(Sporting News) - Manny Pacquiao said Thursday that he will return to the United States next year to defend his WBA (Regular) welterweight title against Adrien Broner. The fight will be Pacquiao's first in the U.S. in more than two years.
Sources told ESPN.com the bout is likely to take place Jan. 19 in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) made his announcement in Manila, Philippines, during a meeting of the International Sports Promotion Society, which named him an ambassador.
The 39-year-old Pacquiao has not fought in the States since he defeated Jessie Vargas in 2016 at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas to capture the WBO welterweight belt. He reportedly owes tens of millions of dollars in federal income taxes even though he made in excess of $150 million for his 2015 bout vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
His last fight took place in Malaysia, where scored a seventh-round knockout of Lucas Matthysse in July for his first KO victory in more than eight years.
Broner has a professional record of (33-3-1-1 (DQ), 24 KOs).
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