RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer RANDOM THOUGHTS
July 2025 Volume 102, No. 8
Founder Nathaniel Fleischer (1888-1972) Owner His Excellency Turki Alalshikh
Editor-in-Chief Douglass Fischer Managing Editor Tom Gray Senior Editor Brian Harty Creative Director Lamar Clark Controller Deborah L. Harrison
B y the time this issue is on sale, Manny Pacquiao’s July 19 ring return against WBC welterweight titleholder Mario Barrios will have just taken place in Las Vegas. I didn’t like the news of Pacquiao coming back against Barrios or that the WBC and Nevada State Athletic Commission sanctioned the fight. I didn’t attend the June 3 press conference in Los Angeles, and as of this writing (early June), I don’t plan on watching the fight live. If the 46-year-old legend turns the clock back once more and upsets the 30-year-old defending beltholder, I will gladly watch it after the fact. However, if Pacquiao succumbs to Father Time, as he seemingly did in his last fight – a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Yordenis Ugas nearly four years ago – well, let me put it this way: I’ve never seen Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes or Trevor Berbick, or Sugar Ray Leonard’s bouts against Terry Norris and Hector Camacho, or Roberto Duran’s outings against Pat Lawlor, William Joppy and Camacho. I don’t think I need to explain why.
Manny Pacquiao, 46, is giving away 16 years to WBC titleholder Mario Barrios.
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The subject of boxers being overpaid and losing their ambition was a hot topic in the wake of the lackluster performances put forth by Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Canelo Alvarez on May 2 and 3. Tim Bradley, who made healthy seven-figure purses vs. fellow Hall of Famers Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, recently sounded off on what he views as complacency among a pampered generation of boxers. “You want to get the most money possible, I understand that, but when you’re overpaying these guys and they’re not earning it, that’s different,” Bradley said during a guest spot on The 3 Knockdown Rule podcast. “A lot of these guys ain’t worth the money that they’re being paid. They haven’t worked their way up to get to that money. That’s the problem. You’re
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