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Pacquiao's Aussie trainer dismisses Horn

Will Jeff Horn be overshadowed by his far more famous opponent?

​Manny Pacquiao's Australian conditioning coach believes Jeff Horn will be consumed by nerves the moment he walks out in front of 50,000 people at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.

Pacquiao's camp predict early end for Horn

Niceties over: Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn face off at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday.

The trainer and key adviser of the Filipino WBO welterweight champion have dismissed Jeff Horn as an easy kill who will be spectacularly knocked out early in their title fight on Sunday.

Pacquiao has flicked the switch ahead of Horn bout

Ready: Manny Pacquiao trains at the Police and Citizens Youth Club gym on Tuesday.

The WBO welterweight champion has gone into fight mode ahead of his bout with Jeff Horn on Sunday, giving little away in his media workout and promising he has done more than enough work to dispose of the Australian challenger.

Horn's 10-point plan to beat Pacquiao

Jeff Horn (left) trains with Glenn Ruston during a training session in Brisbane, on Monday.

​Jeff Horn's trainer Glenn Rushton has cooked up a confidential 10-point plan he says can guide the former schoolteacher to a famous victory over Manny Pacquiao.

Legend Arum says Horn poised to be star in US

Bob Arum has a stake in both fighters.

Top Rank Promotions supremo says the world will be at the feet of Jeff Horn if he pushes Manny Pacquiao to the brink – or even wins – when he challenges for the WBO welterweight belt on Sunday.

Conor McGregor will be outboxed, but maybe not outpunched

Conor McGregor felled Jose Aldo with one spectacular punch just 13 seconds into their UFC bout in 2015.

With the mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally official, two possibilities quickly emerged on Thursday: Oddsmakers and analysts are either greatly underestimating McGregor's chances in the ring or the mixed martial arts champion just might be underestimating the task in front of him.

Featherweight still in coma after knockout

Daniel Franco (left, pictured fighting in 2016) is still in a coma.

Featherweight Daniel Franco remained in a coma in hospital on Sunday, a day after being knocked out by Jose Haro in the main event of a boxing card at the WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa.