Manny Pacquiao will attend the AIBA World championships

Manny Pacquiao

MANNY PACQUIAO is due to make an appearance at the AIBA World championships in Doha. Pacquiao, one of boxingโ€™s greatest stars, will watch the Thursday afternoon session.

โ€œThis is the benchmark for future World Championships and I am pleased that Manny Pacquiao accepted my invitation to come and share his thoughts and ideas first hand,โ€ said AIBA president Ching Kuo Wu.

โ€œWe are very happy with the decision to choose Doha to host the 18th edition of our competition. This is a top class venue with top class athletes, and it will make for a fantastic championship.โ€

In the first session of boxing at the World championships, Great Britainโ€™s light-welterweight Pat McCormack has won his first bout, against Moldovan Dmitri Galagot.

American heavyweight Joshua Temple floored Pakistanโ€™s Mehmood Hussan twice before the contest was stopped at the end of the first round. “”I dropped him with a left hook and then jumped right back on him,” Temple said. “I felt really comfortable in there. I listened to my coaches, stayed loose on my feet and then dropped the bomb.”

USA middleweight Anthony Campbell got a good split decision win over Italyโ€™s Salvatore Cavallaro.

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