A bloodied Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines is seen during the fight with Jeff Horn of Australia. AAP/Dave Hunt/via Reuters

Arum says Pacquiao should blame himself

Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.

This was Bob Arum’s reaction following Manny Pacquiao’s controversial loss to new WBO welterweight boxing champion Jeff Horn in Australia.

The boxing promoter said Pacquiao has no one to blame for his loss but himself. Arum also claimed that the team didn’t help by boasting of an easy win over Horn.

"As what happens when you go in overconfident and you know you have the 'morons' in his corner saying that the only way Horn could win the fight is Manny trips his way to the ring,” Arum said in Boxing Scene.

“I mean, I saw the kid fight in New Zealand. I knew he was a competent fighter. I knew it would be a tough fight."

After 12 brutal rounds between the two boxers last Sunday, the judges scored the bout 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111, all in favor of Horn.

Many fight fans and some boxing pundits decried the outcome, saying that the Filipino superstar landed the most and cleanest punches.

Arum disagreed.

"It was a close fight. It could have gone either way. A couple of close rounds, but you can't argue with the result," Arum said.

"I scored a lot of the early rounds for Jeff. Then I had Manny coming back in the middle. The 12th round, Jeff really won. If you give Manny the 11th, you have it a draw. You give Jeff the 11th, it's 7-5."

Although he is not in favor of a Pacquiao-Horn II, Arum said he will help Pacquiao if he exercises a rematch clause.

"If Manny wants a rematch, I would do it. But I am not advocating a rematch. That's up to Manny," he said.

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