Horn has big bash with little brother
JEFF Horn punched his little brother Ben in the face yesterday as hard as he could and then hit him again.
Much to his delight Ben returned serve, hitting the former world welterweight champion in a fiery assault.
There was not too much brotherly love at Horn’s Stretton Gym yesterday in their closed sparring session.
The siblings went at each other for four hard rounds as Jeff finished his final sparring session ahead of next Friday’s River City Rumble against Anthony Mundine at Suncorp Stadium.
Horn did 12 rounds in preparation for the big fight, going to war with four more rounds against former Australian amateur champ Nathan Webber and four with the hard as nails Adrian Rodriguez.
But his heaviest punches were reserved for his younger brother as their sibling rivalry reached a new level.
Ben, 29, who had 16 amateur fights, will make his professional debut on the HornMundine undercard against Townsville’s Lachlan O’Shea.
Their father Jeff Sr says Ben has the talent to emulate his brother’s success and yesterday as the pair slugged away at trainer Glenn Rushton’s gym, Ben was treating the spar like his very own world title shot.
“They’ve been best mates and rivals ever since they were kids,’’ Jeff Sr said. “And Ben always lifts a gear when he spars with Jeff because he has a point to prove.”
When not hitting each other, the Horn brothers are best mates and as Jeff roared towards victory against Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium last year Ben was firing the rocket underneath him as the chief cornerman.