Following the draw with Barrios, Pacquiao seeks next moves in boxing. Will this affect the spotlight on Mayweather?

HOLLYWOOD—Manny Pacquiao threw a flurry of punches in the air while wearing his signature smile as he was about to leave the post-fight press conference late Saturday night at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Manny Pacquiao pushed back against his doubters, the odds and even Father Time on Saturday night — and nearly made some history. But Pacquiao, in the end, fell just short on the judges’ scorecards as Mario Barrios escaped with a majority draw to retain the WBC welterweight championship.

Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring at the age of 46, and fought to a majority draw against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division champion,

Manny Pacquiao had won three professional bouts and was two weeks away from his first knockout victory by the time Mario Barrios was born. So there was little surprise that familiar chants of “Manny!