Jeff Horn isn’t quite sure how he’s landed here, in a fight that could propel him to stardom or, even in failure, begin a path that sets him up financially for the rest of his life.
He’s already moved past the contemplation stage. Duco Events found him, legendary Top Rank promoter Bob Arum seems to dig him and Manny Pacquiao, the multi-division superstar from the Philippines, is set to square off with him. For now, that’s more than enough to digest.
“I guess I speak well, I translate to a lot of different people,” Horn says. “I don’t know … I’m just glad he [Arum] likes me.”
It might all happen in Brisbane, Horn’s home town, on April 23 if the various parties can come to the table with acceptable amounts of money and Pacquiao signs off on the arrangement. The surrounds would be the famed cauldron of Suncorp Stadium, where the legends of Wally Lewis and Origin snake through every blade of grass.
Glenn Rushton, Horn’s trainer and another intriguing character in this left-field sporting production that’s dropped out of the sky like a cartoon piano, feels the time is right for another fable to be written.
“I believe so ? his doubters will have egg on their face,” says Rushton, who looks like a sensei from a 1970s kung-fu movie but manages a $70 million investment fund when he’s not looking after fighters.
