12-13-2016, 01:49 PM
Pacquiao vs. Horn in 2017?
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said he was impressed with WBO #2 Jeff Horn’s stoppage victory over Ali Funeka on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand and thinks the Aussie schoolteacher will appeal to American audiences with a bout against Jesse Vargas or Timothy Bradley in March. And if Horn is successful, a showdown against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao late in 2017 could be the Filipino boxing legend’s final contest.
“He’s a throwback fighter and he’ll have tremendous appeal with boxing fans in the States,” Arum said. “He fought a real tough awkward guy and he looked really tremendous. The truth is that back in the States where a Pacquiao fight will have to happen, Jeff Horn is not well known. Only boxing people know him. That fight (Vargas or Bradley) I would like to see happen in the first three months of the year so that if Horn is successful, we can build for a fight with Pacquiao late in the year, because Manny told me he was fighting twice in 2017 and then he will hang up his gloves.”
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said he was impressed with WBO #2 Jeff Horn’s stoppage victory over Ali Funeka on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand and thinks the Aussie schoolteacher will appeal to American audiences with a bout against Jesse Vargas or Timothy Bradley in March. And if Horn is successful, a showdown against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao late in 2017 could be the Filipino boxing legend’s final contest.
“He’s a throwback fighter and he’ll have tremendous appeal with boxing fans in the States,” Arum said. “He fought a real tough awkward guy and he looked really tremendous. The truth is that back in the States where a Pacquiao fight will have to happen, Jeff Horn is not well known. Only boxing people know him. That fight (Vargas or Bradley) I would like to see happen in the first three months of the year so that if Horn is successful, we can build for a fight with Pacquiao late in the year, because Manny told me he was fighting twice in 2017 and then he will hang up his gloves.”