EXCLUSIVE Gary Corcoran on fighting Manny Pacquiao conqueror Jeff Horn

Gary Corcoran

WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn, who shockingly defeated all-time great Manny Pacquiao earlier this year, is expected to fight unheralded Briton Gary Corcoran in December. โ€œThatโ€™s what I hear is happening,โ€ president of Top Rank Todd DuBoef said.

Corcoran himself is already preparing. โ€œIโ€™ve been training the last few weeks,โ€ Gary told Boxing News. โ€œIโ€™ll be ready.

โ€œIf itโ€™s the world title or the British title, Iโ€™ll take it. Iโ€™m just waiting.โ€

Corcoran relishes the shot at Jeff Horn. He believes the Australian is the most vulnerable of the welterweight world champions. โ€œWe donโ€™t know how he ranks against other fighters. I think heโ€™s very limited with skills. Out of Errol Spence, Thurman and all them fellas, I think heโ€™s the most limited of the lot of them. He could be the easiest one of the lot of them,โ€ Gary said. โ€œI donโ€™t think it was a very good Pacquiao. I donโ€™t think Pacquiaoโ€™s the same fighter he used to be. But he still beat a good fighter in Pacquiao. Heโ€™s a come forward fighter, I really do feel I can beat him. I have the style to beat him. 100% I have the style to beat him.

โ€œItโ€™ll be fireworks. Itโ€™s going to be a good fight.โ€

Corcoran acknowledges he is fortunate to be in contention for this fight, but that wouldnโ€™t stop him seizing the opportunity. โ€œI didnโ€™t think my name would be down for that [a possible world title shot] straightaway. I was hoping to get the British title shot. I was hoping to get the British, whatever they offered me. So fingers crossed, you never know what can happen if this sport. If they offer me a world title, Iโ€™ll be on it. Iโ€™ll be on it for that fight,โ€ he said.

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โ€œItโ€™s so close. My last five or six fights, I fought a lot of unbeaten fighters. I slipped up against Liam Williams at light-middleweight. I was always inbetween weights at that weight but I always knew I could beat him. Listen, it was his day, he beat me, fair enough. But I will have my day now hopefully. Hopefully I will get some big titles and I will win. I think I can do some damage at this weight. And then one day I will eventually move back to light-middle.โ€

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