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WBO RELEASES 5 INDEPENDENT JUDGES' SCORECARDS: HORN WINS

By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 11 Jul 2017



The World Boxing Organization has released its review of the controversial Pacquiao-Horn fight last July 2 in Brisbane, Australia that saw Jeff Horn won by scores of 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 which set a maelstrom of protest around the world as majority of journalists, boxing experts and fans saw Pacquiao won the fight.

In the review, two of the five judges scored it for Horn at 114-113, one judge had it for Horn at 115-113, one judge had it for Pacquiao at 114-113 and the last judge had it 114-114 draw.

WBO president Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel earlier said the purpose of the review was to "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 based on discretion and, in this case, we do have a rematch clause on the fight contract."



Below is the full statement from the WBO:


INDEPENDENT JUDGES ANALYSIS REVIEW OF THE JEFF HORN VS. MANNY PACQUIAO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT

The Jeff Horn vs. Manny Pacquiao bout results were controversial causing disputes amongst fans. For this reason, transparency is so important. The WBO does not have power to reverse the Judges decision based on discretion as it can only be revoked when fraud or a violation of Law has occurred, which is not relevant in this case. Based on this, five (5) anonymous, competent Judges from different countries were asked to watch the bout without sound. Then, the independent results were tabulated to ascertain clearly the rounds each fighter won using an average scale based on 60, 80 and 100 per cent. To determine the winner of each round, 3 out of the 5 officials have to be in agreement.
Upon the analysis, the findings stated that Pacquiao won the 3rd, the 8th and 9th by 100%; the 5th round was won by 80%; and the 11th round by 60%. Horn won the 1st, 6th and 12th rounds by 100%; rounds 2nd, 4th, and 7th by 80%; and then, the 10th round by 60%. From the results, it can be established that Pacquiao won 5 rounds while Horn won 7 rounds.

The next step of the analysis was to combine the Independent Judges with the Bout Judges to find the percentage agreement by round. Upon doing this analysis, the findings of the Judges stated that Pacquiao won the 3rd and 9th by 100%; the 8th round was won by 87.5%; no rounds were won by 75%; the 5th round by 62.5%; and the 10th and 11th were even rounds.
On the other hand, the Judges findings stated that Horn won the 1st, 6th, and 12th rounds by 100%; by 87.5%, he won the 4th and the 7th; the 2nd was won by 75%; none were won by 62.5%; and the even rounds were the 10th and the 11th.

The analytical method utilized was also used in the decision of Algieri- Provodnikov and Paquiao-Bradley. Based on this analysis, Jeff Horn was the winner of the bout.

For doubts, kindly contact the Officials Chairman, Michael Pernick at +1 (561) 324-0566 or his Email: drsnorkle1@gmail.com, the WBO Championship Committee Chairman, Luis Batista Salas, Esq., at +1 (787) 765-4628/E-mail: lbs@wboboxing.com or the WBO President, Francisco Valcarcel, Esq. at +1 (787) 765-4628/E-mail: pacoval@wboboxing.com.




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