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Jeff Horn says he will now focus on enjoying the festive season and the impending birth of his daughter following his victory in the Battle of Brisbane 2 last night. Horn retained his WBO world title, beating British opponent Gary Corcoran by a technical knockout in the 11th round.
A fight with Terence Crawford would be worth much more to Jeff Horn if the unbeaten challenger wasn't the "world's worst interview," says Duco Events boss Dean Lonergan. Horn is in talks to face Crawford, the mandatory challenger to his WBO welterweight championship, in late April, in Las Vegas.
Jeff Horn's rapid ascent to the top of world boxing is just the start of Dean Lonergan's ambitious plan to revive the sport in Australia. The Duco Events boss is plotting for a fresh crop of fighters to follow the Horn blueprint and go from anonymous domestic battlers to rich international stars. Two of them - Rohan Murdock and Nathaniel May - fought on the undercard of Horn's WBO welterweight title defence against Gary Corcoran on Wednesday night.
The former school teacher from Australia won by knockout in the 11th round Wednesday when Gary Corcoran's corner threw in the towel with the England-based boxer bleeding from a deep cut above his left eye. It was Horn's first fight since his unanimous decision upset over eight-division champion Pacquiao in front of more than 51,000 fans in an outdoor afternoon fight at nearby Suncorp Stadium in July in the "Battle of Brisbane" — a victory that some critics dismissed as a hometown decision.
Jeff Horn admits he'll head to Las Vegas with a point to prove to US audiences next year after a tough maiden defence of his WBO welterweight championship. Horn produced an 11th-round stoppage on Wednesday night to defeat Gary Corcoran and retain the belt he controversially won off Manny Pacquiao earlier this year.
OMAHA - Undefeated two-division world champion TERENCE "Bud" CRAWFORD (32-0, 23 KOs), from Omaha,is ready to move out of the junior welterweight division and up to the welterweight class. Crawford, the 2014 Fighter of the Year, became boxing's first undisputed world champion in 15 years when he knocked out fellow unified world champion Julius Indongo over the summer.
JEFF Horn followed up his contentious WBO welterweight title win over Filipino star Manny Pacquiao with a successful first defense against Gary Corcoran. Now he’s heading to America. The former school teacher from Australia won by technical knockout in the 11th round yesterday when Corcoran’s corner threw in the towel with the England-based boxer bleeding from a deep cut above his left eye.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum believes Jeff Horn stands a genuine chance of upsetting Terence Crawford after he set up a blockbuster fight with the unbeaten American in Las Vegas next year. Horn retained his WBO welterweight championship with an 11th-round stoppage in his voluntary defence against feisty Englishman Gary Corcoran on Wednesday night in Brisbane.
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.
NEW YORK – Terence Crawford hasn’t ruled out traveling to Australia for a shot at the WBO welterweight title. Brian McIntyre, Crawford’s trainer and co-manager, made it abundantly clear, though, that Crawford will need to be extremely well-compensated to fight Jeff Horn in the champion’s homeland. Crawford is the mandatory challenger for the WBO 147-pound championship, which Horn will defend for the first time Wednesday night against England’s Gary Corcoran in Brisbane, Australia.