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Tony Moore

Tony Moore is a senior reporter at the Brisbane Times

Suncorp Stadium could host the biggest boxing bout of the year.

Palaszczuk, Pitt meeting to decide if Brisbane to host boxing event of year

Meetings with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Sports Minister Curtis Pitt on Tuesday week will decide if a Brisbane boy bullied at school to take up boxing can fight the world's ruling welterweight champion in front of 50,000 people at Suncorp Stadium and become the world's new welterweight champion.

Drawcard: Manny Pacquiao could fill up Suncorp Stadium.

Quirky's cousin set to fight Pacquiao for world title

Brisbane is about to compete for Australian boxing's bout of the century when Brisbane's "fighting schoolteacher" Jeff Horn is confirmed on Wednesday as the contender against "legendary" world welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao in April 2017.

The 2006 Ashes series was the last sell-out seen at the Gabba.

Gabba sells out for first time since 2006 Ashes

The emerging popularity of T20 cricket and the Brisbane Heat has seen the first-ever sell-out crowd at The Gabba in 10 years since Ricky Ponting's team began their Ashes rout at The Gabba in 2006.