Life imitates Rocky as little-known Jeff Horn teaches Manny Pacquiao a lesson — theguardian.com

The eighth instalment of the Rocky series was unexpectedly released on Sunday afternoon in Brisbane when former school teacher Jeff Horn defeated boxing legend Manny Pacquiao in a unanimous decision to win the WBO welterweight title. Despite entering the fight as an out of sight underdog at +425 against the only eight-division champion in the sport’s history, Horn surprised most boxing fans by making it through all 12 rounds against Pacquiao – and then shocked everyone minutes later by being declared the winner. Horn landed far fewer punches than his favoured opponent, 93 to Pacquiao’s 183, but the judges seemed to reward him for the aggressiveness he showed from the outset of round one.

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