LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao came in heavier Friday afternoon for his welterweight title fight with Mario Barrios than he weighed for any bout in 12½ years.

The aged legend stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at 146.8 pounds on a stage inside MGM Grand Garden Arena, the familiar venue where he will battle Barrios in a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view main event Saturday night. The 6-foot Barrios, who will defend his WBC belt, officially weighed 146.2.

It was the highest weight for Pacquiao since he weighed in right at the welterweight limit of 147 for his infamous fourth fight against rival Juan Manuel Marquez. Mexico’s Marquez knocked Pacquiao unconscious in the sixth round of that December 2012 bout at Grand Garden Arena.

The Philippines’ Pacquiao, 46, will fight for the first time in almost four years. The eight-division champion announced his retirement in September 2021, five weeks after Yordenis Ugas upset him by unanimous decision in their fight for Pacquiao’s WBA welterweight title in Las Vegas.

Barrios, of San Antonio, Texas, will defend a WBC belt he barely retained in his last fight. Barrios, 30, dropped Abel Ramos in the second round of that championship match, but he came back. He knocked down Barrios in the sixth round and battled him to a split draw on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson undercard Nov. 15.