The Hornet: from Bullied Schoolboy to World Champion

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"One of the most remarkable stories in Australian sporting history ... The story of Jeff Horn reads like a fairytale. It's the story of a boy who, slapped around by bullies, saw through tears in his eyes a vision of himself as a hero, a champ, someone other people might one day look up to. Eleven years earlier, Horn had been targeted by bullies outside his high school and ordered to his knees. He refused to go down then and at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium on 2 July 2017, he refused to go down again. The battle between the humble Brisbane schoolteacher and one of the greatest boxers of all time, Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao, drew a record crowd to the stadium and a global audience of hundreds of millions. In the end, the Aussie underdog prevailed in one of the most incredible upsets in sporting history. But the fight was decided not amid the roar in the vast arena so much as in the chambers of Jeff Horn's heart, where the essence of his character lives with blood and fire beside his steel backbone. Jeff Horn's journey to victory will resonate with anyone who has ever felt downhearted or dejected, anyone who has ever been an outsider. It's the revenge of the nerd, the rise of the geek, the coronation of the wimpy kid who once spent his lunchtime in the library to avoid the tough guys. The now millionaire boxer's message is simple: never give up on your dreams, because if you push through tough times, amazing things can happen. Through his rise from the pit of despair to global sporting fame, Jeff Horn has proved to the whole world that anything is possible. Anything."--