(L-R) – Мани Pacquiao & Jeff Horn

(picture courtesy of 7 News Brisbane)

EDMONTON, Алберта, Канада (Јуни 26, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the exclusive rights in Canada to air the July 1^ул Светската боксерска Организација (WBO) World Welterweight Championship bout between reigning champion, future Hall-of-Famer Мани “Pacman’ Pacquiao, и противкандидат Jeff Horn, со почеток во 9 вечер. И / 6 вечер. Португалија, live from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Квинсленд, Австралија.

“Battle of Brisbane: Пакијао vs.. Horn” is a presentation of Top Rank and Duco Events. Super Channel will air four exciting fights from this card, headlined by Pacquiao vs. Horn, исклучиво во Канада.

“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” рече Troy Wassill, Director of Programming, Domestic Distributors and Sports. “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. деби во 2001, where he knocked out Lehlo Ledwaba to win his second of a record eight division world titles,” Hall of Fame промотор Боб Arum додадени. “It’s going to be an unbelievable event.”

Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 КО), a former two-term congressman, was elected to a Philippine Senate seat in May 2016, capturing more than 16 million votes nationally. 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 “Борец на Декадата,” Продолжи со Pacquiao, кој содржи победи над сегашноста и иднината сала на Famers, Вклучувајќи Оскар де ла Хоја, Рики Хатон, Марко Антонио Барера, Ерик Моралес, Мигел Cotto, Шејн Мозли, Хуан Мануел Маркез и Тимоти Бредли.

Од 2008 на 2010, five of his seven victories were in world title fights, in five different weight classes, кои се движат од 130 на 154 фунти. No active boxer has sold more live tickets in the U.S. од Pacquiao, кој исто така е заслужен за повеќе од 18 million domestic pay-per-view buys. After his disappointing unanimous decision loss to Флојд Mayweather, Џуниор. мај 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. На Ноември. 5, Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title for a third time when he shellacked the once-defeated defending champion Џеси Варгас via another dominant 12-round unanimous decision. Pacquiao has been trained by Hall of Famer Фреди Роуч бидејќи 2001.

Unbeaten hometown-favorite Horn (16-0-1, 11 КО), fighting out of Brisbane (Квинсленд, Австралија), enters the fight of his life having won his last three battles — сите во 2016 — против Ali Funeka, Rico Mueller и Рандал Бејли, во внатрешноста на далечина. They had a combined record of 105-14-4 when he fought them. На 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 Џон “Ѕверот” Mugabi.

На Јули 1 telecast will also feature Irish Olympic hero Michael Conlan (2-0, 2 КО), from Belfast, in a six-round featherweight bout against Џарет “Хуарез” Owen (5-4-3, 2 КО), of Brisbane, и Меѓународната боксерска федерација (ИБФ) junior bantamweight world champion Jerwin “Убави момче” Ancajas (24-1-1, 16 КО), of Cavite City, Филипините, defending his title against top-rated contender Teiru Kinoshita (25-1-1, 8 КО), of Kobe, Јапонија. The live telecast will open with an eight-round middleweight rumble between Шејн Мозли, Џуниор. (10-1, 7 КО), на Помона, Калифорнија. and son of former three-division world champion “Шеќер” Шејн Мозли, и David Toussaint (10-0, 8 КО), of Canberra, Австралија.

Some of the greatest boxers in history have confirmed they will be ringside, Вклучувајќи Роберто Дуран, Evander Холифилд, и Томас Хернс.

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