Page 21 - aruba-today-20170708

A21
SPORTS Saturday 8 July 2017

WBO says it will re-score Pacquiao fight, result stands

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — the GAB can provide any them. If it can be done to
The World Boxing Organiza- evidence indicating fraud him, it can be done to any
tion will re-score the Manny or violation of law,” WBO other Filipino boxer.”
Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welter- President Francisco Valcar- Valcarcel said five anony-
weight title fight because cel said in a letter to the mous judges will review the
of the contentious unani- GAB dated Thursday. bout, assigning their own
mous decision awarded “The purpose of this review scores to rounds.
to the Australian challeng- is to be able to give the “Then, we will tabulate the
er, but there is no plan to fans certainty of who was results to ascertain clearly
change the result. the winner of the bout, which rounds each fight-
The WBO was responding even though we do not er won using an average
to a Philippines govern- have the power to reverse scale based on 60, 80 and
ment department’s re- the decision of the judges.” 100 percent,” Valcarcel
quest to review the fight The fight at Brisbane’s Sun- said. “This means that three
after Pacquiao said the corp Stadium was scored of the five officials have to
decision against him Sun- 117-111 by Waleksa Roldan agree to determine which
day was unfair. and 115-113 each by Chris fighter won the round.”
The Philippines Games and Flores and Ramon Cerdan, Valcarcel supported the
Amusements Board (GAB) with Roldan’s score com- judges, who have each
said it based the request on ing in for most criticism. Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines reacts after his loss to Jeff scored hundreds of fights.
protecting boxing’s integ- In Manila, Philippines, GAB Horn of Australia, during their WBO World Welterweight title fight “The officials who partici-
rity, citing possible miscalls chairman Abraham Kahlil in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, July 2, 2017. Associated Press pated in this fight are all
by the referee and judges. Mitra welcomed the WBO’s professional, distinguished,
But the WBO reiterated its decision to carry out a re- ency, abuse of authority or if you’re quiet, you’ll get honest and honorable hu-
only hope of revoking the view, saying that even if wrongdoing would not be abused but if you com- man beings,” he said.
fight judges’ decision rests that won’t change the out- tolerated. plain, they’ll be careful The 38-year-old Pacquiao
on proving fraud in match come of the contentious “We’re happy with that,” ... Manny is a senator, a and 29-year-old Horn have
officiating. bout, it will send a strong Mitra told The Associat- champion, but was like a rematch clause in their
“I would be very grateful if signal that any sign of leni- ed Press. “Our feeling is, wrestled there, abused by contract.q

Indians’ Francona has heart procedure, out of All-Star Game

By TOM WITHERS the Indians said Friday. The now. Selfishly, we want him
AP Sports Writer plan is for him to resume back. He’s a big part of
CLEVELAND (AP) — Terry managing after the All-Star the mood in the clubhouse
Francona’s heart, of all break. and the way things go.”
things, has kept him away Cleveland begins its unoffi- Francona was twice forced
from baseball. cial second half of the sea- to leave in the middle of
Cleveland’s passionate son July 14 in Oakland to games last month after fall-
and driven manager un- start a six-game trip. ing ill. He was admitted to
derwent a procedure Thurs- Francona’s condition had the hospital this week after
day to correct an irregular been weighing on the Indi- doctors detected an ar-
heartbeat that sidelined ans for weeks, even affect- rhythmia from a monitor he
him for a few games and ing their play. But now that has been wearing for sev-
will prevent him from man- doctors have pinpointed eral weeks.
aging in the All-Star Game his problem and he’s been With Francona unable to
next week. treated, those feelings manage the All-Stars in Mi-
The 58-year-old Francona have eased. ami next week, the job will
had been experiencing “Just happy it sounds like fall to Indians bench coach
dizziness, fatigue and a he’s got it figured out and Brad Mills. Mills has been fill-
rapid heart rate for several taken care of,” All-Star re- ing in while Francona has
weeks. He had a cardiac liever Andrew Miller said. been out and will man-
ablation at the Cleveland “That’s what we want, age an AL team featuring
Clinic, where he continues him to be healthy. He’s so five Indians players. Mills
to recover after being ad- generous with everything, will be assisted by Cleve-
In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, Cleveland Indians manager Terry mitted Tuesday. whether it’s his time or his land’s staff and Tampa Bay
Francona speaks to the media at a team practice for baseball’s He is resting comfortably money or the way he treats manager Kevin Cash, who
upcoming World Series against the Chicago Cubs, in Cleveland. and is expected to be dis- people. Hopefully, he’s previously worked for the
Associated Press
charged in a “day or two,” taking care of himself right Indians.q