Where to watch Pacquiao’s return fight: Bay Area bars showing pay-per-view title bout

(KRON) — Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is ending a four-year retirement and making his return to the ring this weekend. Pacquiao, 46, will face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on Saturday, July 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Filipino looks to break his own record of becoming the oldest welterweight champion in history.

Like most Pacquiao fights, this upcoming bout will be televised on pay-per-view. The Pacquiao-Barrios fight card will be televised on Amazon Prime Video for a purchase price of $79.99. If you don’t want to shell out the money come fight night, here are bars across the Bay Area showing the fight.

San Francisco

• The Abbey Tavern
• Splash Sports Bar (Thrive City)

East Bay

• O’Sullivan’s Sports Pub (Newark)
• Dave & Buster’s (Concord)
• Straw Hat Pizza (Hayward)

South Bay

• Dave & Buster’s (Milpitas)
• Tequila’s Taqueria (San Jose)
• Pancho’s Sports Bar (San Jose)

Other Bay Area Cities

• Dave & Buster’s (Petaluma)
• Hooters (Rohnert Park)

A “secret” location is hosting a Pacquiao fight watch party. Tickets are about $12 each, and the location will be disclosed upon ticket purchase. Food will be provided by Pampanga’s Cuisine in Daly City.

If your local establishment does not have social media or made an announcement about showing the fight, call the bar of your choice and check in case they are showing the fight. There is another pay-per-view fight that same night (UFC 318: Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirer), and some bars have elected to show that instead.

Fight Background

Pacquiao, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last month, is going straight into a title shot since his last professional bout in August 2021, a decision loss to Yordenis Ugás. Fans and media have had mixed feelings about the boxing icon making a comeback at this age.

The Filipino is widely regarded as one of the best fighters in the history of the sport. Pacquiao is the only fighter to win titles in eight different weight divisions. He is the only fighter to hold titles in four different decades and the oldest fighter (40) to win to become welterweight champion. He named the 2000s fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).

Pacquiao turned professional at 16 years old in 1995, facing abject poverty in the Philippines. He has beaten a long list of Hall of Famers such as Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Erik Morales, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto.