Jeff Horn vs. Michael Zerafa - August 31, 2019

[Ruthless-RKO]

Horn got stopped round 9. Seems to be a curse for him.

No way?

Horn was only hyped due to his Pac fight and controverial win.

Since, he has beaten Corcoran and Mundine??

[lazboy]

Horn got stopped round 9. Seems to be a curse for him.

No way?

Horn was only hyped due to his Pac fight and controverial win.

Since, he has beaten Corcoran and Mundine??

I still think he won the pac fight. He was however much bigger and unheard of at that time. He gutted it out. He’s a fighter with far more will then skill but unlike in the movies. skill generally beats will.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Michael Zerafa def. Jeff Horn — via 9th round KO

After dropping the former WBO welterweight champion in the second round, Zerafa outclassed his more-fancied opponent throughout, before finishing the job late on to claim the WBA Oceania middleweight title.

Behind a stiff left jab and a thunderous right hand, Zerafa made Horn’s jump from welterweight to middleweight look rather unwise.

Zerafa was hurt at times — including a third round that saw Horn mount a comeback of sorts — but ultimately just had too much.

Horn looked sluggish and without rhythm as Zerafa picked him off on the counter time and time again.

[dagilechia]

great news, i have wanted him to lose against some journeymay because of the Pacquiao fight robbery and just because he isn't and never was anything special

[Ruthless-RKO]

[TheBeast]

Saturday 31, August 2019
Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
tickets Ticketek
media Australia Main Event

middle
Jeff Horn 19 1 1
vs
Michael Zerafa 26 3 0
World Boxing Association Oceania Middle Title (supervisor: Francisco Martinez)

super bantam
Brock Jarvis 16 0 0
vs
Ernesto Saulong 22 4 2
vacant World Boxing Association Oceania Super Bantam Title (supervisor: Francisco Martinez)

super bantam
Shannon O'Connell 17 6 1
vs
Bianca Elmir 3 0 0

heavy
Joseph Goodall 6 0 0
vs
Christian Ndzie Tsoye 4 3 0

light heavy
Issac Hardman 4 0 0
vs
Mitchell Whitelaw 5 2 1

super welter
Andrew Hunt 4 0 0
vs
Ankush Hooda debut

feather
Lorrinda Webb 1 0 0
vs
Reanne Ware 0 1 0

middle
Damien Lock 3 4 1
vs
Bo Belbin 1 0 0






middle
Jeff Horn 19 1 1
vs
Michael Zerafa 26 3 0
World Boxing Association Oceania Middle Title

Zerafa won by TKO
Zerafa grinded a KD and then the TKO
Horn took way too much flush shots at the end

[amwsnw]

great news, i have wanted him to lose against some journeymay because of the Pacquiao fight robbery and just because he isn't and never was anything special

He was special enough to bully and beat one of the all time greats. Michael fought a very smart fight exposing Jeff’s flaws, something manny couldn’t do.
Middleweight May have been too big an ask. Jeff May be back, May not. It was a brutal stoppage. Opens up a world title crack for Michael.

[dagilechia]

great news, i have wanted him to lose against some journeymay because of the Pacquiao fight robbery and just because he isn't and never was anything special

He was special enough to bully and beat one of the all time greats. Michael fought a very smart fight exposing Jeff’s flaws, something manny couldn’t do.
Middleweight May have been too big an ask. Jeff May be back, May not. It was a brutal stoppage. Opens up a world title crack for Michael.

cmon he didnt beat Pacquiao

[Best Coast]

He was special enough to bully and beat one of the all time greats. Michael fought a very smart fight exposing Jeff’s flaws, something manny couldn’t do.
Middleweight May have been too big an ask. Jeff May be back, May not. It was a brutal stoppage. Opens up a world title crack for Michael.

cmon he didnt beat Pacquiao

Overrated Jeffie Horn will go down as a meaningless footnote in boxing lore because his career was defined by a robbery decision "win" over an all-time great like Manny Pacquiao.

Unbelievable that they actually had this scrub pencilled in to fight Murata for a world MW belt!!

Horn never "bullied & beat" Pac...using your elbows and head is cheating not beating!!

[lazboy]

In Horns defence he was not warned by the ref. He did all he could to win and won he did. I also don’t think Pac trained or juiced like he has in his most recent fights.

Horn overcame expectations, didn’t wither to the challenge. He’s was very strong mentally that night and one of those rare movie like occasions where will beats skills however his lack of word class boxing skills is now apparent.

He went on to fight arguably the best pound for pound fighter on the planet in Crawford which is admirable. He was soundly beaten. Asking for a rematch is understandable albeit silly, calling out Golovkin, Canelo and Mayweather seems a bit too far.

He had his opportunity, made the most of it by fighting as hard as he did agaisnt Pac. How time I feel is over now but he should be proud.

[KiwiRider]

Goos fight to watch.
Lousy undercard.
Zerafa had all the answers to Horn.
He stuck Horn coming in, weathered the hard shots and gave his own.
I just loved in the 7th when Zerafa cracked Horn with a flush right and made Horn hold
Zerafa is smiling.like a Cheshire cat.knowing he has got.this

[dickbelden]

who beat HORN up worse crawford or zerafa ?

[giacomino]

who beat HORN up worse crawford or zerafa ?

Hard to believe it could be more one-sided than the Crawford fight

[sturm vogel]

This is what happens when an opponent is overlooked as easy pickins.

[KiwiRider]

This is what happens when an opponent is overlooked as easy pickins.

It almost backfired for Brook too.
Horn's team shoulda picked someone else.

[forcefraser]

Horn took an unhealthy pizzling there. Poor fella,

[sturm vogel]

This is what happens when an opponent is overlooked as easy pickins.

It almost backfired for Brook too.
Horn's team shoulda picked someone else.

Very true.

[ironbeard]

Horn was a decent welter weight strictly because of size. He was always destined to get beaten up by those his own size.

And he was gifted the Pac fight. Hopefully he has put some of his money away.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Horn was a decent welter weight strictly because of size. He was always destined to get beaten up by those his own size.

And he was gifted the Pac fight. Hopefully he has put some of his money away.

He got paid $500k for Pac fight.

His highest purse I believe was the Crawford fight. Around $2m. Craw got more than him.

[ironbeard]

Horn was a decent welter weight strictly because of size. He was always destined to get beaten up by those his own size.

And he was gifted the Pac fight. Hopefully he has put some of his money away.

He got paid $500k for Pac fight.

His highest purse I believe was the Crawford fight. Around $2m. Craw got more than him.

Hopefully he has saved a bunch of it.

[Ruthless-RKO]

He got paid $500k for Pac fight.

His highest purse I believe was the Crawford fight. Around $2m. Craw got more than him.

Hopefully he has saved a bunch of it.

He said he’s unsure about his future. Needs to soul search. Is he like really popular down there? He should try 154.. he went up to 165 for the Mundine fight I think.

[oogiebe]

Hopefully he has saved a bunch of it.

He said he’s unsure about his future. Needs to soul search. Is he like really popular down there? He should try 154.. he went up to 165 for the Mundine fight I think.

155 for mundine fight. Horn's finished riding the Pac wave. He's down to earth now.

[dickbelden]

horn has rematch clause for zerafa---will he exercise it ?

[chuck9788]

Just want to brag for a moment ...... I was the only one polled here on Boxrec that voted for Zerafa by KO win. Haha, this makes up for my horrible De Vaca going the distance vs Navarette predictionl!