Jeff Horn ran out of gas by the end of the second round against Tim Tszyu last Wednesday in Australia.
That’s the word from longtime cornerman Stephen Edwards, who could only watch as Horn took a beating, went down twice and struggled to survive eight rounds before the one-sided fight was finally stopped.
Horn evidently was not as fit as one would’ve expected him to be.
“By the end of the second round I thought Jeff was gassed,” Edwards told The Sunday Telegraph. “He got by on pure heart from that point.
“From round five onwards there were some robust discussions in our corner about where the fight was heading.”
Glenn Rushton, Horn’s trainer, has been criticized for pushing Horn to come out for the ninth round. Others in the corner – including Edwards – told the referee to stop the fight. He complied.
“Jeff had taken a lot of punishment,” Edwards said. “His legs were gone, his power was gone, his speed was gone and he had no petrol left. We were way behind on the scorecards.
“Because I care so much about Jeff I couldn’t allow him to go back out. Jeff’s a warrior and if he’d had something left he’d have told us to let him go on.”
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