- Manny Pacquiao, 46, is returning to boxing after a four-year hiatus and will challenge Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title on July 19th in Las Vegas.
- Despite the long absence, Pacquiao has been controversially reinstated into the WBC welterweight rankings at No. 5.
- Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division world champion, is invoking his right as a former champion to an immediate title shot.
- He aims to become the oldest welterweight champion, surpassing his own record set in 2019 at age 40 when he defeated Keith Thurman.
- This comeback follows Pacquiao's unsuccessful run for president of the Philippines in 2022, after serving as a senator from 2016-2022.
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