With trusted trainer Freddie Roach in his corner, the 46-year-old legend is coming out of retirement to challenge welterweight champ Mario Barrios on Saturday.

Thirty years after clambering through the ropes for his first professional fight as a skinny 16-year-old, Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring once more on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) for the latest round of his protracted battle with Father Time.

On May 1, 1995, Manny Pacquiao won a six-round decision over Rocky Palma in Cavite, Philippines, pushing his record to 3-0. They both weighed 107 pounds, but Pacquiao had weights in his pocket to qualify for the minimum weight requirement of the division. Seventeen days later, Mario Barrios was born in San Antonio.

For Freddie Roach, America's most-famous boxing trainer, the cloud that began hovering overhead on May 2, shortly after his fighter, Manny Pacquiao, lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr., refuses to go away.

Boxer Manny Pacquiao trains with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP) Roach is one of the rare trainers who is always honest with his fighters.

As the pre-fight documentary cameras for Prime Video's "Gloves Off" followed Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in late May as he walked the hallways of the MGM Grand en route to the press conference announcing this weekend's return to boxing after nearly five years,

Thirty years after clambering through the ropes for his first professional fight as a skinny 16-year-old, Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring

Manny Pacquiao is back to a familiar place in Los Angeles, looking for a new start and to add to his legendary career.

Pacquiao, 38, lost a unanimous decision Saturday by scores of 115-113 twice and 117-111. “It does bother me,” Roach said. “That’s why I suggested to Manny, ‘Hey Manny, I think you should ...

Manny Pacquiao believes he has finally stopped leg cramps which have hampered his career. Pacquiao has been complaining of leg cramps during several previous fights in his career, including