Tag: boxing match

Pacquiao to sue Top Rank over alleged unpaid US rights to Pacquiao-Matthysse fight

(Eagle News)—Boxer Manny Pacquiao has said he would initiate legal proceedings against Top Rank Promotions following its alleged non-payment of  the US rights  for his July 15 fight against Lucas Matthysse. Pacquiao made the announcement in a social media post. Without naming names, he said “all other parties” would also be sued. “(This is) based on the non-payment and attempt to restrict my future rights. Thank you,” he said.

Boxing: Horn wants Pacquiao rematch to settle rules row

  by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse Australian Jeff Horn has no doubt that he was a deserving conqueror of Manny Pacquiao but believes only a rematch with the Filipino star will settle the controversy once and for all. Horn stunned the boxing world with a unanimous 12-round decision over Pacquiao in Brisbane on July 2, a hotly contested result that triggered an outcry. The World Boxing Organization moved to quell the controversy by re-scoring […]

Boxing: Pacquiao vows to leave Australia as world champion

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Boxing great Manny Pacquiao arrived in Australia ahead of his title fight with Jeff Horn and declared: “I will be going home as world champion.” The “Pac Man” touched down in Brisbane late Saturday from Manila with a large entourage for his World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane next weekend. “In all my years of boxing, I have never been as motivated and fired up as […]

Cheating in boxing match

According to Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, despite the good performance of the Philippine representative against his South Korean opponent, said opponent was declared winner, thus alleging cheating in the said games.