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Jeffrey "Jeff" Horn (born 4 February 1988) is an Australian professional boxer. He has held the WBO welterweight title since July 2017, winning the title against Manny Pacquiao in a controversial upset decision. As an amateur, Horn represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals of the light-welterweight bracket.

Amateur boxing career

As a relative newcomer to the sport, Horn won his first Australian title in 2009 and repeated the feat in 2011. He went on to win a silver medal at the Gee-Bee Tournament in Helsinki and compete at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku where he lost to eventual champion Everton Lopes in the second round. In 2012, he picked up his third Australian title and first Oceania title to earn a spot at the London Olympics.

London Olympics 2012

Results

Men's Light Welter (64 kg)

1. Round of 32 (1st Match): Jeff Horn, Australia (19) def Gilbert Choombe, Zambia (5)
2. Round of 16 (2nd Match): Jeff Horn, Australia (17) def Abderrazak Houya, Tunisia (11)
3. Quarterfinals (3rd Match): Jeff Horn, Australia (13) lost Denys Berinchyk, Ukraine (21)

Professional boxing career

Horn made his professional debut in Altona North, Victoria, Australia on 1 March 2013 winning a 2nd-round technical knockout. On 27 April 2016, Horn faced former two-division world champion Randall Bailey. After dropping Bailey in the second round, Horn was knocked down in the third round. Horn won by TKO after Bailey refused to get up from his corner before Round 8. On 21 October 2016, Horn fought Rico Mueller, and defeated the German by TKO in Round 9. After the fight, the World Boxing Organization ranked him the #2 welterweight in the world. On 10 December 2016, Horn faced former IBO welterweight champion Ali Funeka, whom he stopped in the sixth round. With Top Rank promoter Bob Arum in attendance, his win set up a potential showdown with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.

Horn vs. Pacquiao

Horn signed up to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on 23 April 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. The announcement of the fight was met with relative surprise and disappointment due to Horn's limited exposure on the world stage which led Pacquiao to comment "I don't know who Jeff Horn is". A tweet on 12 February by Pacquiao complicated negotiations when he said that he planned to fight in the United Arab Emirates. On 26 February Pacquiao and Amir Khan announced that they had reached an agreement to fight, leaving Horn without an opponent. On 7 March the Khan fight was called off, and on 5 April a deal for the Pacquiao-Horn fight was reached. A press conference on 10 April signaled the confirmation of the fight, which took place on 2 July 2017 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Horn defeated Pacquiao by a highly controversial unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Compubox stats showed that Pacquiao landed 182 out of 573 punches thrown (32%), whilst Horn landed only 92 of 625 thrown (15%).

Post-fight stats showed that Pacquiao landed almost double the number of punches that Horn landed. Dieter Kurtenbach of Fox Sports described the fight as "rigged", and T. J. Quinn of ESPN commented, “No way in hell Horn won unanimously,” he tweeted. “A 117-111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Manny looked old, but mostly in control".

In regards to the controversial scorecards, ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the fight 117-111 and ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas scored it 116-111, both for Pacquiao. The Guardian also scored the fight 117-111 in favor of Pacquiao. CBS Sports scored the fight 114-114 even. IBT scored the fight 117-111 for Pacquiao. Boxing Scene had it 116-112 for Pacquiao.

Rescore by WBO

In response to a request from the Philippines Games and Amusements Board, the WBO agreed to rescore the fight between Pacquiao and Horn. It was scored round-by-round by five anonymous judges but the WBO stated that they do not have the power to reverse the original result of the fight. The WBO rescored the fight in favour of Horn 7 rounds to Pacquiao's 5 rounds. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said the result of the WBO's review "doesn't settle anything." Arum stated: "First of all they didn't that Jeff Horn clearly won the fight. They (WBO) had five judges scoring the fight: three had Horn winning narrowly, one had it at draw, one had Pacquiao winning." Horn responded to the rescoring: "It’s been good to clarify it because they have argued it. You can’t dispute anything, It gives me evidence behind me that I can just use now. Instead of saying ‘I think I won the fight’, now a heap of other people - professionally - think I won the fight."

Personal life

Horn's father, Jeff Horn Sr., is a builder. His mother, Liza Dykstra, works for the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. His grandfather, Ray Horn, fought in exhibition boxing matches in the Queensland outback during the 1930s. Graham Quirk, the incumbent Lord Mayor of Brisbane, is his second cousin.

Horn holds a Bachelor of Education degree from Griffith University and formerly worked as a physical education teacher for Pallara State School in Brisbane.

He met his wife Joanna in Year 8 at MacGregor State High School. They started dating during the schoolies week of Year 12 and got married in September 2014. She is pregnant with their first child.

Horn has been a victim of bullying in his youth. He cited this as the reason he started boxing, initially as a means to defend himself.

He has no tattoos or piercings.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
18	Win	17–0–1	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2 Jul 2017	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia	Won WBO welterweight title
17	Win	16–0–1	Ali Funeka	TKO	6 (10), 0:30	10 Dec 2016	Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand	Retained WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
16	Win	15–0–1	Rico Mueller	TKO	9 (12), 2:19	21 Oct 2016	Sleeman Sports Complex Theatre, Chandler, Australia	Retained IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
15	Win	14–0–1	Randall Bailey	RTD	7 (12), 3:00	27 Apr 2016	Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia	Retained IBF Inter-Continental and WBO Oriental welterweight titles; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
14	Win	13–0–1	Ahmed El Mousaoui	UD	10	5 Dec 2015	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand	Retained IBF Inter-Continental and WBO Oriental welterweight titles
13	Win	12–0–1	Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco	UD	10	15 Oct 2015	Trusts Stadium, Henderson, New Zealand	Retained WBA Pan African, IBF Inter-Continental, WBO Oriental, and PABA welterweight titles; Won vacant WBA Oceania interim welterweight title
12	Win	11–0–1	Viktor Plotnikov	TD	7 (10), 3:00	1 Aug 2015	Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand	Retained WBA Pan African, WBO Oriental, and PABA welterweight titles; Won IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title; Unanimous TD after Horn sustained a cut from an accidental head clash
11	Win	10–0–1	Richmond Djarbeng	TKO	3 (12), 2:03	13 Jun 2015	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, New Zealand	Retained WBO Oriental and PABA welterweight titles; Won WBA Pan African welterweight title
10	Win	9–0–1	Robson Assis	KO	5 (10)	6 Dec 2014	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand	Retained WBO Oriental and PABA welterweight titles
9	Win	8–0–1	Fernando Ferreira da Silva	UD	12	5 Jul 2014	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau, New Zealand	Retained WBO Oriental welterweight title; Won vacant PABA welterweight title
8	Win	7–0–1	Rivan Cesaire	TKO	9 (12), 1:44	19 Mar 2014	Jupiters Hotel and Casino, Broadbeach, Australia	Won vacant WBO Oriental welterweight title
7	Win	6–0–1	Naoufel Ben Rabah	UD	6	6 Dec 2013	Metro City, Northbridge, Australia
6	Win	5–0–1	Aswin Cabuy	TKO	2 (8), 0:31	16 Nov 2013	Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia
5	Win	4–0–1	Samuel Colomban	KO	1 (10), 1:18	12 Sep 2013	The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Australia	Won vacant Australian welterweight title
4	Draw	3–0–1	Rivan Cesaire	TD	3 (8), 0:35	8 Aug 2013	RSL Club, Southport, Australia	Unanimous TD after Cesaire sustained a cut from an accidental head clash
3	Win	3–0	Nuengsiam Kiatsongsang	TKO	1 (4), 2:42	9 May 2013	Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia
2	Win	2–0	Torin Rophia	KO	1 (6), 1:33	27 Apr 2013	Fortitude Stadium, Newstead, Australia
1	Win	1–0	Jody Allen	TKO	2 (4), 2:22	1 Mar 2013	Grand Star Receptions, Altona North, Australia	Professional debut

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External links

• Boxing record for Jeff Horn from BoxRec (registration required)

• Use dmy dates from May 2011
• 1988 births
• Living people
• Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic boxers of Australia
• Boxers from Brisbane
• Australian male boxers
• World welterweight boxing champions
• World Boxing Organization champions
• People educated at MacGregor State High School
• Griffith University alumni
• Light-welterweight boxers