{"id":1082,"date":"2017-07-03T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:47:19","slug":"horn-creates-boxing-history-with-major-upset-against-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/horn-creates-boxing-history-with-major-upset-against-pacquiao","title":{"rendered":"Horn Creates Boxing History With Major Upset Against Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Australian Jeff Horn<\/a> took on WBO welterweight champion and legend Manny Pacquiao<\/strong> in Brisbane, Australia on 02 July. Both bookies and fans expected Pacquiao to finish the night with a win. <\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the case as one of the greatest upsets in boxing<\/a> history took place when the challenger Horn defeated Pacquiao via decision become the new WBO welterweight champion.<\/p>\n

Horn won via unanimous decision 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113<\/strong> but boxing fans were not happy with the decision and took to social media to tell Pacquiao that he was robbed. Boxing commentators were also left shocked with the decision and some went on record to say that it was decisions like this that robbed boxing and left a bitter taste with the fans.<\/p>\n

Horn came out on fire and was on top for the first four rounds as Pacquiao looked sluggish and was struggling to find his rhythm. Horn also had the home crowd on his side but he started to gas mid-way and then Pacquiao turned it on. There were some boos from the crowd as Horn appeared to strike Pacquiao a few times with his elbows and also with his head.<\/p>\n