Australian bettors are practically not giving their very own fighter Jeff Horn a chance to upset Manny Pacquiao should their world welterweight title fight become a reality.
The betting line has Pacquiao at -1200 and the unbeaten Horn, a schoolteacher by daytime, at +600. These figures mean that a bettor must put in A$1,200 to win A$120 in the event of a Pacquiao win, while one who picks Horn to win will bring home A$600 for a A$100 bet.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum is still in the process of negotiating with Australian stakeholders in bringing the fight to Horn?s hometown of Brisbane, where the 52,500-seat Suncorp Stadium is located.
However, the fight could move to the Middle East in the event that Abu Dhabi comes up with a better deal than Australia.
Horn has a 16-0-1 win-loss-draw record with 11 KOs but is a complete unknown outside Australia and New Zealand.
Pacquiao, the record-holding eight-division world champion, soundly beat Jessie Vargas in his last fight in November in Las Vegas.
The Courier-Journal came out with a story two weeks ago saying that New Zealand-based Duco Promotions, which has Horn under its banner, has reached an agreement with Australian government officials to hold the fight Down Under.
But Arum and Team Pacquiao remain non-committal and are waiting for a counter offer from Middle East promoter.
