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By ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
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MANILA – Newly-crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will reportedly next face Australian boxer Jeff Horn in his next fight.
Top Rank Promotions head Bob Arum said a deal is in place to hold the Pacquiao-Horn fight on April 23. The venue, however, is yet to be finalized as they are looking at Australia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
“We have an agreement in place with Duco Promotions, a boxing promotions based in Australia and New Zealand, for the Pacquiao-Horn fight on April 23, during Pacquiao’s Senate break,” Arum said in a statement.
“Horn’s a great looking kid, speaks very well. He’s undefeated. He’s a tough guy. He has a great back-story being a school teacher, so it makes a lot of sense pitting him against Manny,” he added.
Horn’s manager Dean Lonergan, in an interview with an Australian based media, confirmed that Arum has contacted them for a possible match with Pacquiao and said that they are willing to give in to the Filipino boxer’s asking price.
“Bob has given us a figure for Pacquiao’s fee to fight Jeff Horn,” Lonergan said. “While it’s a substantial amount of money, we believe that with the right sponsorships we can make Pacquaio-Horn happen.”
The 28-year-old Horn, who currently holds the WBO and IBF Inter-Continental welterweight championship, has an unblemished 16-0-1 win-loss-draw ring record, including 11 stoppage victories.
The 38-year-old Pacquiao, on the other hand, has a 59-6-2 win-loss-draw ring record including 38 stoppage wins after his unanimous decision win over Jessie Vargas on November, 2015./PN
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