Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will return to motion in Japan as he takes on RIZIN featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki in a three-round boxing exhibition at Tremendous RIZIN 3 in Saitama, Japan, on July 28.
The corporate introduced the match-up throughout Sunday’s RIZIN 47 present in Tokyo. The “particular standing bout guidelines” can be contested at 150 kilos and go for 3 three-minute rounds.
Pacquiao’s final official boxing match occurred in Las Vegas in 2021, when he had a three-fight profitable streak snapped in a choice defeat to Yordenis Ugas. The legendary boxer, who holds a professional file of 62-8-2 with 39 knockout wins, received a choice over DK Yoo in an exhibition match in South Korea in December 2022.
Suzuki, 13-3 with one no-contest in MMA, is undefeated in his previous 9 bouts underneath the RIZIN banner with eight victories. The only real no-contest was initially a submission loss to then-champion Kleber Koike that was mechanically overturned because of the Brazilian’s weight miss.
Suzuki is slated to face Takanori Gomi in a boxing match in June 23, a little bit underneath a month earlier than he returns to the ring to face Pacquiao.