Manny Pacquiao shows his class with win over Brandon Rios

Manny Pacquiao showed he remains one of the planet’s classiest boxers as he bounced back from his shocking knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez with a unanimous points victory over Brandon Rios.

There was more at stake in Macau than the WBO international welterweight title as 34-year-old Pacquiao, who dedicated the fight to his compatriots back in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan, looked to prove after successive defeats he was still among the world’s best.

Whether he did that against an opponent who did almost nothing to test him was open to debate.

The judges’ scorecards read 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110, but such was Pacquiao’s dominance that the latter pair were perhaps a little generous to Rios.