Jeff Horn

Pacquiao says he doesn’t know who Jeff Horn is

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By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s career is arguably ending slowly in a sad way for the former eight-division world champion with him facing one non-star after another in pay-per-view fights that the boxing fans have little interest in purchasing in high numbers. Pacquiao is expected to fight someone named Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) next on April 23 at the Suncorps Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Horn is someone that Pacquiao’s 85-year-old promoter Bob Arum wants him to fight next. Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) says he doesn’t know who Horn is, and he’s never seen his face. Despite all that, Pacquiao still wants to fight in Australia.

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Richard Commey no longer with Sauerland Promotions

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By Chris Williams: After losing two straight fights, #3 IBF lightweight contender Richard Commey and his promoters at Sauerland Events are going to go their separate ways. The once promising 29-year-old Commey’s career has tanked recently with him losing back to back fights to Robert Easter Jr. and Denis Shafikov in 2016.

The loss to the 5’11” Easter Jr. wasn’t that big of a surprise to a lot of boxing fans, as he’s a very good fighter with a lot of punching power. Commey gave Easter Jr all he could handle in losing by a 12 round split decision last September by the scores 115-112, 114-113 for Easter Jr, and 114-113 for Commey.

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Manny Pacquiao vs. Kell Brook possible for 2017

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s in talks with WBO 147lb champion Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum for a unification fight between the two fighters. However, Hearn says that they seem to be interested in unbeaten contender Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) being Pacquiao’s next opponent for April in Brisbane, Australia. As such, a fight between Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and Pacquiao wouldn’t take place until the second half of 2017.

It would be a really big IF though, because Arum is eager to have Pacquiao fight another one of his Top Rank fighters in Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs). Horn is co-promoted by Arum, so that would be another fight in which Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) is fighting someone from his stable.

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Arum needs Pacquiao’s agreement for Horn fight on Apr.22

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By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has an agreement from #2 IBF, #2 WBO Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) for a fight against Arum’s money fighter Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) on April 22 at the 52,000 seat Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Arum is now waiting for Pacquiao to approve the fight, according to RingTV.

The fight might not be shown on pay-per-view in the U.S, however. Arum wants it to be shown on free television. It’s unclear how many millions Pacquiao would lose by agreeing to fight Horn rather than a popular fighter that the U.S boxing fans care about.

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Jeff Mayweather says Pacquiao doesn’t want Crawford fight

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By Chris Williams: Jeff Mayweather doesn’t believe that Manny Pacquiao really wants to fight Terence Crawford at all. He feels this way because of the recent $20 million request that Pacquiao made from his promotional company Top Rank for him to fight the unbeaten Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs).

Jeff says that a fight between Pacquiao and Crawford isn’t worth $20 million due to Crawford not having accomplished enough at this point in his career for Pacquiao to be asking for big money fighting him. Jeff is right about Crawford not having done a whole lot with his career.

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Roach says Burns or Horn possible for Pacquiao’s April fight

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By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s trainer says that WBA World light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs) and #2 IBF, #2 WBO Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) are the two possibilities for Pacquiao’s next fight on April 23.

The 33-year-old Burns is a new name that has been added to the list. Previously, it was just Horn as the potential guy for the fight against the 38-year-old Pacquiao after WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs) was ruled out as a possible opponent by Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, who said that fight wouldn’t be taking place in the first half of 2017.

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Arum to meet Jeff Horn’s promoters next week to talk Pacquiao fight on April 23

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By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has a scheduled meeting with Duco Events director Dean Longergan next Tuesday to talk about finalizing a fight between their fighter #2 WBO Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) and Arum’s fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) for April 23 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Arum likes this fight for some reason. It’s unclear if there’s a lot of money to be made for Arum and Pacquiao from the Australian boxing fans through pay-per-view, or if he just sees this as a nice safe fight for his fighter.

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Roach: Crawford wanted $7M for Pacquiao fight

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By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach says that he was told a week ago by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum that Terence Crawford was the possible opponent for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight. However, Roach then said he heard that the 29-year-old Crawford’s asking price was $7 million for the Pacquiao fight.

Roach thinks that it might have been too much, because Arum is now talking about wanting to match Pacquiao against unbeaten #2 WBO Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) in April.

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Gary Russell Jr. defends against Oscar Escandon on Feb.18

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By Jeff Aranow: WBC World featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (27-1, 16 KOs) will be back inside the ring next month in defending his WBC title against 32-year-old Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 KOs) at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. This will be Russell Jr’s second defense of his title that he won two years ago with a 4th round knockout victory over former champion Jhonny Gonzalez in March 2015.

Russell Jr. has since defended his title once in beating fringe contender Patrick Hyland by a 2nd round knockout last year in April. That was the only fight for 28-year-old Russell Jr. in 2016.

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Jeff Horn: I can beat Pacquiao

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By Chris Williams: Unbeaten #2 WBO, #2 IBF Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) could be the next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) to make his first defense of his title against in April. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is looking to finalize a fight for the 38-year-old Pacquiao, and it could be Horn that gets the call.

The fight would take place in Horn’s native country of Australia in Brisbane. He can draw a lot of boxing fans if the fight takes place there. Just how many is unclear, but definitely a lot more than Pacquiao can bring in if he were to fight in the U.S.

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