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SPORTS Tuesday 11 July 2017

5 independent
judges confirm

decision for ADIOS!

Horn over

Pacquiao

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)
— The World Boxing Orga-
nization says an indepen-
dent review of the scoring
in Manny Pacquiao’s wel-
terweight world title loss
to Jeff Horn confirms the
outcome in favor of the
Australian former school-
teacher.
A Philippines government
department asked the
WBO to review the refer-
eeing and the judging of
the so-called “Battle of
Brisbane” in Australia on
July 2 after Horn, fighting
for his first world title, won a
unanimous points decision
against Pacquiao, an 11-
time world champion.
The WBO agreed to con-
duct a review, but said it
couldn’t change the out-
come unless there was evi-
dence of fraud or a viola-
tion of law.
It appointed five judges
from different countries to
watch the bout without
sound and released the
outcome of the recount
late Monday, showing
three judges awarded the
fight to Horn, one scored
a draw and one judge
awarded the fight to
38-year-old Pacquiao.
The WBO said based on
the first stage of analysis,
Horn won seven of the 12
rounds.
WBO President Francisco
Valcarcel asked the judg-
es, who remained anony-
mous, to assign their own Rafael Nadal upset by Gilles
scores to rounds, saying the
results would be tabulated Muller in epic four-hour match
to ascertain which rounds
each fighter won using an
average scale based on Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller celebrates after beating Spain’s Rafael Nad-
100, 80 and 60 percent. al in their Men’s Singles Match on day seven at the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships in London Monday, July 10, 2017.
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