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BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Filipino great Manny Pacquiao on Friday pulled out of a rematch with world champion Jeff Horn, leaving the Australian looking for another challenger in his title defense. The Queensland state government, the fight’s financial backers, made the announcement two months ahead of the scheduled November 12 bout. “We have been advised today that Manny Pacquiao… cannot return to the ring on 12 November as proposed,” Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said […]
(Eagle News) — Let the people judge for themselves. This was the reaction of Manny Pacquiao to the World Boxing Organization’s decision to award the welterweight title victory to Australian boxer Jeff Horn rather than to himself. The WBO reviewed the fight between the Australian and the Filipino on July 2 after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticized the referee and the judges and demanded a review. Horn was declared the […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Newly-crowned world welterweight champion Jeff Horn on Thursday brushed aside boxing legend Manny Pacquiao’s call for a review of his controversial defeat and threw down the gauntlet for a rematch. Thousands joined a ticker-tape parade in Brisbane in honor of the former school teacher, who said he doubted if Pacquiao had personally backed a call to review the outcome of last Sunday’s title bout. “I don’t actually believe that would be […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has said he will “think hard” about retiring after his stunning and controversial defeat to unheralded Australian challenger Jeff Horn. Arriving home in the Philippines a day after losing his World Boxing Organization welterweight title in a major upset in Brisbane on Sunday, the 38-year-old Pacquiao said he was thinking about hanging up his gloves for good. “I am also considering the opinion of people, […]
Proudly holding up his title belt and flanked by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australia’s Jeff Horn brushed aside the outcry against his shock victory over Manny Pacquiao on Monday (July 3), saying there will always be “naysayers” saying he didn’t deserve to win. The 29-year-old former schoolteacher was awarded a unanimous 12-round decision over the eight-division world champion after a bloody battle in front of more than 51,000 fans at Brisbane’s Lang Park on Sunday […]
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 […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao landed more punches, including power punches and jabs, than the declared winner by unanimous decision Australia’s Jeff Horn in the World Boxing Organization’s welterweight match on Sunday, July 2, in Brisbane, Australia. According to the punch statistics recorded by Compubox, Pacquiao landed a total of 182 punches compared to Horn’s 92. The Filipino boxer also landed more power punches at 123 compared to Horn’s 73. He […]
(Eagle News) — Australia’s Jeff “The Hornet” Horn defeated Filipino boxing legend Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in a 12-round boxing bout in Brisbane, Australia that stunned many boxing fans. Horn won via unanimous decision, at the packed Australia’s Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane where the announcer said “A star has been born in Brisbane tonight” immediately after Horn was declared as the new World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion. Horn said he was willing to face Pacquiao […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao faces Australia’s Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia today, with many boxing analysts already expecting a win by the Filipino boxer-senator who is making his first title defense of the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) welterweight championship. Pacquiao won his WBO welterweight belt after defeating Jessie Vargas via unanimous decision in November last year, and thereby winning the WBO title for the third time. With his fight with […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian challenger Jeff Horn weighed in slightly heavier than Filipino great Manny Pacquiao on Saturday ahead of their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight in Brisbane. Pacquiao tipped the scales at 66.1 kg (146 pounds) and Horn came in at 66.3 kg (146 pounds) at the official weigh-in. Unbeaten Horn, a former schoolteacher, said he was ready for the biggest moment of his boxing life. “Game face is on. School’s out,” […]
