By Chris Williams: The Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on April 14th WON’T have former 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao on the card, according to RingTV. Pacquiao (59-7-2, 28 KOs) won’t be accepting the undercard assignment offered to him by his long-time promoters at Top Rank.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank’s April 14th card on ESPN pay-per-view headlined by WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford has been moved from Madison Square Garden in New York to the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Superstar Manny Pacquiao will be fighting in the co-feature bout against Mike Alvarado (38-4, 26 KOs).
By Chris Williams: Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) has started sparring to get ready for his title defense of his WBO welterweight belt against mandatory Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) in their Top Rank promoted card on April 14 on ESPN pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: Former light welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford says won’t put himself in the same position 39-year-old former 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao is being put on an undercard when he gets older. Crawford says he WON’T be still fighting when he gets older, but he says they might do him the same way by having him fight on an undercard if he got up there in age.
By Tim Royner: WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) says he’s interested in fighting Amir ‘King’ Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) if he can comeback from his loss to Saul Canelo Alvarez. Khan has a comeback fight scheduled against Phil Lo Greco on April 21 in Liverpool, England.
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank hasn’t said yet whether Manny Pacquiao will be the main event on the April 14th Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on ESPN pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Stanley White: Manny Pacquiao’s next fight on April 14th is said to be close to being finalized this week by his promoter Bob Arum. According to the LA Times, the leading candidate to face the 39-year-old Pacquiao is the ring warn and badly faded Mike Alvarado, a fighter that is the downside of his career at 37. However, Alvarado is promoted by the same promoter as Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) in Bob Arum of Top Rank, so it makes him a good choice for an in house fight. Pacquiao fighting Alvarado is a terrible match if the idea is to put on an exciting fight for the fans. It would have been a good fight 6 years ago before Alvarado started losing repeatedly, but it’s horrible fight now. Pacquiao doesn’t need tune-ups against journeyman fighters like Alvarado.
By Chris Williams: Jeff ‘The Hornet’ Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) will be defending his WBO welterweight title against American Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) on April 14 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is planning on having him fight on the undercard of the Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on April 14th or April 21st. The potential venue for the fight card is New York or Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Chris Williams: Anthony Mundine (47-8, 27 KOs) will be fighting Tommy Browne (35-6-2, 13 KOs) on Wednesday night on January 17, and if everything works out well this year, he’ll face WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn after that.