Tweet casts doubt over Pacquiao-Horn fight

Manny Pacquiao has cast further doubt over his potential bout with Australian Jeff Horn by starting a Twitter poll asking to choose his next opponent.

Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines

Manny Pacquiao has cast further doubt over his potential bout with Australian Jeff Horn. (AAP)

Australian welterweight Jeff Horn's dream fight with Manny Pacquiao is up in the air with the legendary Filipino running a Twitter poll asking followers to choose his next opponent.

Hot on the heels of a tweet from Saturday which said: "see you in UAE for my next fight", Pacquiao started a poll on Monday asking who he should fight next out of Horn, Amir Khan, Terence Crawford and Kell Brook.

Horn was a clear last on seven per cent after more than 44,000 votes with Amir Khan (48 per cent) ahead of Brook (24 per cent) and Crawford (21 per cent).

A Horn-Pacquiao bout had been mooted to happen in April at Suncorp Stadium but Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz fronted media in Abu Dhabi on Saturday to claim it would take place in the UAE.

Koncz apologised to the Australian public for the confusion, explaining that the UAE was always the first preference and Brisbane was a "back-up plan" for Pacquiao.

Duco Events founder Dean Lonergan, who has been in negotiations with the Queensland government to bring the fight to Brisbane, said on Saturday Top Rank boss Bob Arum was Pacquiao's exclusive promoter.

Lonergan believes only Arum has the power to make a fight involving the 38-year-old superstar happen and is continuing to plan as if the Horn fight will go ahead.


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