Horn stuns Pacquiao to win WBO crown

Source: www.manilatimes.net --- Sunday, July 02, 2017
BRISBANE, Australia: Former schoolteacher Jeff Horn stunned world champion Manny Pacquiao to win the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown with a unanimous points decision in Brisbane on Sunday. Given no chance by most observers, the 29-year-old Horn’s ultra-aggressive style proved too much for Pacquiao, with the three judges scoring the fight 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 to the Australian after 12 rounds. Pacquiao, 38, is an eight-weight world champion considered one of the greatest fighters of his generation. His camp had predicted a “short and sweet” win over Horn, a 2012 Australian Olympian. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia : Undefeated Australian boxer Jeff Horn and Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao slug it out in the “Battle of Brisbane” on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Horn stunned Pacquiao with a unanimous decision win to claim the World Boxing Organization welterweight title. AFP PHOTO But Horn showed no signs of being overawed by the occasion, taking the fight to the Filipino great from the opening bell. He moved forward relentlessly, not allowing Pacquiao time to find any rhythm. “I feel like he couldn’t get a hold of my gap. I was feinting a lot, trying to upset his rhythm and I think that was working throughout the majority of that fight,” said Horn, who stands three-and-a-half inches (9cm) taller than Pacquiao. Pacquiao did manage to land some left jabs in the opening rounds to take the early points, but Horn refused to ...

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