Tag: Battle of Brisbane

Two former heavyweight boxing champs, int’l sports celebs express incredulity with Horn win

Jeff Horn “looks like a pumpkin” after fight, noted a former Australian heavyweight champ   (Eagle News) — International sports celebrities including basketball star Kobe Bryant, football quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and two former boxing heavyweight champs hit the score of boxing judges after Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao lost his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title in a controversial unanimous decision to Australia’s Jeff Horn on Sunday, July 2. Bryant posted a tweet with the […]

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Pacquiao loss leaves war-weary Filipinos in disbelief

  MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Millions of boxing fans in the Philippines, including those displaced by fighting with Islamist militants, walked away in stunned disbelief as national hero Manny Pacquiao lost his world title to Australian Jeff Horn in a major upset on Sunday. Pacquiao, 38, is an elected senator and a unifying figure in the Southeast Asian nation beset by conflict, grinding poverty, and frequent natural calamities. Residents of a war-torn southern city had […]

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Boxing: I’ll urge Pacquiao to quit, says trainer Roach

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao’s trainer advised the Filipino legend to quit boxing Monday after his sensational defeat to unheralded Australian Jeff Horn. While controversy raged over the scoring of Sunday’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout in Brisbane, after all three judges awarded it to unbeaten Horn, there were doubts whether 38-year-old Pacquiao would return for a possible rematch. Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach said he would consider advising Pacquiao to retire […]

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