By the time the final bell rang, Manny Pacquiao had done everything but win the fight. He out-threw, out-landed and out-hustled a champion 16 years his junior for long stretches on Saturday night in Las Vegas, but the scorecards told a different story.
Pacquiao’s spirited return to the ring after a four-year layoff ended in a majority draw against Mario Barrios when the WBC welterweight titleholder won the final three rounds on all three scorecards. One ringside judge handed down a 115–113 verdict for Barrios, while the other two had it 114–114, allowing the 30-year-old Texan to retain his belt by the narrowest of margins. (The Guardian scored it 115-113 for Pacquiao.)
