Former World champion Jeff Horn gained revenge in spectacular style in his middleweight title rematch with Michael Zerafa
, the Queenslander defeating the Melbourne based Zerafa on a majority points decision after flooring the Victorian twice in an epic ninth round to seal the triumph.The Reckoning: Jeff Horn is declared winner of the middleweight boxing clash against Michael Zerafa at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Even though he sustained a first round cut - possibly from a clash of heads as the pair frequently came into close contact - Horn kept hustling and crowding forward while Zerafa looked to keep him at bay with his nine-centimetre reach advantage.Zerafa strengthened in the contest as he began to find his range in the third round, the pair tangling and trading blows. The Melbourne fighter tried to find his flow, keeping his distance and looking to pick Horn off as he charged in.
By the end of the fifth, at the halfway point, Horn had seized the initiative. Could he keep it going? Horn stuck fast, moving aggressively and not allowing Zerafa to control the distance and pace of the fight as he had done in Bendigo.
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