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帕奎奥的顾问康奇本周四告诉马尼拉网站，菲律宾巨星帕奎奥与澳大利亚拳手杰夫.霍恩（16-0-1,11 KOs）的比赛已经确定，本周将达成所有交易。
本周初，帕奎奥的推广人阿鲁姆发出最后通牒，让帕奎奥答复他是否会于7月2日在澳大利亚的布里斯班的Suncorp体育场客场迎战杰夫.霍恩，截止日期是本周四。阿鲁姆表示，否则帕奎奥直到11月份不会有比赛。
之前阿鲁姆曾经尝试让帕奎奥4月23打这场比赛，但康奇联络了阿联酋，一投资者愿意出3800万美元让帕奎奥去打比赛。阿鲁姆对此表示怀疑，并对帕奎奥发出最后通牒。
Manny Pacquiao’s adviser informed rappler.com, a Manila-based website, on Thursday that a deal for the Filipino superstar to face Australia’s Jeff Horn should be finalized by the end of this week. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, issued a Thursday deadline earlier this week for Pacquiao to let him know if he would fight Horn on July 2 in Brisbane, Australia, Horn’s hometown. Otherwise, Arum had said Pacquaio wouldn’t return to the ring until sometime in November. Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, apparently got the answer from Pacquiao that Arum has sought since the beginning of this year. Arum first tried to arrange a bout between Pacquiao and the unknown Horn for April 23 in Brisbane. Those negotiations stalled once Koncz and Pacquiao became interested in a supposed offer of $38 million from investors to bring a Pacquiao-Amir Khan fight to the United Arab Emirates. Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) and England’s Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) announced through their social media accounts February 25 that they had agreed to terms for a fight in the UAE. A highly skeptical Arum said all along, however, that he didn’t expect those investors to deliver on their promise of a guarantee that approached $40 million. It became clear earlier this month that the UAE money wasn’t actually available, which led to Koncz and Arum meeting at Arum’s Top Rank Inc. headquarters in Las Vegas. Arum outlined the Horn offer to Koncz during that meeting. The Hall of Fame promoter issued the aforementioned deadline because Pacquiao hadn’t given him an answer and they were running out of time to properly promote the fight in Australia and the United States. Arum has been willing to accept criticism for Pacquiao facing the unproven Horn because Horn’s promoters from Duco Events have offered a significant amount of money to bring a Pacquiao fight to Australia. The bout between Pacquiao and Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs), the No. 2 contender for Pacquiao’s WBO world welterweight title, is expected to take place at Suncorp Stadium. That rugby stadium can accommodate more than 50,000 fans for boxing. The 38-year-old Pacquiao is restricted by his demanding schedule as a senator in the Philippines and can fight only in certain months of the year. He last fought November 5, when he soundly defeated Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision to win the WBO 147-pound championship. |
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