Jeffrey Christopher Horn vs. Timothy Tszyu

Scared to fight him in Sydney,where did you here that 1 mate?
Horn has showed he's not scared of fighting anybody anywhere and he will fight him where ever the big money is.
While that story about a the massive trilogy between the 2 was far fetched there is every reason to believe they could end up fighting each other more then once at multiple venues.
The Tszyu fans and Horn haters will have there excuses in place if it is in brisbane and Tszyu does lose.
Horn is going to test Tszyu like he never has before and it will be massive if Tszyu does get's the win.
You should know not to doubt the Horndog

 

"Jeff's adamant and (his trainer) Glenn Rushton is adamant that if we do have that fight it be in Queensland," Lonergan said.

"Their first preference is Brisbane and if we don't get that it will be a neutral venue. What they don't want is, they don't particularly want to go to Sydney."

https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/6555843/horn-promoter-eyes-a-return-to-bendigo/

 

Yeah my understanding was 95% likely Brisbane, the other 5% elsewhere in QLD.

 

fighting in your own city makes u a scared fighter?

most fighters must be scared then, lol.

 

He either has it in him or not, excellent fight. Lineal boxers should be tested early to find out if they got the social/genetic material to get them to the expected level. Slow pace only allows for undeserved popularity & a let-down vs a determined dark-horse who comes in with fight of his life mindset.

 

I think it's significant that Junior Tszyu will likely be prepared to go to Brisbane to face Horn but Horndog isn't willing to go to Sydney to face Tszyu.

I think it says something about the confidence levels of the respective camps.

The Horndog camp has publicly stated that Junior Tszyu has only faced domestic level club-fighters & will be no match for Horndog.

I think the Horn camp's actions in being unwilling to fight in Sydney speak louder than their words.

 

Yeah it had me thinking Sandman.

What's Horns aversion to fighting in Sydney?

Has he ever been screwed over there? I think the answer is no.

What if Team Tszyu had come up with a counter offer and Jeff would have made more money fighting in the premier state..would he still refuse to fight here?

Sounds like there isn't an issue fighting in Sydney..they are admitting they get a tangible advantage fighting in QLD. That they do get special treatment.

I mean this is the same team that after Horn didn't even win an exchange let alone a round and was stopped by Crawford, they still sort a rematch in Brisbane. Saying the result would be much different.

 

The fact that Horn has to even split revenue with Tszyu who has done nothing close to what Horn is joke,Horn has earned the right to be in on deciding where the fight is and we got Tszyu fans insulting a guy who has taken on some of top p4p fighters of recent years a coward for not wanting to fight in the young pups backyard lol

 

i think u r imagining things, lol.

he is the headline fighter of the two of them and wants to have the home crowd. what fighter wouldn't want that? u would want exactly the same thing if it were u.

u r letting bias cloud your judgement.

 

No-one's mentioned the word 'coward'. And I've always been very supportive of Horndog, as you know.

As stated above though, I just think it's interesting that Horndog's camp has put a line through Sydney as a potential venue.

Personally, I would have thought one fight in Sydney & a rematch in Brisbane (or vice-versa) was the way to go.

Being unwilling to stage the biggest fight in Australia in the biggest city in Australia sends the wrong message, imo.

Losing to Michael Zerafa in Bendigo may have spooked the horses. Or in this case, Team Horndog.

 

No problem with him wanting that.

I just think it's ridiculous to mention cities like Perth, Townsville & Canberra as potential venues for the fight & rule out Sydney entirely.

It makes sense to me that the biggest fight in Australian boxing should be on the biggest stage. Or shares that stage with Brisbane if there happens to be more than one fight.

As for bias, my support for Horndog on this board is up there with anyone.

 

Nothing wro g with a little bit of state of origin feel for this fight and i think that is 1 of many reason the 1st fight has to be in queensland which is currently the fight capital in this country,with most of the biggest fights and fighters from qld and the 1st fight clearly does better with the guaranteed big live gate up here and big ppv that will come with it and I agree and had mentioned in an earlier post that i think these 2 fight again with the rematch in sydney

 

Horn did lose every round to 1 of the top guys in the sport but remember he was the champ and defended his title in the challengers backyard despite Crawford not being a big draw at the time,the 1st fight probably could have done a better gate here but since it wasn't it makes sense and is fair that a rematch take place in australia even if Crawford l
seems to have a similar issue to Floyd and does not want to fight anywhere outside the USA and therefore gets the rewards that come with always being the home fighter

 

There was/is absolutely no reason for Crawford to give Horn a rematch, let alone in Australia. Totally deluded talk by his trainer and manager.

 

I can't see there being a rematch in Sydney if the first fight is in Brisbane & Horndog loses. The rematch clause in the fight contract will be in Horndog's favour. They won't go to Sydney if Horndog can't beat Junior Tszyu in Brisbane.

Personally, I think the fight might be scuppered completely. Junior Tszyu is not the right opponent for Horndog right now. A young bloke on a steep upwards trajectory who has shown no signs of fading at the back end of fights is not who Horndog should be facing next.

Look for the Horndog camp to start demanding 75/25 to kill the fight off. If that doesn't make the Tszyu camp flinch, they will move to 90/10.