Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KO’s) easily retained his WBO welterweight title on Saturday night with a six-knockdown, unanimous decision victory over Chris Algieri. Pacquiao won by ridiculous scores of 120-102, 119-103 and 119-103.
Algieri (20-1, 8 KO’s) earned the shot at one of the top fighters in the world with a surprise win over Ruslan Provodnikov, but he was clearly overmatched against Pacquiao. The challenger was down once in the second, twice in the sixth, twice in the ninth and once in the 10th.
At age 35, Pacquiao still appears sharp and has tremendous hand speed. Algieri got hit from all angles and never had a shot to rattle his opponent.
As always with Pacquiao, talk of a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. followed the win. There are still plenty of political issues to deal with before that fight happens.
