Overview
- Promoters Indistry Media and Banner Promotions announced the exhibition for April 18 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, with tickets already on sale.
- No broadcast partner or detailed exhibition rules have been disclosed, though the bout is billed as three-minute rounds over 10 rounds.
- Pacquiao, 47, makes his second outing since ending a four-year retirement, having fought to a majority draw with WBC welterweight titleholder Mario Barrios in July.
- Provodnikov, 42, is a former WBO super lightweight champion who last fought in June 2016 and is listed at 25-5 with 18 knockouts.
- Reaction ranges from enthusiasm to skepticism over competitiveness and motives, even as promoters market a 'world championship' boxing night and an Angelo Leo–Ra'eese Aleem IBF featherweight title bout is expected on the undercard.