Former and only eight-weight boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao is set to put on his gloves and get back into the ring after a four-year absence to challenge Mario Barrios in July. The 46-year-old former world champion was last in the ring in Las Vegas in August 2021,

Boxing insiders are becoming increasingly concerned at reports suggesting Manny Pacquiao is preparing to return to the sport aged 46 against the current WBC welterweight world champion Mario Barrios,

Manny Pacquiao — the first boxer to win championships in four different weight classes, boxing's only eight-division champ, and the only boxer to notch world titles across four decades — is slated to un-retire, at age 46, for a crack at another World Boxing Championship belt, per Andreas Hale of ESPN.