His former opponent Jeff Horn believes that Michael Zerafa’s experience gives him the edge in Friday’s catchweight contest with Nikita Tszyu, writes Declan Warrington
Former welterweight champion Jeff Horn, six years to the day of his shocking win over Manny Pacquiao to capture the WBO world title, held a press conference to officially announce his retirement from the sport.
Terence Crawford has pulled ahead on the scorecards in his ongoing legal battle with Top Rank. The unbeaten three-division champion and pound-for-pound entrant scored a minor victory when a Nevada District Court judge granted Crawford’s motion to remand his lawsuit against Top Rank back to state court. The ruling was handed down Tuesday in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada in Clark County, overturning a previous ruling to remove the complaint to Federal court.
Former world champion Jeff Horn would like to see countryman George Kambosos activate his rematch clause for an immediate second encounter with Devin Haney.
Nikita Tszyu (1-0, 1 KO), the youngest son of boxing great Kostya Tszyu, left a big impression in his pro debut. At the Nissan Arena in Nathan, the 24-year-old Tszyu beat down Aaron Stahl for a two round stoppage win. Tszyu had older brother, top junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu, in his corner.
Former world champion Jeff Horn has given high praise to the punching power of Australian star Tim Tszyu, Horn's last fight took place in August of 2020, when he was battered and stopped in eight rounds by Tszyu.
Kell Brook is a former IBF welterweight champion who has been beaten only by two elite opponents. Terence Crawford still won’t consider a victory over Brook on Saturday night as his most significant of five welterweight wins. That distinction, according to Crawford, dates back to his welterweight debut more than two years ago.
Former welterweight champion Jeff Horn is being pressured into retirement by his family following his one-sided loss to undefeated upstart Tim Tszyu last month in Australia. The 32-year-old Horn (20-3-1, 13 KOs) did not have much going for him during his eighth-round TKO loss to Tszyu (16-0, 12 KOs), and his corner stopped the fight to save the fighter from absorbing further punishment.
According to a long-time cornerman, former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn was completely spent after two rounds of action in last week's big showdown with unbeaten Tim Tszyu. Horn was dropped twice, took a beating, and was stopped after eight rounds in the junior welterweight clash in Townsville.
Jeff Horn's head trainer, Glenn Rushton, has lashed out at critics who believe that he was placing his fighting in a potentially dangerous situation by pondering the possibility of letting him come out and fight for the ninth round.