WBO will rescore Manny Pacquiao defeat by Jeff Horn, but result still stands
Responding to a Philippines government department’s request to review the weekend’s loss to the Australian, five anonymous judges will review the bout
The Philippines Games and Amusements Board (GAB) said they had based the request on protecting boxing’s integrity, citing possible miscalls by the referee and judges.
But the WBO reiterated the only hope of revoking the fight judges’ decision rests on proving fraud in match officiating.
“I would be very grateful if the GAB can provide any evidence indicating fraud or violation of law,” WBO president Francisco Valcarcel said in a letter to the GAB.
“The purpose of this review is to be able to give the fans certainty of who was the winner of the bout, even though we do not have the power to reverse the decision of the judges.”