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Boxing: Pacquiao schools Yoo in exhibition match

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former 8-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao poses after weighing in for the exhibition match. Wendel Alinea, MP Promotions" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/12/11/12112022-pacquiao-schools-yoo-in-exhibition-match.jpg"/><figcaption>Former 8-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao poses after weighing in for the exhibition match. <em>Wendel Alinea, MP Promotions</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Retired boxing legend Manny Pacquiao dominated Korean martial artist DK Yoo in their 6-round exhibition fight on Sunday at The Korea International Exhibition Center in Goyang, South Korea.</p><p>Despite a considerable height difference, Pacquiao managed to stifle the 5-foot-10 Korean with battering left straights and right hooks.</p><p>The hits were enough to trouble the South Korean that he ended up on the ground several times, but all of those knockdowns were ruled as slips.<br/> <br/>Yoo also appeared to have tired out by the fourth round, although he sometimes showboated to the delight of the crowd.</p><p>In the end, Pacquiao secured a unanimous decision.</p><div><strong>Heaviest ever</strong></div><p>The former 8-division world champion weighed in at 161.1 pounds, his heaviest, at the eve of the match. He has fought extensively as a 147-pounder in the latter years of his career.<br/> <br/>It was the first time Pacquiao stepped into the ring since retiring after losing to Yordenis Ugas in August 2021. </p><p>Pacquiao, who ran but lost in the Philippines&#x27; presidential elections last May, has said that he will use the earnings from this exhibition match to help build homes for the unfortunate. </p><div><strong>RELATED NEWS</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0-ATQs0j--o?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Retired boxing legend Manny Pacquiao dominated Korean martial artist DK Yoo in their 6-round exhibition fight on Sunday at The Korea International Exhibition Center in Goyang, South Korea.