TOKYO, Japan — Manny Pacquiao will now face a different fighter in his three-round exhibition match in Japan after the retired boxing great's original opponent was ruled out by injury, organizers said Friday.

The 45-year-old multiple world champion from the Philippines was supposed to fight Chihiro Suzuki on July 28 in Saitama in a 68 kg boxing bout of three rounds of three minutes each, with no judges' decision.

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