What a great fight by two of the best boxers in the world right now. The story going into this fight was about young vs old. At 40-years-old, many have called on Manny Pacquaio to quit before he gets seriously hurt. They said he was slowing down and his punching power isn’t what it used to be. And it’s true, he doesn’t have the physical prowess as when he was younger but he has experience. Keith Thurman, on the other hand, was the young 30-year-old hungry fighter who was supposed to make his mark tonight. A win would have put him in line to face Terrance Crawford or Errol Spence in a big-money fight. But Keith Thurman couldn’t get the win tonight. After the 12th round in an amazing fight, the judges gave it to Manny Pacquiao over Keith Thurman in a split decision.

In the first, Manny Pacquiao set the tone of the fight by knocking down Keith Thurman with an overhand right. This was the first time Thurman was ever knocked down in his career.

But Thurman got up and returned fire. There were several instances where Pacquiao hurt Thurman but he couldn’t finish him. Pacquiao did a good job of working the body which helped slow down Thurman.

Monster body shot hurts Thurman in the 10th round. #PacquiaoThurman pic.twitter.com/eQHcS0FPWT — Mosey (@boxvids_) July 21, 2019

But Thurman was game and held his own by countering Pacquiao. The two men exchanged punches throughout the whole fight as the momentum kept shifting between the two fighters. The fight was close but Pacquiao got the better of Thurman.

The scorecards read 114-113 Thurman, 115-112 Pacquiao, and 115-112 Pacquiao. Pacquiao won by split decision and handed Thurman his first loss. With the win, Pacquiao won the World Boxing Association welterweight title.

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao, who’s also a Filipino senator, when he’s not boxing. He showed that he could still beat the brakes off these young fighters. According to Forbes, Manny Pacquiao got a guaranteed fee of $10 million while Keith Thurman got $2.5 million. Both fighters will see significantly more money once all the pay-per-views are tabulated.