Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Amir Khan is off after a promised US$38m from an unnamed investment group failed to materialize.
The Filipino boxer and eight‑division champion had previously been in advanced talks to fight Australia’s Jeff Horn in Brisbane, but reversed course when approached by a group of investors to fight Khan in the United Arab Emirates on 23 April.
Pacquiao and Khan both confirmed the fight on their respective Twitter feeds last week, but Pacquiao’s longtime promoter Bob Arum told the Los Angeles Times that the offer was fool’s gold.
Source: The Guardian
