Britain’s Gary Corcoran has seen his fair share of Jeff Horn in action, ahead of their showdown later today which will be for the WBO world welterweight title. Horn claimed the title when he triumphed over the former champion, Manny Pacquiao in July.
“This is not a head-butting competition,” Corcoran said following a press conference Monday in Brisbane. “So let us just have a fair fight and I’m confident in beating Jeff.”
The WBO has assigned American native, Benjy Esteves to officiate the bout and Corcoran has pre-warned him to be on notice for Horn’s antics.
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He’s just pointing out what he does, what Jeff does,” Corcoran said. “[Horn is] trying to say about clashing with southpaws [like Manny Pacquiao]. Listen, I know you can clash with a southpaw. I’ve fought awkward southpaws.
You clash heads. But you’ve seen it with [Horn and] orthodox fighters all the time. He sticks his head in all the time.
“I’ve done it a few times myself – it’s boxing. But if he gets away [with it], I wanna get away [with it]. We’re not saying it’s gonna be a dirty fight. We just want a level playing field, and that’s it,” Corcoran added.
“They’re afraid that I’m gonna be head-butting him in there, but I’m the one afraid I’m gonna be getting bitten if I do that,” Horn said following the press conference.
“So I definitely don’t lead with my head purposely, that’s for sure. No, I come forward quickly at guys and I explode in with my punches. If one zigs and the other one zags, obviously the heads do come together.”
“I think it’s just mind games at this stage,” Horn said.
“They’re really trying to play on something and get under our skin. They know I’m a clean fighter, but they’re trying to spin it on us, saying that we’ve got hometown advantage and no one ever warns us for anything,” Horn concluded.
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