In front of 55,000 fans at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, little-known Jeff Horn did the unthinkable and defeated the legendary Manny Pacquiao to win Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title. This was not a fight that was necessarily easy on the eyes in terms of pure technical skill, but it was nevertheless quite entertaining and now will be heavily talked about due to the nature of the decision.
Horn was the early aggressor in round 1, landing several good punches but Pacquiao shook his head, as if to say he wasn’t affected whatsoever. He had the crowd on its feet with a sharp uppercut against the ropes.