By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn will return to the ring before Christmas after suffering a stoppage loss to WBA#6 middleweight Michael Zerafa in Bendigo on August 31. Horn’s family would like him to retire. “If Jo (wife) had her way there would be no more boxing,” Horn said, “But this is my decision.“My mum and all my family say they’d be extremely happy and proud if I gave it away. They keep saying I don’t need to do it.
“I’ve already set up my family so it’s not about the money. I know how I want to finish and it wasn’t the way the fight ended against Zerafa.”
Horn has requested to his promotor Dean Lonergan to look for a fight before Christmas.
That could mean a big Aussie bout against the unbeaten Tim Tszyu.
“But I admit I let myself down. I wasn’t training as hard or I wasn’t as hungry as I was before the (Manny) Pacquiao fight.”
From a boxing close following, er …i can understand why you wanna continue. ..most respect for your fighting spirit and heart….But you havent really reached a top. The Manny win was , in my opinion, a gift…. So a try more too fight a top guy and a tittle fight i can understand…you havent had many fights and a good age.
I don’t think Manny was hungry at all fir the Horn fight, if Horn thinks he’s on Mannys level he’s insane; before Horns last fight he was saying how hungry he was and how well his training was going, Horns not that good folks. He’s way overhyped off of a gifted decision from a tired fighter
I thought Tim is supposed to fight Brubaker in the beginning of December? Aside of that, Tszyu is still fighting at super welter and Horn at middle weight.
A Horn fight would be too early for Tszyu but on the long run, Tszyu will be a much more accomplished fighter than Horn. Horn still lives in the illusion that he beat Pacman, and the Zerafa fight was supposed to wake him up to reality.
If Horn picks a top 10 middle weight, he will lose again. If he picks someone with a mediocre record, the win won’t be worth much.
Horn is simply a mediocre boxer who gets great gifts from ringside judges when it goes to the scorecards. Horn was a school teacher by trade and I think he should consider teaching again and calling boxing a day. Why? Mediocre boxing skills will get your head damaged against real competition. Mr. Crawford proved my point when he fought Horn. Horn is delusional if he thinks he has another shot at glory……..
Jeff Horn got a gift decision against Manny Pacquiao. You know it, I know it. The whole world knows it. Cause of that he’s made good money. Should start thinking about retirement…
This guy is so f****** annoying that I hope somebody brutally KO’s him next so that he retires and we never have to hear from him again.
Horn is a BUM plain and simple
He should listen to his family. And, quit while he’s way ahead. He is So fortunate to have made really good money.
Look. Jeff seems like a nice guy, yes he did fight dirty against Manny to get that win, ( i was ringside for that fight and Jeff did win – and i was going for pacman) if anything he should have been deducted or even disqualified for elbows and butts.
He did what he had to do to beat an all time great. It was ugly and it was dirty. But its not his fault they let him get away with it, and gave him the decision. He’s not on pacs level but No one can question his heart and all the hating on him is a bit much if u ask me.
For that matter, i feel the negative comments from ‘fans’ in general
towards prize fighters thesedays lacks class, shows that the person commenting had obviously never laced them up and actually says more about them than it does the athlete they are criticizing.
Real men, in my opinion should show respect and not lash out from behind their keyboard at those brave enough to fight for a living.
I hope Jeff retires and enjoys his life with his family. I respect the guy but he is going to get hurt if he fights anyone really good at 147/154/160. Crawford proved he doesn’t belong at that level, not just because he lost but because it wasn’t even close. Crawford would have had tougher spars. Jeff should be happy with what he has done and the $ he has and retire.
A couple more fights and maybe a rematch with Mundine for money.
Jeff did well to beat Pac but T Crawford was on another level. Aiming for the top again opens up the risk of getting hurt more than the chance of a big win. Thanks for giving Aussies something to hope for Jeff but time to listen to your family.