Buffer blunder won't bother Corcoran camp
Dec 12, 2017 - 6:26 AM When famed boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer is at your weigh-in, you know you've made it as a fighter.When he gets your name wrong - not so much.
But Gary Corcoran's camp insists a rare blunder from Buffer won't be needed as motivation ahead of Wednesday night's WBO welterweight title fight against Jeff Horn.
Co-trainer Peter Stanley reckons Corcoran has been treated poorly since the moment he signed on as Horn's hand-picked challenger.
That feeling would have intensified when Buffer - known around the world for his iconic catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" - mistakenly called for Gary Gallagher to come to the scales at Tuesday's official weigh-in.
Stanley said it was water off a duck's back.
"Does it matter? He'll know his name afterwards, I promise you that - he won't forget it," he told reporters.
"Gary's a consummate pro. He's come here to fight and win. They both made weight, they're both fit.
"The only difference is Jeff's got the world title and Gary wants it."
Stanley vowed that Horn and his management would live to regret choosing Corcoran as his opponent, saying the London-based Irish traveller had been continually ignored and disregarded.
"We've been completely overlooked since we came here," he said.
"All this nonsense from the other camp saying they respect us ... they picked us. They have picked us.
"When Gary wins, who's fault's it going to be?"
Horn is heavily favoured by bookmakers to win the bout, which would lock in a tantalising match-up with unbeaten American Terence Crawford next year.
Source: AAP
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