Manny Pacquiaoโ€™s controversial loss to Jeff Horn in Brisbane last week has been re-scored by World Boxing Organisation judges โ€“ who reached the same result.

Pacquiao dropped a unanimous decision to 29-year-old Horn which split opinion and prompted demands from some quarters for an investigation.

The WBO issued a statement confirming it had asked five judges to conduct a retrospective analysis of the fight via television and without sound.


The statement read: โ€œThe Jeff Horn vs. Manny Pacquiao bout results were controversial causing disputes amongst fans. For this reason, transparency is so important.

โ€œThe WBO does not have power to reverse the Judges decision based on discretion as it can only be revoked when fraud or a violation of Law has occurred, which is not relevant in this case.

โ€œBased on this, five anonymous, competent Judges from different countries were asked to watch the bout without sound.

โ€œFrom the results, it can be established that Pacquiao won 5 rounds while Horn won 7 rounds.โ€

The re-scoring tallied directly with two of the judges on the night, who both scored 115-113 for Horn, while a third judge, Waleska Roldan, scored 117-111 for the Australian.

Pacquiaoโ€™s promoter Bob Arum has already indicated he would be willing to make a re-match with Horn for November or December this year.

However, the 38-year-old, who holds a seat in the Filipino senate, claims his promotional agreement with Arum is at an end, and that he could well retire.

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