Pacquiao vs. Algieri Weigh-In: Updated Title Odds After Pre-Fight Results

All of the hype and build is over. Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri had their final staredown at the weigh-in on Friday, so the only thing that remains is to get in the ring and decide who is the better fighter. 

Algieri is going from relative obscurity, holding a solid win over Ruslan Provodnikov in June, to one of the biggest stages in boxing. He's been making the most of this opportunity, talking to anyone and everyone who will listen to hype the fight. 

Now, the American will look to make the biggest statement of his career with a victory over Pacquiao. It would also be one of the biggest upsets in recent memory, at least based on the final odds heading into the match. Neither fighter has made a living with the knockout, at least recently, so who knows what might happen if this gets to the judges.

Fighter	Height	Weight	Reach	Odds
Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KO)	5'6"	143.8 lbs	67"	-1250 (1-12.5)
Chris Algieri (20-0, 8 KO)	5'10"	143.6 lbs	72"	+650 (6.5-1)

What We Have Learned

While this isn't anything new for a Pacquiao opponent, Algieri has a definitive size advantage. He's nearly four inches taller with a five-inch reach advantage. 

However, this fight is new territory for Algieri. He's increasing his usual weight from 140 to 144 pounds, which makes his brief struggle to hit the limit during Friday's weigh-in ironic. It's not a sizable difference, though it does change some things about his body over the course of a 12-round fight like stamina, strength and speed. 

Algieri's promoter Joe DeGuardia told reporters after the fight was announced that the move up in weight wasn't going to be a problem, via Dan Rafael of ESPN.com:

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He's wants the fight and has no problem going up in weight. He wants the welterweight championship. He wants challenges. He loves the idea. He wanted to fight for another championship and he loves that he is fighting Manny Pacquiao for it. He looks as Manny as an elite of the game. He wants to climb another mountain. If he wins this fight, you have the start of another era.

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It's possible Algieri won't be hurt by the additional weight. After all, Pacquiao has been moving up and down in weight classes for years with mostly positive results.

Algieri is starting his move up in weight at an older age (30) than Pacquiao was when he started doing it in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 

The odds are a reflection of the unknown with Algieri, as well as a difference in the experience between these two fighters, as this picture tweeted from the World Boxing Organization shows:

Pacquiao seems to be in a position to score his first knockout win since defeating Miguel Cotto in November 2009. He is also trying to rebuild his brand, which has been taken down a couple of pegs thanks to the loss against Juan Manuel Marquez and two methodical wins over Brandon Rios and Timothy Bradley. 

No one will question Pacquiao's focus leading up to a fight and when the bell rings. It's everything that goes on when a fight isn't on the horizon that makes you think the end could be coming soon. A loss in this spot will only increase any retirement talk for the 35-year-old superstar. 

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