Colin Cowherd: “Manny Pacquiao not only beat Keith Thurman, he completely controlled the fight. If you told me Pacquiao was going to knock down Thurman in the first round I would have bet a million dollars and he did. Styles make fights and Manny’s style was a nightmare for Thurman and you could tell halfway through the first round. Thurman didn’t plan on moving his feet the first three rounds and Manny DOMINATED. As old as Manny looked against Merriweather he looked like the youngest 40-year-old boxer in the history of the sport on Saturday.”
Listen to Colin Cowherd discuss Manny Pacquiao’s surprisingly emphatic victory over previously undefeated welterweight champion Keith Thurman on Saturday night in Las Vegas, as the 40-year-old pulled off one of the greatest victories of his iconic career.
Many around the sport weren’t giving Pacquiao a fair chance, as the boxing legend has had an up and down career in his golden years since he infamously lost to Floyd Mayweather in 2015.
Check out the audio below as Colin explains why he had this fight wrong from the beginning, and details why the fighting style of Pacquiao favored the elder fighter even though Thurman was one of the sport’s most prized champions.