adminBRISBANE. — Newly-crowned world welterweight boxing champion Jeff Horn yesterday brushed aside boxing legend Manny Pacquiao’s call for a review of his controversial defeat and threw down the gauntlet for a rematch.
Thousands joined a ticker-tape parade in Brisbane in honour of the former school teacher, who said he doubted if Pacquiao had personally backed a call to review the outcome of last Sunday’s title bout.
“I don’t actually believe that would be Pacquiao actually even saying that himself,” the Australian told Channel Nine. “Maybe it is his team around him. But Pacquiao seemed very humble in the way that he lost and thought the decision was correct.
“I am ready for a rematch. If he wants to come back and do it again, we will do it. That’s up to him, he’s got the option,” Horn said.
Written off by most observers, the 29-year-old stunned the Filipino legend with his ultra-aggressiveness to earn a unanimous 12-round decision.
The result has been widely questioned, with many believing Pacquiao should have won. — AFP.
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