(L-Р) – Менні Пакьяо & Джефф Хорн

(picture courtesy of 7 News Brisbane)

EDMONTON, Альберта, Канада (Червень 26, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the exclusive rights in Canada to air the July 1^вулиця Всесвітня боксерська організація (WBO) World Welterweight Championship bout between reigning champion, future Hall-of-Famer Менні “Pacman’ Пакьяо, і претендентом Джефф Хорн, починаючи з 9 p.m. І / 6 p.m. PT, live from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Квінсленд, Австралія.

“Battle of Brisbane: Паккьяо. 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, виключно в Канаді.

“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” сказав Troy Wassill, Директор з програмування, 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. Дебют в 2001, where he knocked out Lehlo Ledwaba to win his second of a record eight division world titles,” Зал Слави промоутер Боб Арум доданої. “It’s going to be an unbelievable event.”

Пакьяо (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 “Винищувач Десятиліття,” Резюме Пакьяо має перемоги над сьогоденням і майбутнім Зал Слави, у тому числі Оскар Де Ла Хойя, Ріккі Хаттон, Марко Антоніо Баррера, Ерік Моралес, Мігель Котто, Шейн Мослі, Хуан Мануель Маркес і Тімоті Бредлі.

Від 2008 для 2010, five of his seven victories were in world title fights, in five different weight classes, від 130 для 154 фунти. No active boxer has sold more live tickets in the U.S. ніж Пакьяо, які також приписують понад 18 million domestic pay-per-view buys. After his disappointing unanimous decision loss to Флойд Мейвезер, Молодший. травня 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 Листопад. 5, Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title for a third time when he shellacked the once-defeated defending champion Джессі Варгас via another dominant 12-round unanimous decision. Pacquiao has been trained by Hall of Famer Фредді Роуч так як 2001.

Unbeaten hometown-favorite Horn (16-0-1, 11 КО), fighting out of Brisbane (Квінсленд, Австралія), enters the fight of his life having won his last three battles — всі 2016 — проти Ali Funeka, Rico Mueller і Рендалл Бейлі, в відстані. They had a combined record of 105-14-4 when he fought them. The 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 Джон “Звір” Mugabi.

The Липня 1 telecast will also feature Irish Olympic hero Майкл Конлан (2-0, 2 КО), from Belfast, in a six-round featherweight bout against Джарретт “Хуарес” Owen (5-4-3, 2 КО), of Brisbane, і Міжнародної федерації боксу (IBF) junior bantamweight world champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas (24-1-1, 16 КО), of Cavite City, Філіппіни, defending his title against top-rated contender Teiru Kinoshita (25-1-1, 8 КО), of Kobe, Японія. The live telecast will open with an eight-round middleweight rumble between Шейн Мослі, Молодший. (10-1, 7 КО), Помона, Халіф. and son of former three-division world champion “Цукор” Шейн Мослі, і David Toussaint (10-0, 8 КО), of Canberra, Австралія.

Some of the greatest boxers in history have confirmed they will be ringside, у тому числі Роберто Дюран, Евандер Холіфілд, і Томас Хернс.

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