Tag: welterweight title

Pacquiao on result of WBO bout review: Let the people judge for themselves

(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 […]