On July 2, 2017, Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs), the welterweight WBO champion, defends his title against Australian challenger, Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs).
Manny Pacquiao is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jessie Vargas, 7 months and 27 days ago. Jeff Horn is on a 13-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Ali Funeka, 6 months and 22 days ago.
The winning odds are at 75.1-24.9 in favor of Jeff Horn. It is going to be a competitive fight and Manny Pacquiao will put up a very good fight, but Horn will prevail.
Jeff Horn defeated Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Horn improves his record to 17-0-1, while Pacquiao adds a loss to his record at 59-7-2.