By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) is finally making the move up in weight to the 147 lb. division following his 3rd round knockout win over IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Julius “Blue Machine” Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) last Saturday night at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.
By Allan Fox: desire to have his rematch against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) in the Philippines or the United States rather than in Australia, which is where their previous fight took place on July 2.
By Yannis Mihanos: The Manny Pacquiao I once knew used to be a tireless unstoppable force of nature leading his opponents to complete exhaustion. The Manny that I now see has changed not necessarily for the better. Pacquiao’s defeat at the hands of Australian champion and now new welterweight champion Jeff Horn earlier this month on July 2 was an unsuspected one and yet whoever watched that fight was kind of expecting it.
By Jim Dower: Manny Pacquiao said earlier on Wednesday that he plans on resuming his boxing career following his controversial los to little known Australian fighter Jeff Horn on July 2 in Brisbane, Australia. The results of that fight have a lot of fans crying ‘robbery.’ Pacquiao hasn’t said if he’ll fight the 29-year-old Horn again, but it’s expected that he will do that.
By Jim Dower: Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) doesn’t seem to care for the way that ESPN commentator Teddy Atlas gave his personal opinions during and after Horn’s controversial 12 round unanimous decision win over Manny Pacquiao on July 2.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao hasn’t spoken to his trainer Freddie Roach since his defeat to Jeff Horn over a week ago. Roach doesn’t know what’s going on with the former 8 division world champion Pacquiao. He’s not sure of the 38-year-old Pacquiao is angry at him for some reason or what.
By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Organization’s 5 judges have finished re-scoring the Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn fight from July 1, and they scored the fight for Horn by 115-113, 114-113, and 114-113 for Horn, and one judge scored it 114-113 for Pacquiao.
By Allan Fox: The rematch between Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao won’t be taking place at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. The rematch, if there is one, will likely be taking place at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall, according the Courier Mail.
By Jeff Aranow: Due to the controversy surrounding Australian Jeff Horn’s controversial 12 round unanimous decision win over Manny Pacquiao on July 2, the World Boxing Organization will be re-scoring the fight. However, even if the WBO decides that the 3 judges that scored the fight were in error in giving the win to the 29-year-old Horn, it won’t lead to him losing the WBO welterweight title he won off of Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs).
By Jim Dower: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum denies giving him “cold treatment” following his loss to Jeff Horn last Saturday night in Brisbane, Australia. Arum says he’s friendly with Pacquiao, and he doesn’t know how the talk of him being cold got started.