BOXING: MARK NELSON SET TO REFEREE PACQUIAO-HORN BOUT

June 27, 2017 Jesse Kelley Off MN BOXING NEWS, OUR LATEST FEATURE STORIES,

Referee Mark Nelson of Maplewood, MN will travel to Brisbane, Australia this week to referee Saturday night’s (July 2nd, 2017) WBO welterweight title bout between champion Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KO’s) and challenger Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KO’s). You can catch the fight live on ESPN. WCCO News interviewed Nelson and you can watch that video story BY CLICKING HERE.

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