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By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service On Sunday, July 15, Filipino ring icon and boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, the sport’s only 8-division world champion, will challenge Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse for the regular WBA welterweight belt at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pacquiao currently holds a record of 59 wins with 38 knockouts, 7 losses and 2 draws. Matthysse, meanwhile, carries an impressive record of 39 wins, with 36 via knockout, 4 losses and […]
by Julian Guyer © Agence France-Presse CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anthony Joshua was taken the distance for the first time in his professional career before winning a unanimous points decision in his world heavyweight title unification fight with Joseph Parker in Cardiff on Saturday. After 12 rounds, Britain’s Joshua triumphed 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 on the three judges’ scorecards. Victory extended the London 2012 Olympic champion’ perfect professional record to 21 wins from as many bouts […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — English challenger Gary Corcoran has claimed Australian World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Jeff Horn is a “dirty” fighter ahead of their title bout in Brisbane on Wednesday. In an extraordinary media conference Monday, Corcoran’s camp provided a laptop presentation to indicate that Horn led with his head and left his head in the clinches. It is Horn’s first title defence since he upset Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao, the winner of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao hopes to unearth the next Chinese world champion and help grow the sport with an academy in the largely untapped country. The 38-year-old, who controversially lost his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title to Australian Jeff Horn in July, was in Beijing this week. He and Chinese sports-development firm Dancing Sports held a signing ceremony that included plans to build a Manny Pacquiao International Boxing Academy in […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Zolani Tete took just 11 seconds to record the fastest knockout in world championship fight history in Belfast on Saturday night. The South African etched his name into the record books when he flattened countryman Siboniso Gonya with his first punch to retain his World Boxing Organisation bantamweight crown. Tete floored his opponent with a devastating right hook after just five seconds and the referee stopped the contest officially just […]
(Reuters) — Jeff Horn is all smiles fresh off a decision by the the World Boxing Organization (WBO) that concluded he won his July 2 bout against Manny Pacquiao after the controversial points decision in Brisbane sparked calls for a review. “He (Pacquiao) said after the fight he thought the decision was fair, but then to turn around and say you want a recount. Didn’t sound like it was really coming from him,” […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has said it will review the scoring of the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight title bout after the Philippine world champion’s shock loss, but the verdict will stand. The WBO announced the move on its website after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticised the referee and the judges and demanded a review. The Filipino regulator, the Games and Amusements Board, has also called […]
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 […]
(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) — 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 […]
