Manny Pacquiao's career trajectory may have been different if he lost to Nedal Hussein early in his career. One referee admitted he gave the Filipino boxer a helping hand.
has had a legendary boxing career, and he may have gotten more help than he would have asked for in 2000 when he fought Nedal Hussein.via technical knockout after Hussein was declared unfit to keep going in the 10th round of the bout. However, when Pacquiao was knocked down in the fourth round of the match, referee Carlos Padilla admitted in a recent interview he gave the Filipino boxer extra time to get up off the mat.
"That fight, I’m about to go and leave the following day, and they told me, ‘Carlos, please… this is an important fight for Manny Pacquiao because the winner will have the chance to fight for the world championship,’" Padilla said in an interview on the World Boxing Council YouTube channel. Nedal Hussein, right, connects with a right to the face of Oscar Larios during a fight for the WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Nov. 27, 2004 in Las Vegas. Larios defeated Hussein by unanimous decision.
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