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Philippine Showbiz Today
SPORTS
July 8 - 21, 2017
Pacquiao re-thinks of retirement after defeat
EIGHT-TIME world boxing
champion Manny Pacquiao has said
he will “think hard” about retiring after
his stunning and controversial defeat
to unheralded Australian challenger
Jeff Horn.
Arriving home in the Philippines
a day after losing his World Boxing
Organization welterweight title in a
major upset in Brisbane on Sunday,
the 38-year-old Pacquiao said he was
thinking about hanging up his gloves
for good.
“I am also considering the
opinion of people, the opinion of
my family and my body,” Pacquiao
told ABS-CBN television on Monday
night when asked about retirement.
“I plan to relax first and recover
from the pains in my body and
then after that, when I have already
relaxed, that’s when I will think hard
about it.”
Immediately after the fight,
Pacquiao had said he wanted a
rematch with Horn.
Pacquiao’s wife, Jinkee, and his
trainer, Freddie Roach, had said they
would advise him to quit boxing after
a phenomenal 22-year professional
career in which he won world titles
in an unprecedented eight weight
divisions
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.
The 29-year-old Horn’s ultra-
aggressive style proved too much
for Pacquiao, with the three judges
scoring the fight 117-111, 115-113
and 115-113 to the Australian after
12 rounds.
On Monday, Pacquiao made
disparaging comments about his
opponent.
“He’s not really good but he’s
really strong,” Pacquiao said of Horn,
as he questioned the decisions of
American referee Mark Nelson.
“There is no problem with the
style of Jeff Horn if he plays dirty,
because there is a referee,” Pacquiao
said.
“The problem here is that
the referee, I don’t know if he did it
deliberately or he just did not have
experience, he just allowed it and
did not even give any warning for
how many times. It’s as if the referee
wanted to help my opponent.”
(Manila Standard/AFP) ●
What did the ref tell Horn after he got tagged by Pacquiao in 9th round?
Unknown to many, the fight
was on the verge of being stopped
in favor of Filipino icon Manny
Pacquiao.
Bleeding profusely from cuts
high above both eyes caused by
accidental head clashes, Pacquiao
launched a savage counter-attack
against Australian Jeff Horn in the
ninth round of their World Boxing
Organization (WBO) welterweight
BROADCAST giant ABS-CBN
will serve as official broadcast partner
of the AVC Asian Senior Women’s
Championship from Aug 9 to 17.
Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc.
acting president Peter Cayco yesterday
formally announced the partnership,
marking the first time for the national
women’s team to be featured on prime
time television outside of international
club competitions.
Cayco said the partnership is
a massive boost to the country’s bid
of growing the sport and making
its presence felt in the international
arena.
“I’d like to thank ABS-CBN for
helping us grow the sport,” said Cayco
during the press conference graced by
ABS-CBN head of Integrated Sports
Dino Laurena. “It’s going to be a
tough task ahead. We hope our team
will make us proud as they compete in
front of our countrymen.”
bout and appeared to have Horn in
trouble with some massive blows
that left the Australian staggering.
After the bell in the 9th round,
the referee approached Horn’s corner
and told them something which
Horn acknowledged and revealed in
the post-fight interview.
“The ref came over (at the
end of the round) and said ‘show
me something or I’ll stop the fight’,”
Horn said.
“I thought, ‘hang on, hold your
horses, I’m not that bad, I can keep
going for sure’.”
Horn recovered and came out
strongly in the 10th. “That was just
my heart that kept me going,” he
said.
“He got me with a couple of
good shots and I did go backwards
more in that round than in any other
round in the fight, but I still felt
good.
“But I came back in the
10th,11th and 12th.”
Horn, a former school teacher,
eventually got the judges’ nod to win
the crown with a unanimous points
decision win on Sunday at Suncorp
Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. (R.
Caluag with reports from AFP, MS) ●
ABS-CBN is Asian volley partner
Sen. Pia Cayetano, a former
national team member who saw
action in this tourney’s 1983 edition
in Fukuoka, Japan, congratulated the
players, saying: “They should savor
the experience because it’s a golden
opportunity to serve the country
through volleyball. It’s amazing. I can’t
forget the experience of representing
the country.” Cayetano’s brother,
Department of Foreign Affairs Sec.
Alan Peter Cayetano, will head the
organizing committee.
“It’s an experience you’ll never
forget. You’ll learn a lot from that not
only in the sport, but also in life in
general,” said the congresswoman.
Bannered by team captain Mika
Reyes of Petron, the Nationals landed
on a light bracket in Pool A together
with Kazakhstan and Hong Kong.
Pool B features Rio Olympics
champion China and Asian powerhouse
Japan and Australia while Pool C has
Members of the national team competing in the AVC Asian Senior Women’s Championship
set Aug. 9 to 17 in the cities of Muntinlupa and Bin