Horn defeats Corcoran by technical knockout to defend world title

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December 14, 2017 00:11:04

Jeff Horn has defended his WBO welterweight world title, beating British challenger Gary Corcoran by a technical knockout in the 11th round.

In his first title defence since his astronomical upset seize over Manny Pacquiao in July, Horn held off an alive to Corcoran, who took the sport to the sector champion.

After an risky originate, Horn found a 2nd seize in direction of the cease of the fight, finally reducing his opponent up ample to drive Corcoran’s corner to throw in the towel a minute and 35 seconds into the penultimate round.

« He pushed me your total skill. Gary’s a extremely awkward fighter which place me off my game in the early rounds. I felt my timing became moderately off however I managed to earn him out of there in the cease, » Horn said.

« Or now now not it’s big being in a tell to defend the title in Australia, it’s such an incredible save and it need lets bring more fights Down Below. »

On the chance of struggling with unified welterweight champion Terence Crawford, Horn became alive to to test his mettle against the sector’s easiest.

« Or now now not it’s a colossal possibility and if that is what every person needs to sight, then that is what’s happening to occur. Or now now not it’s the entertainment industry is now not in any recognize times it? » he said.

« I could perhaps perhaps luxuriate in to fight the unified welterweight champion of the sector. »

The hole rounds noticed Horn sizing Corcoran up, taking the first round as the aggressor, pushing the challenger to the canvas however seeing it ruled out as a tear.

Corcoran bought some floor abet in the 2nd, landing a correct hook on Horn and getting in a chain of body blows in a tight round.

The third proved even tighter as the referee urged each fighters to protect issues tidy. Horn unleashed a colossal correct hand on Corcoran, however the Briton didn’t even recoil as each fighters traded blows.

The temper shifted in the fourth as Corcoran landed a chain of punches in the clinch, with each fighters swinging wild punches at every other at the bell.

Horn defies fatigue to gain 2nd wind

But Horn battled abet into the fight to seize the fifth round, night up the ledger after overcoming Corcoran’s smothering tactics, as his associate Jo — eight months pregnant and awaiting a child daughter imminently — watched on.

The cuts and scrapes each boxers carried into the match began to shed claret in the sixth, as Corcoran landed a left jab on Horn’s face earlier than the native looked to secure the round with a leisurely left swing on the bell.

Corcoran found himself on the floor yet again in the seventh, yet again by a Horn push, however Horn started opening up to land some swings despite displaying visible fatigue.

One other even round in the seventh became arguably edged by Horn, who became discovering energy in his shots, easiest for Corcoran to throw a astronomical shot after the bell in a foul that drew the referee’s ire.

As Corcoran’s decrease end to his correct research looked to launch up, Horn found energy in the eighth to edge one other round as he proceeded to land more shots than his challenger.

The fight tightened up dramatically in the ninth as each boxers went hell for leather to bring the bout in direction of too-end-to-call territory.

But something stirred in the Tenth in Horn’s favour. Horn had Corcoran on the ropes, landing punch after punch as the defending champion found a 2nd seize against a dreary opponent.

By the 11th round, with more cuts on his face opening up, Corcoran’s corner known as off the fight, as Horn — tired however unbeaten — raised his palms in celebration, earlier than being embraced by coach Glenn Rushton.

« Too many cuts, couldn’t detect the shots coming, » the vanquished Corcoran said.

« Enticing play to Jeff, he’s a correct fighter however I could be abet, I could learn from it and near yet again. »

Leapai’s comeback ends in controversial map

The night of undercard action started in controversial cases as Australia’s Alex Leapai seeing his comeback fight chalked up as a technical map.

Leapai, 38, became right through opponent Roger Izonritei early in the fight, easiest for a stray elbow to motive a sever above Izonritei’s research.

The referee stopped the fight, great to the fury of Leapai, in loyal his 2nd bout since 2015.

Leapai, who took on Wladimir Klitschko for the sector heavyweight title in 2014, demanded a rematch against Izonritei.

« Now we have bought to repair this up. This is … I could perhaps perhaps relate a bellow world … however this is incorrect, » Leapai said.

« Reach on ref, you have bought to earn your s*** correct. We’re now now not doing kickboxing right here. We’re boxing right here.

« This could perhaps now now not cease me. I’m smooth going and I spin to fabricate it to the high and if I of route deserve to fight him yet again so be it, however there’s going to be a rematch because this is bull. »

There became a confusing seize for Australia’s Shannon O’Connell, who obtained TKO in the first round over Thailand’s Sumalee Tongpootorn. The Thai boxer checked out a loss when the referee stopped the fight prematurely, despite being dominated.

Queensland’s Rohan Murdock landed the WBO oriental expansive middleweight title with a seize over 10 rounds against Russia’s Apti Ustarkhanov, while Western Australia’s Nathaniel Would possibly maybe knocked out Brazil’s Aelio Mesquita in 5 rounds to clinch the IBF global featherweight title.

In other fights, Lenny Zappavigna beat Uruguay’s Nestor Faccio Cordozo TKO in three rounds, while Paul Fleming beat Vergil Puton in the seventh.

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December 13, 2017 23:37:38