Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn

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Battle of Brisbane
Pac-Horn.jpg
DateJuly 2, 2017
Venue Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Title(s) on the line WBO welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Jeff Horn
Nickname Pac-Man The Hornet
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Pre-fight record 59–6–2 (38 KO) 16–0–1 (11 KO)
Height5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg) 147 lb (67 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition WBO welterweight champion
8-division world champion 		IBF and WBO Inter-Continental welterweight champion
Result
Horn wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 115-113)

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn , billed as the Battle of Brisbane, was a boxing match for the WBO welterweight championship. The event took place on July 2, 2017 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Horn won the fight by highly controversial unanimous decision and claimed his first world title in boxing.

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Background

The bout was initially announced in January 2017. [1] However, by the next month the fight was in doubt. [2] Pacquiao decided to fight Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates, but the fight fell through. [3]

The fight was finalized in April 2017, [4] with the city of Brisbane and the Queensland government financing it. [5] Some in the media questioned the quality of the match-up. [6] [7]

It was reported on June 1 that 40,000 tickets had been sold within over a month remaining until the fight. [8]

Fight details

In front of 51,052, Pacquiao lost a hard fought fight via controversial unanimous decision when the three judges scored it 117–111, 115–113, 115–113 in favor of Horn. Many pundits, as well as many current and former boxers, believed Pacquiao had done enough to retain the WBO title. Pacquiao claimed Horn got away with numerous dirty tactics in the fight, using illegal blows including elbows and headbutts, causing him to be cut on three different occasions during the fight. [9]

Although Horn was the aggressor and showed determination throughout the fight, it nearly came to an end in round 9 when Pacquiao took control and looked for the stoppage. Horn lasted the round and was told by referee Mark Nelson to show competitiveness or else he would stop the fight. [10]

Despite now having lost 4 of his last 9 fights, Pacquiao remained humble, “I’m professional. I respect the judges.”

It was reported that Horn would receive $500,000 from this fight and Pacquiao was guaranteed at least $10 million. Pacquiao stated he would activate the rematch clause and fight Horn again at the end of 2017. CompuBox stats showed that Pacquiao landed 182 out of 573 punches thrown (32%), whilst Horn landed 92 of 625 thrown (15%). [11] [12]

In regard to the controversial scorecards, ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the fight 117–111 and ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas scored it 116–111, both for Pacquiao. [13] The Guardian and the International Business Times also scored the fight in favor of Pacquiao as well, 117–111. [14] [15] BoxingScene had it 116–112 for Pacquiao, while CBS Sports scored the fight 114–114 even. [16] [17] BoxNation's Steve Bunce scored the fight 115–113 for Horn. [18] In total, 12 of 15 media outlets scored the bout for Pacquiao, 2 of 15 outlets ruled in favor of Horn and 1 scored a draw. [19]

Official scorecards

JudgeFighter 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112Total [20]
Waleska RoldanPacquiao991099991010999111
Horn101091010101099101010117
Chris FloresPacquiao91010999910101099113
Horn1099101010109991010115
Ramon CerdanPacquiao99109109991010109113
Horn1010910910101099910115

Fight card

Weight Classvs.ResultRoundNotes
Welterweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Horndef. Flag of the Philippines.svg Manny Pacquiao (c)UD12 Note 1
Super flyweight Flag of the Philippines.svg Jerwin Ancajas (c)def. Flag of Japan.svg Teiru Kinoshita TKO7 Note 2
Light heavyweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien Hooper def. Flag of Russia.svg Umar Salamov (c)UD10 Note 3
Middleweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Toussaintdef. Flag of the United States.svg Shane Mosley Jr.SD8
Super lightweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brent Damesdef. Flag of the Philippines.svg Jonel DapidranUD6 Note 4
Super bantamweight Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Conlan def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrett OwenKO3
Super bantamweight Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brock Jarvisdef. Flag of Indonesia.svg RasmanudinKO1 Note 5

^Note 1 For WBO welterweight title
^Note 2 For IBF super flyweight title
^Note 3 For WBO International and vacant IBF light heavyweight International titles
^Note 4 Pre broadcast bout. Non-televised announced by Daniel Hennessey

Broadcasting

The fight was broadcast as a pay-per-view (PPV) in the fighters' home countries of Australia and the Philippines, with the rights respectively held by Main Event and ABS-CBN's Sky PPV. [21] [22] [23]

In the United States, the fight was acquired by ESPN; it marked a return of Top Rank boxing to the network, after having previously aired fights on ESPN from 1980 to 1996. It marked the first time that a Pacquiao bout would air on a non-premium, basic cable channel in the United States, and his first non-PPV bout in the U.S. since 2005. [24] The event was a prelude to a long-term deal between ESPN and Top Rank, formally announced in August and replacing its former agreement with HBO (which discontinued boxing telecasts). [25] [26]

The ESPN broadcast achieved an average viewership of 2.812 million and a 1.6 Nielsen household rating, while ESPN reported an average audience of 3.1 million and a peak of 4.4 across both its English and Spanish-language broadcasts. ESPN stated that it was the most-watched boxing telecast in cable and ESPN history. [27] [28] [29]

CountryBroadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/pay television PPV
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia—— Main Event
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil RecordTV SporTV —
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada— Super Channel —
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia [30] tvOne ——
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico TV Azteca ——
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand—— SKY Arena
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines GMA Network
One Sports (2020) [31] 		— Sky PPV
Sub-Saharan Africa [32] — SuperSport —
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom— BoxNation —
Flag of the United States.svg United States—ESPN (English)—
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)

Reactions

Horn's upset win over Pacquiao was widely criticized by boxing analysts, sports journalists and fans alike, with many comparing the decision to that of the controversial Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley fight. [33] [34]

Post-fight stats showed that Pacquiao landed almost double the number of punches that Horn landed. [35] Dieter Kurtenbach of Fox Sports described the fight as "rigged", and T. J. Quinn of ESPN commented, “No way in hell Horn won unanimously,” he tweeted. “A 117–111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Manny looked old, but mostly in control". [35]

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach was disappointed in the results. “That was hard, sometimes I think people need to be investigated,” Roach commented, referring to the score of 117–111 from judge Waleska Roldan. [35]

Pacquiao said after the fight that he plans to exercise his rematch clause and that he would return to Australia for that fight. [36] Pacquiao, who stated that he respects the judges' decision, also said that he wants competent officials for the rematch. [37] In August 2017, boxing promoter Bob Arum scheduled a rematch between Pacquiao and Horn in Brisbane that was likely to be set for November 2017. However, Pacquiao later stated that he couldn't fight Horn in November 2017, but would do so sometime in 2018.

Rescore by WBO

In response to a request from the Philippines Games and Amusements Board, the WBO agreed to rescore the fight between Pacquiao and Horn. It was scored round-by-round by five anonymous judges but the WBO stated that they do not have the power to reverse the original result of the fight. [38] The WBO rescored the fight 115–113, 7 rounds to 5 in favour of Horn. [39]

WBO's rescore: [39]

Judge 1: 114–113 | Pacquiao
Judge 2: 114–114 | Draw
Judge 3: 113–115 | Horn
Judge 4: 113–114 | Horn
Judge 5: 113–114 | Horn

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