By Pakal: Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (54-5, 38KO’s), the former pound for pound king of the ring and the only eight division boxing champion in history, makes his return to the ring against Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (31-1, 23KO’s), former WBA world light welterweight champion. The WBO Welterweight Title will be on the line and the fight will be held at The Venetian Macau’s Cotai Arena on Saturday, November 23, 2013 ( U.S. local time ) in Macau, China.
There is a fourteen hour time difference from the United States, but locally it will held at approximately 9 p.m. ET/6 PT on HBO PPV.
There are many factors for both fighters coming into this fight, and one is that both boxers are coming into the fight after losses. Rios is coming into this fight with a unanimous decision loss to Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KO’s) in March of this year and Pacquiao is coming off a knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KO’s) and a controversial loss to Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12KO’s).