Jeff Horn interested in Mundine fight, not Crawford

By Daily Sports on December 17, 2017

Jeff Horn could be facing former super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine next in a fight that would generate good money in Australia rather than a title defense of his WBO welterweight title against mandatory challenger Terence Crawford.

Not surprisingly, Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) is interested in fighting the 42-year-old Mundine next rather than Crawford, as it’ll give him a bigger payday of possibly $2 million. Horn might make only $1 million to defend against Crawford, and that’s a risky fight due to his counter punching ability.

Horn vs. Mundine (47-8, 27 KOs) would take place at 154 rather than 147. Mundine fights at junior middleweight, and that’s not his true weight class.

Mundine spent most of his career at 168, where he twice captured WBA super middleweight titles. Mundine moved down to 154 in 2011, hoping to get a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was a world champion in that weight class at the time.

Horn’s promoter Dean Lonergan doubts Crawford’s ability to sell a fight between him and Horn. Lonergan sees Crawford as not good with the media with his communication skills. He lacks the charisma needed to build a big fight at this time.

“Terence Crawford is pound-for-pound the world’s toughest fighter but he is the worst of all worlds, a really tough fight but not a big money fight,” said Lonergan to nine.com.au.

”The reason is he’s absolutely poor in the media; he’s not a great communicator. As a result he doesn’t have a great following, doesn’t sell a lot of tickets, and doesn’t do a lot of pay-per-views,” said Lonergan.

“I’ve watched his interviews; he needs a lot of help to get right, because Conor McGregor he ain’t. So start talking it up, Terence. Say something interesting,” said Lonergan.

•Photo shows Terrence Crawford.

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 17, 2017


 

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