Manny Pacquiao uses Twitter poll to pick next opponent: Amir Khan leading the way – WBNews

MANNY PACQUIAO has launched a Twitter poll to find his next opponent – and Amir Khan is leading the way. The Filipino puncher looked set to fight Aussie scrapper Jeff Horn at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. But that fight was thrown into doubt when Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz revealed on Sunday that the WBO welterweight champion will have his next fight in the United Arab Emirates. Koncz claims either Dubai or Abu Dhabi will host Pacquiao’s first fight of 2017 and an announcement will be made soon. Muhammad Ali best quotes Saturday, 4th June 2016 STARSPORT bring you some classic pictures of boxing icon Muhammad Ali over the years. 1 / 30 GETTY ‘Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight.’ GETTY Manny Pacquiao has taken to Twitter to identify his next opponent “Manny Pacquiao has used social media to home in on his next opponent.” Pacquiao – who beat Jessie Vargas in November to win the WBO title – then put out a poll on his official Twitter account on Monday to get fans to vote for who he should fight next. Khan and compatriot Kell Brook are one of four fighters on the list, along with WBO and WBC light-welterweight champion Terence Crawford and Horn. Bolton fighter Khan will take little comfort from the fact he is top of the polls so far. He missed out on a clash with Floyd Mayweather Jnr in 2014 despite winning a similar social media vote only for the American to ignore…more detail