SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Jeff Horn retained his WBO welterweight world title by technical knockout when Briton Gary Corcoran's corner threw in the towel in the 11th round of their contest in Brisbane on Wednesday.
Horn, a former schoolteacher, won the title by beating multi-division world champion Manny Pacquiao at Brisbane's Lang Park in July and improved his record to 18-0-1 in the more confined space of the city's convention centre.
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