Fresh from conquering «Pacquiao Mountain» newly crowned WBO Welterweight champion Jeff Horn says he is eyeing a big-time fight in Las Vegas.
BRISBANE, Australia — Fresh from conquering «Pacquiao Mountain» newly crowned WBO Welterweight champion Jeff Horn says he is eyeing a big-time fight in Las Vegas.
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Jeff Horn was a bloody mess by the end of Saturday night’s fight against Manny Pacquiao, but Horn left the ring as the new welterweight champ after claiming a shocking unanimous decision before his hometown crowd at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Sports world shocked by decision in Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight
Several professional athletes expressed their displeasure with the result of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn on Saturday night.
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Jeff Horn was a bloody mess by the end of Saturday night’s fight against Manny Pacquiao, but Horn left the ring as the new welterweight champ after claiming a shocking unanimous decision before his hometown crowd at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
Several professional athletes expressed their displeasure with the result of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn on Saturday night.
The Australian claimed a stunning unanimous points decision over Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium Sunday, despite most seeing it as a fight that should have been awarded the other way. ESPN’s Dan Rafael scored the fight 117-111 in favour of Pacquiao, while ringside boxing analyst Teddy Atlas also gave it to the 38-year-old 116-111.
Speaking immediately after the bout, Horn threw the challenge down to Floyd Mayweather, before claiming it would be a dream-come-true to take his career to «Sin City».
«This is just having a bit of a dig overseas to Floyd Mayweather, but this is no joke, » Horn said. «Which one does he want: the walking stick or the gloves? Come have a real fight.
«It is definitely a dream to fight in Vegas, that’s for sure.»
Mayweather, who is undefeated with a 49-0-0 record, has a fight of his own to prepare for as he takes on UFC champion Conor McGregor on August 26 in Las Vegas.
Horn was given almost no chance to defeat the Filipino legend but jumped out of the blocks with two strong opening rounds. However, Pacquiao looked to have him on the ropes in the middle rounds before the Australian found another gear to finish strongly.
Horn says defeating such a quality opponent fills him with confidence and he now expects to be given more respect in future fights.
«I take massive confidence from this fight and hopefully that does earn some respect, » Horn said.
«I believed in myself before but now, after I have climbed Pacquiao Mountain, I am looking at the other guys that are up there as well.»
Despite the controversial result, Horn’s trainer Glenn Rushton believes the correct decision was made.
«Going into the eleventh round I said to Jeff, ‘this fight is close’ but I thought he won the last two rounds so I was confident we had the fight, » Rushton said.
«I was really confident and thankfully the judges saw it the same way I did.»
