Jeff Horn beat Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight world title in a controversial decision, with many analysts and fans believing he didn’t deserve his victory.
Horn himself is simply shrugging those criticisms off.
“There will always be a backlash where people say I got lucky, or whatever. There will always be the naysayers saying I didn’t win the fight, but I felt like I won the fight,” Horn said Monday, via ESPN. “Everyone has a right to their opinion. I’m sure I’ve [gained] a lot more fans over there than I’ve lost.”
Horn is obviously free to revel in his victory, but a lot of people think something fishy went on in the scoring of that fight. Still, he was declared the winner — what else is he supposed to say?
