Top Australian welterweight Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KO) is close as never to a chance to meet with the most desired today’s opponent — the legendary Filipino Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KO). Duco Events Director Dean Lonergan booked the Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Queensland, Australia for April 23 and wants to meet Top Rank CEO Bob Arum next Tuesday in Los Angeles to see if the fight can go ahead on that date in Australia. The details have not been finalized, but Jeff Horn is excited that the fight could happen on that date in his hometown of Brisbane.
«Is it the right time? You could say that at any point,» Horn told Grantlee Kieza of the Brisbane Courier-Mail. «I’ve got the youth on my side and Pacquiao’s 38 now. He’s got the experience but I have got the youth on my side and that will get me the win. I think over his last couple of fights, I’ve seen him go down a little bit. He’s still got very, very good movement, very good skill. But I think he has dropped just slightly, which is a lot at that level.»
