"date":"2017-02-26T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=225032"},"modified":"2017-02-26T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T00:46:53","slug":"manny-pacquiao-set-to-return-to-the-ring-on-april-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/manny-pacquiao\/manny-pacquiao-set-to-return-to-the-ring-on-april-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao set to return to the ring on April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2) has booked his next fight.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillipine Senator, Pacquiao, announced on Twitter that he has &#8220;come to terms&#8221; for an April 23 fight against his former sparring partner Amir Khan.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mannypacquiao\/status\/835688422299721728<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, &#8220;Pacman&#8221; took to Twitter where he put up a poll asking fans who they would like to see him scrap next in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>The options were Amir Khan, Terrence Crawford, Kell Brook and Jeff Horn.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mannypacquiao\/status\/830845509203922944<\/p>\n<p>As you can see above, Amir Khan was the overwhelming favorite from fans, receiving 48% of the near 45,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pacman&#8221; was last seen in action in November of 2016 where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Jessie Vargas, capturing the WBO welterweight title in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Manny&#8217;s victory over Vargas marked his second in a row, as he had previously defeated Timothy Bradley via unanimous decision in April of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Amir Khan (31-4) moved up to middleweight for his last contest where he suffered a sixth-round knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez in his bid for the WBC middleweight title.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Alvarez-Khan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Alvarez-Khan.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Alvarez-Khan-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Alvarez-Khan-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Alvarez-Khan-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the setback, Amir Khan had reeled off five-straight wins which included victories over Carlos Molina, Julio Diaz, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander, and most recently Chris Algieri.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will emerge victorious in this high profile boxing match? 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