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Judges court controversy with Pacquiao-Jeff Horn scores

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/07/02/pacman-070217.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Was Manny Pacquiao robbed in &quot;the Battle of Brisbane?&quot; Many fight fans and experts believe he was. <cite>Dan Peled, AAP via Reuters</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>The official scorecard for the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight started circulating on social media following what many believe was a controversial result.</p><p>Horn took a unanimous decision victory to snatch the world welterweight championship from Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday, but the outcome didn&#x27;t sit well with most.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Official Scorecards <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PacHorn?src=hash">#PacHorn</a> <a href="https://t.co/QcxmYLHRWf">pic.twitter.com/QcxmYLHRWf</a></p>— WBO (@WorldBoxingOrg) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldBoxingOrg/status/881406188486787072">July 2, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Here&#x27;s a breakdown of the judges&#x27; official scores per round for clarity.</p><table border="1" cellPadding="3" cellSpacing="3" style="width:100%" width="737"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#4472c4" height="20"><td colSpan="5" height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;color:white;text-align:center"><strong>Judges&#x27; scorecards per round</strong></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#7f7f7f" height="20" style="text-align:center;color:#FFF"><td><strong>Round</strong></td><td><strong>Waleska Roldan</strong></td><td><strong>Chris Flores</strong></td><td><strong>Ramon Cerdan</strong></td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>1</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>2</td><td>9-10</td><td>10-9</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>3</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>4</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>5</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>10-9</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>6</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>7</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>8</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>9</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>10</td><td>9-10</td><td>10-9</td><td>10-9</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>11</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>10-9</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td>12</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td><td>9-10</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#7f7f7f" style="text-align:center"><td>Total</td><td>111-117</td><td>113-115</td><td>113-115</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Roldan, an American fight judge, drew the most flak from social media.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Judge Waleska Roldan, who had it 117-111 for Horn, getting ready to score tonight&#x27;s fight. <a href="https://t.co/gwqSuwoNk4">pic.twitter.com/gwqSuwoNk4</a></p>— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/881386819824242689">July 2, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Asked whether Horn would agree to a rematch with Pacquiao, the newly crowned world champion said he&#x27;d welcome one.</p><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the <strong><a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a></strong>)</p>

<p>The official scorecard for the fight started circulating on social media following what many believe was a controversial result.</p>

The official scorecard for the fight started circulating on social media following what many believe was a controversial result.