LOS ANGELES (AP) Jeff Horn already felt confident he had won his bout with Manny Pacquiao, no matter what Filipino government officials or U.S. television commentators thought.
When an independent review this week affirmed the three ringside judges’ decision, the new WBO welterweight champion took the news as yet another victory.
”I feel like I’ve defended the title again already, and I’ve only had it for a week,” Horn said after arriving in California from his native Australia.
After claiming Pacquiao’s 147-pound title July 2 in a stunning upset, Horn would welcome the chance to leave no doubt in anybody’s mind in a second bout with Pacquiao.