Gary Corcoran: record, next fight and profile →
Paddy Gallagher has suffered a broken jaw and has been forced to withdraw from his fight against former world title challenger Gary Corcoran on June 30. Belfast welterweight ‘Pat-Man’ suffered the injury in one of his final sparring sessions before the huge card at The SSE Arena and will delay his bout with ‘Hellraiser’ Corcoran as he sets about rehabilitation.
Belfast hero Paddy Gallagher has cranked up the heat on world title challenger Gary Corcoran ahead of their war at The SSE Arena on June 30. ‘Pat-Man’ Gallagher (13-4-KO8) clashes with ‘Hellraiser’ Corcoran (17-2-KO7) on the undercard of Michael Conlan’s homecoming in what many expect to be a show-stealing toe-to-toe battle.
Commiserations to Gary Corcoran who was stopped in the eleventh round of his WBO World Welterweight title challenge against Jeff Horn in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. Horn, who was making the first defence of the title he snatched from Manny Pacquiao in July, began the fight in sharp fashion, establishing his jab well in the middle of the ring as he sought to lay down a marker in-front of his hometown fans.
Jeff Horn’s first defense of the WBO welterweight title wasn’t pretty, but the unbeaten Australian recorded a more convincing victory than he did when he upset Manny Pacquiao to win it. Horn overcame cuts above both eyes, bloodied British challenger Gary Corcoran and Corcoran’s trainer, Frank Greaves, stopped their title fight in the 11th round Wednesday night in Brisbane, Australia, Horn’s hometown. Referee Benjy Esteves stepped in to halt the scheduled 12-round bout at 1:35 of the 11th round at Brisbane Exhibition & Convention Center.
Gary Corcoran has watched more than enough footage of Jeff Horn’s fights to determine Horn’s head has intentionally been used as a weapon. England’s Corcoran continued to point out Monday that Horn’s head-butts shouldn’t be allowed when they fight for Horn’s WBO welterweight title Wednesday in Brisbane, Australia, Horn’s hometown. The WBO has assigned American referee Benjy Esteves to officiate their scheduled 12-round fight at Brisbane’s Convention & Exhibition Centre (ESPN; 6:30 a.m. EST).
On Wednesday in Brisbane, Australia, Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) makes the first defense of his WBO welterweight title against Gary Corcoran in a bout that will be televised in the early hours by ESPN in the United States.
Trainer/manager Glenn Rushton really gets annoyed when Jeff Horn’s detractors degrade his upset of Manny Pacquiao by claiming he benefited from hometown judging. None of the three judges that scored their 12-round, 147-pound title fight for Horn on July 2 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane are from Australia. Two are American – New York’s Waleska Roldan (117-111) and Arizona’s Chris Flores (115-113) – and the other, Ramon Cerdan (115-113), is Argentinean.
An exhausted Jeff Horn is confident he'll regain his strength in time after narrowly making weight for his maiden WBO welterweight title defence against England's Gary Corcoran. A gaunt-looking Horn tipped the scales at 66.52kg [146.6-pounds] at Tuesday's official weigh-in - just under the prescribed welterweight limit. It amounts to a loss of nearly 4kg [8.8-pounds] overnight and while trainer Glenn Rushton said he made it "very comfortably", there were some private concerns inside the Horn camp that didn't dissipate until the right numbers came up on the scales.
Jeff Fenech reckons there's an easy way for Gary Corcoran to take advantage if the bullish Brit really thinks Jeff Horn is a serial headbutter. Hit him. "Every time he puts his head in, hit him with an uppercut, finish with a hook at put his head back up," Fenech said.
Gary Corcoran believes Jeff Horn is haunted by the memory of his punishing ninth round win against Manny Pacquiao and intends to make him re-live that painful experience on Wednesday night. Horn's clash with England's Corcoran at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre will be his first since his WBO welterweight title win over Pacquiao earlier this year.