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Published February 17,2017
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Manny Pacquiao on Monday asked his legions of Twitter followers to
choose his opponent after announcing his next world title defence will
be in the United Arab Emirates.
“See you in UAE for my next fight. #TeamPacquiao” the WBO world
welterweight champion tweeted, appearing to scupper reports that he
would next fight Australia’s Jeff Horn in Brisbane in April.
Pacquiao then posted a poll on his official Twitter feed asking his
108,000 followers to choose either Horn, Terence Crawford, Amir Khan or
Kell Brook as his next opponent in the UAE.
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| photo of Manny Pacquiao |
The poll had received more than 10,000 votes by Monday morning.
A spokesman for Pacquiao told AFP he was due to meet his manager
Michael Koncz later Monday and a statement about his next fight would be
issued.
Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum had been widely quoted last month in
international media as saying that the boxing icon would be getting
into the ring with the unbeaten Australian Horn in April and the
Queensland tourism minister said they were in negotiations to host the
bout
.
But Pacquiao, 38, posted on his social media accounts that he would
be fighting instead in the Middle East and seemed to indicate that while
his opponent could still be Horn it could also be one of three other
world-class boxers — American Crawford or Britons Khan or Brook.
Reports of a bout between Pacquiao and Horn had begun circulating
last month but the Filipino southpaw said contracts had not been
signed.
“We are still negotiating about that. Nothing is really final, the
date, who is the opponent. There are a lot of offers from other
countries,” Pacquiao said last month.
Pacquiao announced a brief retirement last year but made a successful
comeback against Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas in November,saying he still
felt like a youngster.
The boxing hero initially said he was retiring to focus on his new
role as Philippine senator after winning elections last year on the back
of his sporting fame
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