Pacquiao Pacquiao won the fight by split decision, and at 40 years old, became the oldest welterweight to win a major world title in boxing history. The bout sold 500,000 pay-per-view (PPV) buys in the United States, earning an estimated $37.5 million in pay-per-view revenue. MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Per Nevada State Athletic Commission figures cited by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Pacquiao will make $10 million guaranteed. As for Thurman, he will bring home $2.5 million.

Pacquiao, 44, last fought in August 2021, in a unanimous decision loss to Yordenis Ugas. On the other hand, 41 year-old Buakaw fought in May 2023, drawing with Rukita Anpo at Rizin 42 in Japan.

44 years (17 December 1978)Manny Pacquiao / Age

Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to have won twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions.

Per BusinessMirror, Pacquiao is expected to earn a $5 million guaranteed purse and could earn up to $25 million depending on how well the pay-per-view sold.

$5 million Ugas was scheduled to fight as the co-feature, but he got bumped up to the main event rather than delay Pacquiao's return. There are a variety of factors impacting how much the two fighters will earn for the fight. Reports have Pacquiao earning a guaranteed $5 million plus a share of PPV sales.

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Pacquiao subsequently announced his retirement from boxing with a career record of 62 wins, 8 losses, and 2 draws.

Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao

Juan Manuel Márquez IV Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV, billed as "Fight of the Decade", was a professional boxing match. The winner of this bout would win a commemorative belt by the WBO known as "Champion of the Decade." This was the fourth and final meeting between Pacquiao and Márquez.