{"id":190229,"date":"2025-06-16T23:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190229\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T23:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:44:08","slug":"manny-pacquiao-removed-from-wbc-world-rankings-just-weeks-before-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190229\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao Removed From WBC World Rankings Just Weeks Before Comeback Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/manny-pacquiao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a> has been removed from the WBC\u2019s rankings just weeks after he re-entered them ahead of his shock return.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old from the Philippines will challenge reigning WBC welterweight world champion Mario Barrios at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday July 19.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao has not fought as a professional since he was beaten by former WBA champion Yordenis Ugas back in 2021, before going on to announce his retirement from the sport shortly after to focus on his political career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/boxing\/2025\/06\/03\/manny-pacquiao-chases-history-as-he-returns-to-ring-at-46\/84018404007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After the 46-year-old\u2019s comeback was made official last month<\/a>, he was reinstated into the WBC\u2019s welterweight rankings at number five, sparking outrage from the boxing community with many questioning the governing body\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/wbc-president-on-manny-pacquiao-ranking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In light of this news, WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman admitted in an interview with Fight Hub TV that giving \u2018PacMan\u2019 such a substantial ranking ahead of his return was a mistake.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe World Boxing Council regulations allow legendary boxers who receive a license from a boxing commission and who pass all their exams to compete for the title.<\/p>\n<p>We made a mistake in ranking him number five, and that caused confusion among the media and fans, obviously saying, \u201cWhy is he ranked if he hasn\u2019t fought?\u201d What happened is that permission was granted, the fight was authorised, and we\u2019ll talk again on July 20 to see how it went.<\/p>\n<p>I think we\u2019re going to remove him from the rankings with the clarification that he will fight based on the regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the latest update, Pacquiao has been officially removed from the WBC\u2019s rankings ahead of his return next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao has been removed from the WBC\u2019s rankings just weeks after he re-entered them ahead of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-190229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114695704591466502","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}