Overview

• Manny Pacquiao is finishing final sessions at the MGM Grand ahead of his first professional bout since 2021 against Mario Barrios this Saturday night.
• Workouts at the Raiders’ Intermountain Health Performance Center have been woven into his routine to manage energy and mirror fight-week conditions.
• A victory would extend his own record as the oldest welterweight champion and build on his unprecedented eight-division title résumé.
• Floyd Mayweather is expected ringside and, according to sources, has entered early talks on a potential rematch valued in the billions if Pacquiao emerges victorious.
• Mario Barrios’s camp has treated the Filipino icon as a conventional challenger, honing a game plan centered on power punching and stamina to defend his WBC belt.