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Don't write off Manny Pacquiao against Errol Spence, warns Chris Algieri

Alexander Netherton
Don't write off Manny Pacquiao against Errol Spence, warns Chris AlgieriGettyImages
The legend is on his way back to the ring this summer.

Manny Pacquiao can't be written off ahead of his fight with Errol Spence Jr, according to former junior welterweight Chris Algieri.

Pacquiao is coming back out of semi-retirement for the Spence bout and it is one of the few times he has been considered the underdog.

However the 42-year-old Filipino senator could be a surprise winner on August 21, claimed Algieri.

“Absolutely. Not only is it one of those things where you can never count out Manny but I never count out Manny,” he said on the DAZN Boxing Show.

“He’s one of those guys, he has the one-punch power, he has that speed and he's awkward. He sets traps, his off-beat rhythm . His ability to change throughout a fight. The best make adjustments. 

“The guys who can adjust are the guys who separate from themselves. Manny does that as good as anyone even at that advanced age.

“He’s got a punch, he’s got power, if he can walk Spence into these shots we could get an upset.”