Horn has ‘10-point plan’ to upset Pacquiao
brisbane — Australian challenger Jeff Horn has a 10-point plan to upset legendary Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight, his trainer said on Monday.
Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 knockouts) is one of the greats of his generation and a strong favourite to overcome the unbeaten Horn at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. But trainer Glenn Rushton said he has watched hours of the “Pac Man’s” previous fights and is confident of having the blueprint to cause a major upset.
“I have no doubt this is going to be a much better fight than we’ve seen against (Floyd) Mayweather, even (Jessie) Vargas and (Timothy) Bradley,” Rushton told reporters. “I think we’ve eliminated all of the problems that a lot of these fighters have had.
“I’ve got a 10-point plan and
This is going to be a much better fight than we’ve seen against Mayweather, even Vargas and Bradley Glenn Rushton
Jeff is the only person who has that 10-point plan. I said to him, follow the plan and we win the fight, simple as that.”
Former schoolteacher Horn, 29, who has won 16 of his 17 bouts with one draw, said he has been going over Rushton’s plans and knew them almost off by heart. “It’s a plan I’ve heard him speak to me about 1,000 times. It’s perfectly worded,” he said.
“Reading over it is just like listening to him talk to me in the ring. What he’s written down is spot on and I can get the job done if I follow it 100 percent.