(L-R) – Manny Pacquiao & Jeff Horn

(picture courtesy of 7 News Brisbane)

EDMONTON, Alberta, Kanada (Bulan Juni 26, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the exclusive rights in Canada to air the July 1^st Organisasi Tinju Dunia (WBO) World Welterweight Championship bout between reigning champion, future Hall-of-Famer Manny “Pacman’ Pacquiao, dan penantang Jeff Horn, mulai dari 9 p.m. DAN / 6 p.m. PT, live from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

“Battle of Brisbane: Pacquiao vs. Tanduk” is a presentation of Top Rank and Duco Events. Super Channel akan menayangkan empat pertarungan seru dari kartu ini, headlined by Pacquiao vs. Tanduk, eksklusif di Kanada.

“Super Channel is ecstatic to be bringing a non-pay-per-view Pacquiao bout to Canadian fight fans as a follow up to the exciting Brook vs Spence IBF Welterweight Championship we brought them in May” tersebut Troy Wassill, Direktur Pemrograman, Distributor Domestik dan Olahraga. “We keep hearing from our viewers that they want more boxing on Super Channel and the ‘Battle of Brisbane’ is going to deliver exactly what they are looking for.”

“The world has followed amazing Manny since he burst onto the scene in his U.S. Debut di 2001, where he knocked out Lehlo Ledwaba to win his second of a record eight division world titles,” Hall of Fame promotor Bob Arum ditambahkan. “It’s going to be an unbelievable event.”

Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 Biaya), a former two-term congressman, was elected to a Philippine Senate seat in May 2016, capturing more than 16 juta suara secara nasional. An international icon, Pacquiao is the only fighter to win eight world titles in as many different weight divisions. A three-time Fighter of the Year and the reigning BWAA “Fighter Dekade,” Resume Pacquiao memiliki kemenangan atas Aula sekarang dan masa depan Famers, termasuk di dalamnya Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez dan Timothy Bradley.

Dari 2008 untuk 2010, five of his seven victories were in world title fights, in five different weight classes, mulai dari 130 untuk 154 pon. Tidak ada petinju aktif telah menjual tiket lebih hidup di AS. dari Pacquiao, yang juga dikreditkan dengan lebih dari 18 juta rumah tangga membeli pay-per-view. After his disappointing unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. pada Mei 2, 2015, a world championship fight that generated a record 4.5 million pay-per-view buys and more than $400 million in television revenue alone, a healthy Pacquiao (he had suffered a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder during the fourth round of the Mayweather fight) returned to the winner’s circle on April 9, 2016, winning the rubber match against five-time world champion Bradley. In a battle of Top-10 pound for pound fighters, Pacquiao sent Bradley to the canvas twice en route to a dominant 12-round unanimous decision victory. Pada Tanggal November. 5, Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title for a third time when he shellacked the once-defeated defending champion Jessie Vargas via another dominant 12-round unanimous decision. Pacquiao has been trained by Hall of Famer Freddie Roach sejak 2001.

Unbeaten hometown-favorite Horn (16-0-1, 11 Biaya), fighting out of Brisbane (Queensland, Australia), enters the fight of his life having won his last three battles — semua masuk 2016 — terhadap Ali Funeka, Rico Mueller dan Randall Bailey, dalam jarak. They had a combined record of 105-14-4 when he fought them. Itu 2012 Australian Olympian’s background belies the warrior he has become inside the ring. Well-schooled inside and outside the ring, Horn received his Bachelor of Education degree from Griffith University and taught high school Physical Education even as he embarked on his professional boxing career.

Horn started boxing at age 18 after being picked on by bullies and he has been an advocate of anti-bullying campaigns. Immensely popular throughout Australia, the 29-year-old Horn has become a national gate attraction in his own right. Selected as the 2015 Australian Boxer of the Year, Horn is trained and managed by Glenn Rushton, the only trainer he has ever had, and assisted by former WBC super welterweight world champion John “The Beast” Mugabi.

Itu Bulan Juli 1 telecast will also feature Irish Olympic hero Michael Conlan (2-0, 2 Biaya), from Belfast, in a six-round featherweight bout against Jarrett “Juarez” Owen (5-4-3, 2 Biaya), of Brisbane, dan Federasi Tinju Internasional (IBF) junior bantamweight world champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas (24-1-1, 16 Biaya), of Cavite City, Pilipina, defending his title against top-rated contender Teiru Kinoshita (25-1-1, 8 Biaya), of Kobe, Jepang. The live telecast will open with an eight-round middleweight rumble between Shane Mosley, Jr. (10-1, 7 Biaya), dari Pomona, Kalif. and son of former three-division world champion “Gula Pasir” Shane Mosley, dan David Toussaint (10-0, 8 Biaya), of Canberra, Australia.

Some of the greatest boxers in history have confirmed they will be ringside, termasuk di dalamnya Roberto Duran, Evander Holyfield, dan Thomas Hearns.

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