What is Jeff Horn?
[[File:Queenslander Jeff Horn (34944270363).jpg|thumb|220px|Horn in July 2017]] '''Jeffrey Christopher Horn Jr.''' (born 4 February 1988) is an [[Australia]]n [[professional boxer]]. He held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[welterweight]] title from 2017 to 2018. He was an [[amateur]] boxer for Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. He reached the [[light welterweight]] quarter-finals at the Olympics. In July 2017, he beat [[Manny Pacquiao]] for the WBO welterweight title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/jul/02/manny-pacquiao-v-jeff-horn-wbo-welterweight-world-title-fight-live|title=Jeff Horn stuns Manny Pacquiao in WBO welterweight world title fight – as it happened|author=Gallo, DJ|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 July 2017|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> He lost the title to [[Terence Crawford]] in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.au/boxing/story/_/id/23749190/terence-crawford-beats-jeff-horn-tko-9th-round|title=Terence Crawford stops Jeff Horn by TKO to claim welterweight world title|date=10 June 2018|author=Rafael, Dan|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> He also won against [[Anthony Mundine]] in 96 seconds via first round [[knockout]] on 30 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/boxing/jeff-horn-finishes-anthony-mundine-s-career-with-first-round-tko-20181130-p50jj2.html|title='Better man' Jeff Horn retires Anthony Mundine with left hook|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Lutton, Phil|date=1 December 2018|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> Horn was born in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. He was a [[school]] [[teacher]] before becoming a pro boxer. He married Joanna in September 2014. Their daughter was born in December 2017. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Boxrec}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Jeff}} [[Category:1988 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian boxers]] [[Category:Australian educators]] [[Category:Olympians for Australia]] [[Category:People from Brisbane