In a long-overdue move, the World Boxing Association stripped Manny Pacquiao of his WBA Super World welterweight title and elevated Yordenis Ugas as the new Super champion.
It was a move that the WBA should have arguably made months ago, as the 42-year-old Pacquiao hasn’t defended his title in 18 months, and there’s talk that he’s going to be facing Ryan Garcia next in an exhibition match.
With that fight expecting to be Pacquiao’s next match, it meant that the WBA title wouldn’t be defended soon.
Ryan and Pacquiao could be fighting in April or May in their exhibition match.Under the best possible scenario, Pacquiao wouldn’t until October or November before he defended the title.
Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) is WBA ‘Champion in Recess’ now, so he can fight for his old title against Ugas later on if he wishes. However, Manny would face many risks to face Ugas, and it wouldn’t be a big money fight.
That’s why it’s not likely that Pacquiao will look to reclaim his WBA title because it’s not worth the risk involved for him.
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