The 29-year-old former schoolteacher was awarded a unanimous 12-round decision over the eight-division world champion after a bloody battle in front of more than 51,000 fans at Brisbane's Lang Park on Sunday. I think I won the fight, a lot of Queenslanders think I won the fight and people around the world. "Horn was a very game but I'm hard pressed to see how he could have won that fight by any stretch!" "Even on TV, I can remember watching programmes saying the Manny Pacquiao fight in Brisbane. Horn said he was prepared for the media attention becoming a world champion would bring, and hoped his victory would trigger a renaissance in Australian boxing.

Source: dna July 03, 2017 05:03 UTC