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"<p>Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk has confirmed a rematch between Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao and Australian Jeff Horn.</p> <p>The rematch will take place November this year in the city, Quirk said.</p> <p>Quirk had earlier threatened to pull funding without confirmation from the Pacquiao camp but said he had been reassured at a meeting with promoters on Monday.</p> <p>“I have had a meeting earlier today which has confirmed that Manny Pacquiao will definitely be in Brisbane this year for a rematch with Jeff Horn,” Quirk told local media.</p> <p>The fight is expected to be held in November at the same Lang Park stadium where a packed crowd of 50,000 saw former schoolteacher Horn upset Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight belt in an unanimous 12-round decision last month.</p> <p>Quirk said Brisbane Marketing, the city council’s major events subsidiary, would be re-engaged for negotiations with promoters Top Rank and Duco Events.</p> <p>“It was a matter of Manny Pacquiao deciding whether he wanted to take up that clause in the contract to give a rematch in the event that he lost,” Quirk added.</p> <p>Horn’s surprise win over 38-year-old Pacquiao caused controversy, with many observers outraged by the decision.</p> <p>But a WBO scoring review later endorsed Horn as the rightful winner.</p>"
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