06-21-2016, 01:46 PM
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9 mins · · Sport
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ANTHONY MUNDINE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A PAY CUT TO FIGHT BRISBANE'S RISING STAR JEFF HORN.
ANTHONY Mundine has been told to get in the queue as he chases a million-dollar payday against boom Brisbane boxer Jeff Horn.
While a Mundine-Danny Green rematch has been brewing since Mundine won their first fight 10 years ago, a battle with Horn could be the biggest fight ever staged in Brisbane.
Duco Events, the promoters of the Brisbane schoolteacher, last year touted a million-dollar purse for Mundine to face the London Olympian.
On the weekend a representative for Mundine contacted contact Horn’s camp to discuss a potential showdown but was told Mundine’s bargaining power had been severely devalued after he was brutally stopped in his last fight against American Charles Hatley in November.
The Horn camp now see more value in chasing the world welterweight (67kg) title following his seventh-round stoppage of former three-time world champ Randall Bailey in Brisbane on April 27.
Horn is ranked the No. 4 contender for the WBO and IBF titles and with heavyweight Lucas Browne’s career stalled, the Brisbane boxer is now the highest ranked Australian fighter.
Horn’s trainer/manager Glenn Rushton said a Mundine fight was still an enticing proposition but would need time to percolate.
“Duco made the million-dollar offer last year but they now say Anthony is not worth a million dollars,’’ Rushton said.
“We are still interested in fighting him if it could be built up into a big grudge fight like the Mundine-Green bout.
“Mundine-Jeff Horn would be a fight purely for Jeff to make a good payday and we are very confident we could beat Anthony. But right now our focus is on winning a world championship.’’
Horn returned to training at Rushton’s Stretton mansion on Monday night after a six-week holiday in America with his wife Jo.
He recently rejected a world title shot against England’s WBO junior-middleweight (70kg) champ Liam Smith and a world welterweight title eliminator against Texan tornado Errol Spence because he did not have enough time to prepare.
“We’re in this business to win a world title,’’ Rushton said.
“Not just fight for one. The Brits gave us just a couple of weeks’ notice for the fight in London and the timing just wasn’t right. We’re looking at Spence down the track but not right now and we’re pretty sure when we fight him there will be a world title on the line.’’
Spence is set to face Italian Leonard Bundu on August 21 for the right to challenge England’s IBF welterweight king Kell Brook.
Bundu beat Aussie Daniel Geale at the 2000 Olympics and has since held the European championship.
9 mins · · Sport
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ANTHONY MUNDINE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A PAY CUT TO FIGHT BRISBANE'S RISING STAR JEFF HORN.
ANTHONY Mundine has been told to get in the queue as he chases a million-dollar payday against boom Brisbane boxer Jeff Horn.
While a Mundine-Danny Green rematch has been brewing since Mundine won their first fight 10 years ago, a battle with Horn could be the biggest fight ever staged in Brisbane.
Duco Events, the promoters of the Brisbane schoolteacher, last year touted a million-dollar purse for Mundine to face the London Olympian.
On the weekend a representative for Mundine contacted contact Horn’s camp to discuss a potential showdown but was told Mundine’s bargaining power had been severely devalued after he was brutally stopped in his last fight against American Charles Hatley in November.
The Horn camp now see more value in chasing the world welterweight (67kg) title following his seventh-round stoppage of former three-time world champ Randall Bailey in Brisbane on April 27.
Horn is ranked the No. 4 contender for the WBO and IBF titles and with heavyweight Lucas Browne’s career stalled, the Brisbane boxer is now the highest ranked Australian fighter.
Horn’s trainer/manager Glenn Rushton said a Mundine fight was still an enticing proposition but would need time to percolate.
“Duco made the million-dollar offer last year but they now say Anthony is not worth a million dollars,’’ Rushton said.
“We are still interested in fighting him if it could be built up into a big grudge fight like the Mundine-Green bout.
“Mundine-Jeff Horn would be a fight purely for Jeff to make a good payday and we are very confident we could beat Anthony. But right now our focus is on winning a world championship.’’
Horn returned to training at Rushton’s Stretton mansion on Monday night after a six-week holiday in America with his wife Jo.
He recently rejected a world title shot against England’s WBO junior-middleweight (70kg) champ Liam Smith and a world welterweight title eliminator against Texan tornado Errol Spence because he did not have enough time to prepare.
“We’re in this business to win a world title,’’ Rushton said.
“Not just fight for one. The Brits gave us just a couple of weeks’ notice for the fight in London and the timing just wasn’t right. We’re looking at Spence down the track but not right now and we’re pretty sure when we fight him there will be a world title on the line.’’
Spence is set to face Italian Leonard Bundu on August 21 for the right to challenge England’s IBF welterweight king Kell Brook.
Bundu beat Aussie Daniel Geale at the 2000 Olympics and has since held the European championship.