Unable to secure a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, WBO Welterweight champion Jeff Horn will face Gary Corcoran, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
Bob Arum, who co-promotes Horn with Duco Events, said terms of the bout have been agreed to but contracts won’t be signed until the plans are finalized for the building of a temporary facility that will seat about 8,000 for the fight in Brisbane, Australia, Horn’s hometown.
“We are clearing a location in Brisbane and once that is cleared then we can go ahead with doing the fight, which will now take place in December instead of November, which is what we were originally planning,” Arum said.
Arum said the fight probably will take place on Friday night, Dec. 15, Brisbane time with an ESPN network to carry live coverage of the bout in the United States that morning as part of Top Rank’s long-term deal with the network. Brisbane is 14 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time.
