However, the WBO said it would not be able to reverse the judges’ decision.

The original fight was scored 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 in favour of Horn by judges Waleksa Roldan, Chris Flores and Ramon Cerdan respectively, with Roldan coming in for particularly scathing criticism over her scorecard.

The WBO was responding to a Philippines government department’s request to review the fight after Pacquiao said the decision against him Sunday was unfair.

‘I would be very grateful if the GAB can provide any evidence indicating fraud or violation of law,’ WBO president Francisco Valcarcel said in a letter to the GAB.

‘The purpose of this review is 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.’

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