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Horn, left, won Pacquiao's WBO welterweight strap by unanimous decision. Tertius Pickard

Boxing judges re-score Pacquiao v Horn fight - but still get the same result

Review panel finds Horn won seven rounds to Pacquiao’s five.

FIVE BOXING JUDGES re-scored Jeff Horn’s controversial world title win against Manny Pacquiao – and agreed that the Australian did in fact win the fight.

Horn scored a shock win in Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium earlier this month, beating Pacquiao on a unanimous points decision: 117-111, 115-113, 115-113.

An aggrieved Pacquiao asked the WBO to review the result but after re-watching the fight tape with no sound, the panel of independent, anonymous judges found that Horn won seven rounds of the welterweight championship bout to Pacquiao’s five — the equivalent of a 115-113 card.

“The Jeff Horn vs. Manny Pacquiao bout results were controversial causing disputes amongst fans,” the WBO said. “For this reason, transparency is so important.

“The WBO does not have power to reverse the judges’ decision based on discretion as it can only be revoked when fraud or a violation of law has occurred, which is not relevant in this case.”

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    Aug 25th 2012, 11:53 AM

    Head says Cork, heart says Donegal. C’mon Donegal!!

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    Aug 25th 2012, 11:30 AM

    Cork by 2 points and as a Dub I’m saying Cork for Sam.

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    Aug 25th 2012, 10:24 AM

    Rebels Abu! All talk about Donegal which will do nicely!

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    Aug 25th 2012, 2:27 PM

    donegal will step up to mark.donegal for sam. aint no doubt in my mind.

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    Aug 25th 2012, 12:30 PM

    Eh, think you’ve mixed up the players and their respective counties in the caption under the picture there…

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    Aug 25th 2012, 11:03 AM

    Quietly confident. Rebels Abu.

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    Aug 25th 2012, 10:58 AM

    Don’t think the ref will be a Cork man.

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    Aug 26th 2012, 12:39 PM

    can referees come from county plaing in game ???

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    Aug 25th 2012, 1:59 PM

    Cmon da REBELS

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    Aug 25th 2012, 3:29 PM

    Cork v Donegal, Croke Park, 3.30pm
    Live Coverage on PC TV

    http://tv.live-gaa.com/

    http://tv.live-gaa.com/

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    Aug 25th 2012, 5:49 PM

    It may be live, but it isn’t free.
    Why would we pay when it’s on RTE?

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    Aug 26th 2012, 12:37 PM

    why is the referee from cork comon donegal

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    Aug 27th 2012, 9:52 AM

    your verdict was cork. But Donegal won. GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Aug 26th 2012, 8:50 AM

    because we are coverage HD live ! so you pay $33 for life time member

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    Aug 26th 2012, 9:55 AM

    I’ll be watching on RTE 2 HD.

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