PERTH, Australia – Australian boxing fans are saying all parties are bound to win in the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight, and so it must happen.
BIG J, his real name under wraps, is a guru level contributor at Australia-based sports portal The Roar. He believes that the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight presents an all-win situation.
In his post at The Roar, the sporting netizen from Darwin in Northern Territory said:
– “This really is a win-win-win, Horn gets to fight one of the best fighters in the world and surpass Mundine and Green for opponents status, Brisbane gets to host one of the biggest fights in Australia boxing history, and Pacman notches up another win before hopefully taking on Mayweather again (thats is if Mayweather has the guts????) Everybody wins here there will not be a loser.”
He could not have said it accurately.
Anthony Mundine is an Australian two-time WBA super-middleweight title who held the title from 2003 to 2004 and 2007 to 2008. He was also IBO middleweight title from 2009 to 2010, and the WBA interim super-welterweight title from 2011 to 2012.
Mundine is well known for his heated rivalries with fellow Australians Danny Green and Daniel Geale.
Before his move to boxing, Mundine was the highest paid player in the NRL. He considers himself to be Australia’s best all-round athlete.
Green is Daniel Thomas “Danny” Green, another Aussie boxer who held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008, the IBO cruiserweight title twice, from 2009 to 2013, and the WBC interim super middleweight title from 2003 to 2005.
The Pacquiao-Horn fight looms as Australia’s biggest boxing bonanza ever. The fight, however, has not yet been signed by Pacquiao as of Wednesday.
There are speculations around boxing circles that Pacquiao will just be using the Horn fight to boost the demand for another megafight with Floyd Mayweather to close out his career.
He is expected to breeze through the Brisbane-based former Olympian and PE teacher.
Justin Faux, boxing expert and The Roar contributor said the fight, which is expected to take place at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on April, represents the opportunity of a lifetime for Horn – to fight a true icon of boxing in his own backyard.
Faux wrote:
– “So, can ‘The Hornet’ sting ‘Pac-Man’? I doubt it. Horn is basically just another warm body for the former eight-division world champ to beat up on. The ‘fighting school teacher’ is exciting, but flawed – the perfect type of opponent for Pacquiao to exploit over 12 rounds.”
Pacquiao scored a cruisy win over Vargas and captured the WBO welterweight title in the process. The Filipino legend showed that his speed, power, and technical prowess is still too much for anyone outside of boxing’s elite.
Faux added:
– “Granted, Horn is taking on Pacquiao in his waning years as a fighter – not the destroyer that iced Ricky Hatton, Erik Morales, and Miguel Cotto – but the ‘fighting school teacher’ has plain and simply never faced anyone on Pacquiao’s level. Not even close.”
According to reports circulating in Australia, Horn’s team has done their part to allow the promising fighter to mature as a boxer, giving him increasingly harder tests along the way, but the 28-year-old needs more seasoning tom be able to stand a chance against the eight-division world champion.
The fight will have a record firsts.
First, it will be the biggest fight of Horn’s life. Second, it will be one of the biggest boxing matches to ever take place on Australian soil.
Faux concluded in his article:
– “If this were a movie, a battered-and-bruised Horn would come from behind to flatline the multi-weight champion.
But this isn’t a movie. This is real life.
The boxing expert believes Horn will be lucky to steal two rounds from ‘Pac-Man’.
