02-17-2015, 05:16 PM
WBO #11 Jeff Horn looking forward after Mundine passes on million dollar offer
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
WBO #11, WBA #14 Jeff “The Hornet” Horn (9-0, 7 KOs) engaged in a torrid sparring session with WBC #4, WBA #4,IBF #10 Anthony “The Man” Mundine in 2014 with most observers agreeing the former London Olympian had got the better of the former WBA super middleweight champion. Mundine then rejected a $1 million offer for to fight Horn according to leading New Zealand promoter Dean Lonergan, who promotes Horn.
“With pay TV money from Australia and New Zealand the deal will be worth more than $1 million for Mundine,” said Duco boss Dean Lonergan. “We believe that Jeff is a future world champion and we were absolutely thrilled with his win in Auckland. He showed power, skill and personality. He is a wonderful clean-cut kid and a great ambassador for the sport and we want to give him the platform to become a real sporting hero in Australia and New Zealand.
“We think he will beat Anthony Mundine and that the fight would be the perfect launching pad for Jeff to then take on the world. With the amount of interest it would generate there would be more than $1 million on the table for Mundine to fight a kid who has had just nine pro fights. Jeff wants the Mundine fight and so does his trainer Glenn Rushton. They both believe he has the power and the speed to overwhelm Mundine. All that has to happen to make the fight is for Anthony Mundine to say ‘yes.'”
“I know I can beat Mundine,” Horn said. “Bring it on.”
Horn has also targeted future Fall of famer Manny Pacquiao and will be pulling for the Pacman when and if he does challenge boxing’s best pound for pound boxer Floyd Mayweather. “I’d like Pacquiao to win because he’s a much nicer guy than Mayweather and a much more exciting fighter, but I think Mayweather will be too sharp for him,” he said.
“I would love to fight either of them and I’m working hard on climbing the rankings for a world title shot next year.”
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
WBO #11, WBA #14 Jeff “The Hornet” Horn (9-0, 7 KOs) engaged in a torrid sparring session with WBC #4, WBA #4,IBF #10 Anthony “The Man” Mundine in 2014 with most observers agreeing the former London Olympian had got the better of the former WBA super middleweight champion. Mundine then rejected a $1 million offer for to fight Horn according to leading New Zealand promoter Dean Lonergan, who promotes Horn.
“With pay TV money from Australia and New Zealand the deal will be worth more than $1 million for Mundine,” said Duco boss Dean Lonergan. “We believe that Jeff is a future world champion and we were absolutely thrilled with his win in Auckland. He showed power, skill and personality. He is a wonderful clean-cut kid and a great ambassador for the sport and we want to give him the platform to become a real sporting hero in Australia and New Zealand.
“We think he will beat Anthony Mundine and that the fight would be the perfect launching pad for Jeff to then take on the world. With the amount of interest it would generate there would be more than $1 million on the table for Mundine to fight a kid who has had just nine pro fights. Jeff wants the Mundine fight and so does his trainer Glenn Rushton. They both believe he has the power and the speed to overwhelm Mundine. All that has to happen to make the fight is for Anthony Mundine to say ‘yes.'”
“I know I can beat Mundine,” Horn said. “Bring it on.”
Horn has also targeted future Fall of famer Manny Pacquiao and will be pulling for the Pacman when and if he does challenge boxing’s best pound for pound boxer Floyd Mayweather. “I’d like Pacquiao to win because he’s a much nicer guy than Mayweather and a much more exciting fighter, but I think Mayweather will be too sharp for him,” he said.
“I would love to fight either of them and I’m working hard on climbing the rankings for a world title shot next year.”