Tuesday, July 11, 2017

It's time to move on, the WBO has spoken

By Alex P. Vidal

NEW YORK CITY -- Now that Jeff Horn's win over Manny Pacquiao was finally confirmed July 10 after a scoring review by no less than the World Boxing Organization (WBO) declared the 29-year-old unbeaten Australian the clear winner, it's time to move on and accept defeat.
In our capacity as a licensed professional judge/referee, we also explained in details in an article earlier why Pacquiao lost after fans of Pacquiao ran berserk even in the social media.
With this development, we respectfully request the Games and Amusement Board (GAB), which earlier wanted to join the fray, to stop exacerbating the imbroglio by calling for an investigation of the alleged cheating on July 2 in Brisbane, an accusation which was unfounded and had no basis at all.  
Here's part of the Agence France-Presse story entitled "WBO review rules Horn beat Pacquiao":
"The WBO -- which does not have the power to reverse a decision unless fraud or law violations are proven --set up a panel of independent judges who were asked to watch the bout without sound and determine who won each round.
The results were tabulated to show clearly the rounds each fighter won using an average scale based on 60, 80 and 100 percent, with three of the five officials needing to be in agreement.
A similar method has been used to review WBO title fights before.
“Upon the analysis, the findings stated that Pacquiao won the 3rd, the 8th and 9th by 100 percent; the 5th round was won by 80 percent; and the 11th round by 60 percent,” the WBO said in a statement.
“Horn won the 1st, 6th and 12th rounds by 100 percent; rounds 2, 4, and 7 by 80 percent; and then, the 10th round by 60 percent.
“From the results, it can be established that Pacquiao won five rounds while Horn won seven rounds. Based on this analysis, Jeff Horn was the winner of the bout.”
Horn welcomed the review when it was announced, and said he was ready for a rematch, an option specified in the Brisbane fight contract.
“Let them review it,” the 29-year-old told Queensland’s Courier Mail newspaper.
“They will see it on a TV screen and probably see the same thing everyone else saw — me winning the fight.”
Both the Philippine board and Pacquiao had criticised American referee Mark Nelson for supposedly allowing the underdog Australian to get away with illegal tactics without giving him warnings or point deductions.
The loss sparked calls in the Philippines for the 38-year-old Pacquiao, a national icon after rising from poverty, to retire and concentrate on politics.
Pacquiao briefly retired from boxing last year to pursue his long-held political ambitions and was elected senator. But he quickly made a successful comeback against Jessie Vargas in November, saying he still felt like a youngster."

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