I think several of us made a mistake in our predictions. Myself included of course. I didn't think Horn would last five rounds, much less the entire fight. I've seen pictures of him and it looks like he might have won the fight but at a great cost to his health. For a winner of a fight, he got pummeled. Manny looked fine-almost like he wasn't in a fight at all. One of the ways to tell who won a fight is to ask yourself who you'd rather be at the end. 8 out of ten times, the winner of that question also won the fight.
I thought that Manny won, but only by a few points. Jeff Horn sort of had his Leon Spinks moment. Leon Spinks was a young, untested and not very skilled boxer who beat an aging Muhammad Ali in the 70s. It was a huge upset back then-and Spinks was widely considered to have solidly won the fight. Horn might have scored a huge upset, but not many people think he won the fight. However he did beat an aging champion that has clearly seen better days.
Manny Pacquiao is washed up. Ten years ago he would have beat Horn in the second round. That he allowed Horn to last 12 rounds is a major, major problem. It's time for him to retire before he gets himself seriously hurt. If he doesn't retire, than Jinkee (his wife) needs to threaten to take the kids and leave him. It's that severe-Manny is a shot fighter.
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