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In the MGM Grand Garden Arena where Manny Pacquiao won his first title 2001, he returned to fight Mario Barrios for the WBC Welterweight World title in front of 14,000 cheering boxing fans.

Pacquiao and Barrios went toe-to-toe for 12 hard fought rounds, fighting to a majority draw. Barrios retained his WBC belt and Manny Pacquiao showed the world that age is just a number. The legend can still fight.

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00:08Okay, gentlemen, everything on the orange up is going to be good.
00:13Bottom of the white letters up is good.
00:15You got my instructions in the back, gentlemen.
00:16Protect yourselves at all times.
00:18Listen to my commands.
00:18Touch them up.
00:20Back to foot.
00:20Barrios told me, this is the biggest fight of my career.
00:25This is the grandest stage.
00:26And early on, we will know if we get Vint.
00:30Know that Pacquiao needs to have this kind of quick start.
00:34Pacquiao split the guard during that sequence.
00:36That left-hand speed is still there.
00:39But there's a right hand, and Mario Barrios is trying to establish some...
00:42And it almost seems like he wants Pacquiao to get some sense of confidence for him to come in.
00:49And do something like that.
00:50Open up, and they land a quick, sharp uppercut.
00:53Getting more confident.
00:54And that means that Manny Pacquiao will start to open up and get caught by shots like that right.
01:02And he went for the second one, and here it is again.
01:05Getting desperate, Manny Pacquiao lunging in.
01:08That's why he looks so, let's just say, old against Ugas.
01:11And that was a much younger version of Pacquiao.
01:13There was a body shot there with the left from Manny Pacquiao to the solar plexus on Manny Pacquiao.
01:20Oh, nice jab from Barrios.
01:22That was stiff and right in the face of Manny Pacquiao.
01:25He's still, his legs are still lively, like, right there.
01:30So that's a good combination he threw there.
01:32It's going to impress the judges.
01:34It just impressed me.
01:36There's two of them.
01:37Now, Manny Pacquiao at this age, after this layoff.
01:41Almost fighting on even terms here with Marios.
01:44Oh, what a nice right from Barrios, but the answer from Manny Pacquiao.
01:48If they're...
01:49Jickey said to Manny Pacquiao, you got what it takes to be Barrios.
01:52Well, guess what?
01:53He's proving it tonight.
01:55You do wonder, though, is that a little fool's gold in there?
01:57That was a...
01:58It was a combination of punches, a flurry.
02:00One, two, one, two.
02:02Boom.
02:03Four, one, two.
02:04And he's going straight back, Mario Barrios.
02:06But he...
02:07Really close fight, really close rounds.
02:10Manny Pacquiao doing exactly what...
02:13That's the best combination we've seen from Mario Barrios as Pacquiao touches his gloves.
02:24And that is there all the time.
02:26Every time that Manny Pacquiao takes that first step in, he's got his guard open.
02:31Barrios has got to take the advantage and let those hands go.
02:34Like that.
02:35He hits the guard with the jab.
02:36And now what do you do behind it?
02:38A left hook, a triple left hook from Mario Barrios.
02:41The first Hall of Famer to come back and do it.
02:47Or will Mario Barrios send everybody home sad?
02:51No one has defied the odds more than Manny Pacquiao.
03:13And of course, in that case, the champion retains his title.

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