Pacquiao\, Broner to unveil fight details next week

Pacquiao, Broner to unveil fight details next week

AFP  |  New York 

Filipino star and former world welterweight champion will announce details Monday in about their upcoming bout, expected in January at

The southpaw, 60-7 with two drawn and 39 knockouts in a career that began in 1995, turns 40 next month while American Broner is 33-3 with one drawn and 24 knockouts.

Broner and Pacquiao are set to talk Monday at and Tuesday at the Waldorf Astoria in to promote the bout, which is expected to be staged January 19 at the MGM Grand in

Pacquiao, the only fighter to win world titles in eight different weight divisions, said last month he was 90 percent certain he would next fight Broner, a former four-division world champion.

Pacquiao, also a in the Philippines, lost his World Organization welterweight title to Australian last year in

Last month, Pacquiao signed with Al Haymon's Boxing Champions group after being promoted by Top Rank's Bob Arum, Haymon's main rival, for the past 14 years.

The move ensures Pacquiao will have chances to fight the best in the welterweight division as Haymon's fighters include Americans Thurman, 28-0 with 22 knockouts; champion 29-2 with one drawn and 17 knockouts and champion Errol Spence Jr., 24-0 with 21 knockouts.

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First Published: Thu, November 15 2018. 09:40 IST