Manny Pacquiao vows to supervise son’s training for next fight

By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña

Manny Pacquiao didn’t hold back when asked about his thoughts during the aftermath of his son’s professional boxing debut on Nov. 30, 2025, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.

Just like his father’s comeback fight against Mario Barrios, Jimuel Pacquiao’s four-round lightweight bout against American pug Brendan Lally ended in a thrilling majority draw decision.

During a post-fight interview with renowned YouTube boxing channel FightHype, Pacquiao engaged in a 14-minute discussion and entertained all of the questions thrown at him.

Pacquiao said he was satisfied with his son’s debut performance but admitted that Jimuel could’ve done more inside the boxing ring.

The sport’s only eight-division world champion also revealed that they were expecting more from Jimuel, and the majority draw decision was a fair judgment for both camps.

When the father-son tandem was asked about the possibility of Jimuel’s inclusion in his next main event fight, Manny didn’t hesitate to answer yes, but shared that he wants to become a main part of the camp to supervise his son’s training.

“Yes, so that I can supervise his training,” the Filipino living legend said.
“I can push him more. Watching his training, like that. First time I had this feeling—I mean, I want to shout, I want to give instruction. It’s hard.”

In a contrasting clash of styles, it was the American pug who dictated the pace at the opening bell after coming out as the aggressor.

However, Jimuel was able to gain some steam in the second round, hitting clean power hooks that landed at will on Lally’s jaw.

Both fighters entered an interesting slugfest in the final two rounds, with Lally reverting to his hounding pressure to assert his will in the third, while Pacquiao leaned on his technical approach to land the bigger punches.

Despite slowing down midway through the fight, Pacquiao’s edge in the power punching department proved enough to help him earn the nod of a judge.

“He did well. He doesn’t have a long experience in the amateur, then he turned pro just like that. So, I’m satisfied with his performance, although we were expecting more,” Manny added.