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Jan 19th, 2018 at 10:29pm
 

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................“Technically he (Crawford) is a very proficient, very good boxer who everyone seems to be scared of because he cleaned up the division below.

“But guess what? Crawford is coming up (a division). I don’t think he’s seen anyone with the awkward style of Jeff Horn, the come-forward style of Jeff Horn, the sheer strength of Jeff Horn and he’s a big welterweight.

“Manny Pacquiao got out-muscled, out-manoeuvred, out-thought and out-fought by Jeff Horn. Why can’t Terence Crawford?

“He ain’t no superman.

“I think Crawford is going to get out-thought, he is going to get out-fought, and he is going to get out-muscled. I just don’t think Terence Crawford is going to be happy with the outcome of this fight. He is going to maybe regret coming up a weight division.’’...............


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Reply #1 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 9:31am
 

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.........Although a welterweight title fight between WBO welterweight titlist Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) and Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) had been pretty much announced for April 14 at Madison Square Garden, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum officially informs ESPN that the bout has now been formally agreed to on both sides — with the fight now taking place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Arum decided to move the event to Vegas due to a number of spring fights vying for attention in NY, including Vasyl Lomachenko’s May 12 lightweight debut — expected to come against titleholder Jorge Linares.........


April 14th.

2 months away
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Reply #2 - Feb 24th, 2018 at 6:46pm
 
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AUSTRALIA’S greatest boxing trainer says Jeff Horn must immediately forget he is the world welterweight champion and attack Terence Crawford like a hungry challenger if he is to win their Las Vegas superfight.

Horn is a massive underdog for the April 14 battle and Hall of Fame coach Johnny Lewis says the Queenslander has to test Crawford’s resolve early and knock some of the confidence from the fleet-footed counterpuncher.

“Jeff can’t sit back and look for opportunities because Crawford is a sharpshooter and he will pick him off,’’ Lewis said.

“I’m not going to say that Crawford is the best fighter in the world but he’s certainly one of them along with the Ukrainian kid (Vasyl Lomachenko). He is very fast, has good balance and he can hurt you with either hand.

“But we’ve seen some great fighters brought down a peg in recent times such as Gennady Golovkin and this is Jeff Horn’s chance to expose flaws in Crawford’s makeup.

“Jeff is a tremendous pressure fighter and he can whack but he has to fight like a hungry challenger from the opening bell to stop this bloke.’’

Lewis, 73, has spent more than 60 years in boxing and trained six world champs, including Jeff Fenech and Kostya Tszyu. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York last year.

He says Crawford, who is undefeated in 32 pro fights, deserves his huge reputation.

“But we don’t know what’s going to happen if Jeff lands a big punch on Crawford’s chin,’’ Lewis said.

“Crawford can dish it out but we don’t know how well he can take it.

“What we do know is that Jeff is as tough as iron and he will fight until there’s absolutely nothing left in the tank.’’

Horn, 30, is training for a KO win in Las Vegas, knowing that it will be tough to win a points decision in a city where the local boxing commission favours appointing its own officials instead of neutral international judges, as Brisbane did when Horn beat Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium on July 2.

In his savage padwork sessions with strength and conditioning coach Dundee Kim at Yeronga, Horn is practising a brutal body assault to break Crawford down.

He plans to use his physical strength to overpower the fast moving challenger, who has already dominated the world lightweight and junior-welterweight divisions.

“It’s going to be a very tough night for Jeff,’’ Lewis said.

“Crawford will be extremely dangerous for the first four to six rounds and my tip is for Jeff to fight like there’s no tomorrow early, do his best to weather the storm and then come roaring home in the second half of the fight.’’

Horn says he is certainly not overawed by Crawford’s reputation and promises he will shock the world just as he did when experts around the globe wrote him off before the Pacquiao fight.

Lewis said despite the odds against him, Horn has a chance to cause another shock in Las Vegas.

“Jeff went out there at Suncorp and did what seemed like the impossible against Pacquiao,’’ Lewis said.

“Any time that Jeff’s trainer Glenn Rushton has asked him to go up a gear he’s done it and if I could make a wish, it’s for him to reign supreme in world boxing for many years.

“So many people owe Jeff Horn a great deal for what he’s done for Australian boxing and he’s the best possible ambassador for Australian sport.’’

Horn proved to be an enormous hit on Wednesday when he spoke to hundreds of students at the Chisholm Catholic College in Cornubia, preaching the anti-bullying message that is the cornerstone of his biography The Hornet.


Crawford is working with Nebraska college football strength coach Jamie Belt as he begins revving up the engine for what he promises will be an explosive performance against the undefeated Aussie.

The 30-year-old Crawford played for Team Lakers in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game last week in Los Angeles. He had nine points and 12 rebounds.

Watching the fighter risking injury made Belt nervous.

“I was really worried,” Belt told journalstar.com in Lincoln, Nebraska.

“But he wasn’t playing like I’ve seen him play in the past. He wasn’t bouncing around as much. He was smart.’’



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Reply #3 - Feb 24th, 2018 at 6:49pm
 

I think Glenn Rushton is a much better coach then Johnny Lewis was.



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Reply #4 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 3:06pm
 

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JEFF Horn’s US boxing debut has been delayed after his opponent suffered an injury during training.

Unbeaten American Terence Crawford suffered an injured right hand during a recent sparring session almost exactly one month from his scheduled April 14 date with Horn at the Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas.


Jeff Horn will have to cool his heels for a few more weeks.
Crawford’s promoter, Top Rank chief Bob Arum, said it wasn’t a major injury and would only sideline him for two weeks but it required the fight to be rescheduled.

Horn’s promoter Dean Lonergan said the fight would likely be rescheduled for May 19 at the same venue, The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

He was calling a press conference later on Thursday in Brisbane.

“It’s obviously disappointing because Jeff was ready to go and very confident of winning,’’ he said.

“The fight will only be delayed by four to six weeks.

“I received a text message during the night to say that Crawford had injured his hand and would not be able to fight on April 14.

“The delay is disappointing but by the time the two boxers get in the ring interest in the fight will be through the roof.’’

Arum said while the injury was regrettable, it wasn’t serious.

“There’s no ligament tear, nothing, he took the MRI and so forth,” Arum told The Ring magazine.

“He has to rest it for a couple of weeks.”

Crawford, 30, had been installed as the mandatory challenger to Horn’s WBO welterweight championship belt and was preparing to step up to the 66.67kg limit for the first time.

Horn, also 30, has never fought outside Australia or New Zealand before. Comment is being sought from the Horn camp.


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Reply #5 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 3:23pm
 
Been leaked over in the USA.
Mayweather Jr is prepared to come out of retirement to fight Horn, but not until he sees Horn proving his worth beyond being a 'flash in the pan' against Pacquaio.

Fair call.
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