November 22, 2024

Horn vs Mundine: Fighters make weight for Brisbane clash

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 29: Jeff Horn and Anthony Mundine face off during the official Weigh In ahead of the 'River City Rumble' at Suncorp Stadium on November 29, 2018 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images)

Friday’s fight is set.

Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images

Jeff Horn and Anthony Mundine are good to go for Friday’s big fight in Brisbane, Australia, where they’ll finally meet after months of back-and-forth talking.

Horn (18-1-1, 12 KO) is moving up from welterweight for the catchweight showdown, and actually came in the heavier of the two, at 155½ pounds. The 43-year-old Mundine (48-8, 28 KO), the naturally larger man who has fought as high as light heavyweight, weighed in at 154¾.

As you might expect, they did a bit of last-minute salesmanship for the fight, with the often controversial Mundine shoving Horn as they faced off, before the scuffle was quickly broken up.

Horn, 30, rose to international prominence with a debated win over Manny Pacquiao in the summer of 2017, but is coming off of a one-sided loss to Terence Crawford in June. Mundine has lost two of his last three and three of his last five — and one of the wins was controversial — but he’s coming off of a second round knockout of Tommy Browne in January.

Horn-Mundine will stream live on ESPN+ in the United States, and we’ll be here on Friday morning with live coverage.

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