Manny Pacquiao faced off with YouTube star DK Yoo in Los Angeles yesterday ahead of the pair's exhibition bout - in hologram form.
The former eight-division world champion retired from boxing last year, but has followed in rival Floyd Mayweather's footsteps by taking on a social media star in a big-money exhibition bout. The scoreless exhibition will take place in Seoul's KINTEX Arena on December 10, with the much bigger influencer taking on a far more experienced opponent in Pacquiao.
The boxing legend was in Seoul for the press conference and was unable to travel to Los Angeles, but instead of appearing via video link as fighters often do, he was brought in as a hologram to answer questions from the media. The aesthetics were interesting as Pacquiao answered questions seemingly from a box while DK Yoo appeared in person.
