By
Alex P. Vidal
As
expected, Manny Pacquiao walked past unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion
Chris Algieri, but failed to score the knockout demanded by his fans since
November 2009, winning by a lopsided decision after 12 rounds to keep his WBO
welterweight crown at the Cotai Arena inside the Venetian Resort in Macao,
China on Sunday.
Pacquiao
(57-5-2, 38 KOs) scored a tension-filled unanimous decision over Algieri (20-1,
8 KOs), who was downed six times and became the seventh man to finish the
distance with Pacquiao since March 13, 2010 when Pacquiao beat Joshua Clottey by 12-round unanimous decision in
Arlington, Texas.
Pacquiao,
35, stalked Algieri, 30, the whole fight, as Algieri used his footwork to
backpedal and box from outside.
Algieri
slipped in round two but referee Genaro Rodriquez credited it as a knockdown
for Pacquiao.
Algieri
never threatened Pacquiao, who patiently waited to land a solid combination in
a hope to nail the elusive knockout victory.
SOUTHPAW
The
Filipino southpaw scored two more knockdowns in round six. Pacquiao floored
Algieri two more times in round nine and Algieri, fighting for the first time
outside New York, barely survived.
Algieri went down for the sixth time at the end of round ten.
Pacquiao’s
last KO was against Miguel Angel Cotto on November 14, 2009.
Freddie
Roach had predicted a first round stoppage win for his ward, who is now a
playing coach in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Bob
Arum negotiates for Pacquiao’s next fight eight against Ruslan Provodnikov or
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Juan
Manuel Marquez is one of the names being floated as Pacquiao’s next foe. If the
fight happens, it will be their fifth meeting.
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