Manny Pacquiao, right, an 11-time boxing champion across eight weight divisions and now a member of the Philippines senate, speaks at a press conference in Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, April 27, 2017, about his coming bout against Australia’s Jeff Horn, left. Their world title bout is scheduled for July 2. (AP Photo/John Pye)
Looks like the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn tussle for the WBO welterweight crown on July 2 in Australia is headed for a sellout.
According to Top Rank publicist Fred Sternburg, over 26,000 tickets were sold merely two hours after the tickets went on sale to the public Friday.
Promoter Bob Arum is hoping that the Pacquiao-Horn fight will lure the fans to the 52,500-seat Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
A sellout would mean a new attendance record for Pacquiao, who was able to draw nearly 51,000 fans at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas when he beat up Antonio Margarito for the WBC super welterweight title in 2010. —ROY LUARCA