The confrontation between Pacquiao and Ugas on August 22 ended with the victory in favor of Cuban boxers thanks to the higher score. In this battle, Pacquiao had excellent attacks but due to the decline in physical strength and the accuracy was not high when he turned 43 years old, Pacquiao's speed slowly slowed into the last 4 rounds. In contrast, Ugas is still very stable during 12 rounds.
Not only had to receive defeat, the Filipino fist also had his eyelids tearing, extremely heavy jaw injuries and rubbing many places from the neck to the face. 3 days after the battle, Pacquiao's health situation was quite bad that he could not return to his hometown. Pacquiao is now so tired and painful that he does not want to eat.
Pacquiao was forced to continue monitoring health in Las Vegas. During the resting time, the boxer born in 1978 almost only contacted the physician to take care of his health. Pacquiao revealed briefly to the media: “I am still very painful.”
In his hometown of the Philippines, fans and colleagues said that Pacquiao should think of hanging gloves to protect his health. At the age of 43, Pacquiao's endurance is no longer as before. Powerful attacks like Ugas can be dangerous to Pacquiao's health.
Talking about this right after the match against Ugas, the fighter nicknamed Pacman said: “Temporarily I want to spend time with my family and will decide my future on the stage in the near future. From my heart, I still want the upper radio. But I will need to look back to see if my body is still working well or not, looking back to see what my job will be like.