By Daily Sports on July 3, 2017

Former world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has attributed his title loss to cold.‘Pacman’ was defeated by former school teacher, Jeff Horn, who was considered an under-dog in last Sunday World Boxing Organisation welterweight title bout, in a unanimous points decision in Brisbane.

Though, boxing pundits considered Horn victory a day light robbery considering the statistics that favoured Pacquiao.  He landed 182 of 573 punches, compared to just 92 of 625 for Horn.

However, Judges Chris Flores and Ramon Cerdan scored it 115-113 each, while Waleska Roland had it 117-111 for Horn. Yahoo Sports scored it 115-113 for Pacquiao.

At the end, the Filipino super star was forced to resort to excuses. Pacquiao said he was bothered by the blood that poured from a cut on top of his head that was the result of an accidental head butt, and he also said he was ill.

Asked if age had caught up to him, Pacquiao said: “I’m OK. I’m OK. “I don’t want to complain, but when I arrived here, I caught a cold.

”He also said the cut was a factor on his head.“It affected me a lot,” Pacquiao said. “There was a lot of blood coming out of my head.”

Horn had gotten little respect going into the fight, particularly outside of his native Australia, and was better than a 6-1 underdog. He exuded confidence from the moment the bout was signed, and while he didn’t look like he’d be a threat to any of the truly elite welterweights, he fought hard and never gave in.

“I felt fine in the corner [after the ninth] and I wanted to keep going,”

Horn said. “I wasn’t really hurt. I was a little buzzed when he caught me with that one shot, but I wasn’t hurt too badly.”

There is a rematch clause and Pacquiao, who fought on ESPN and off of pay-per-view for the first time in 12 years, said he would exercise it.

•Photo shows dethroned WBO Welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao.

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 3, 2017

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