Australian boxer, Jeff Horn defeats Manny Pacquiao to claim WBO Welterweight title

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    l Australian boxer, Jeff Horn defeats Manny Pacquiao to claim WBO Welterweight title

    The
    boxing world is currently in shock as legendary boxer, Manny Pacquiao
    lost his WBO Welterweight title to a relative unknown Australian boxer,
    Jeff Horn.

    In the
    12-round match dubbed the “Battle of Brisbane”, 29-year-old former
    schoolteacher who was considered an uneven match for veteran
    Pacquiao was declared the winner on points: 117-111, 115-113, 115-113 by
    the judges.

     

     Three-time world
    heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has since disputed the result on
    Twitter saying, ‘this is what’s wrong with boxing. Horn was very game
    but I’m hard pressed to see how he could…



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