JEFF Horn’s multimillion-dollar world title defence against Terence Crawford could be shown on free-to-air television in Australia after his promoters confirmed the fight would take place on June 9 at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas.

Horn’s promoter Dean Lonergan said “all options’’ were now on the table but he was still negotiating with Australian telecasters Fox Sports and Main Event to televise the bout in Australia as a pay-per-view event.

Main Event is already committed on that date to showing the UFC 225 fight in Chicago between Australia’s UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker and Cuban Yoel Romero.

``Horn-Crawford will definitely be telecast in Australia but we are still working out which platform to use,’’ Lonergan said.

``Whether it is on Fox Sports, Main Event, free to air or digitally.

``Bob Arum (Horn’s American promoter) is insisting the fight go ahead on June 9 (June 10 in Australia) and he won’t budge so potentially Terence Crawford could have cost Jeff a large amount of money with his postponement of the fight because of a minor hand injury.’’

The bout, for Horn’s WBO welterweight title, was originally set for April 14 but Crawford withdrew with an injured hand which he said was not seriously damaged.

Lonergan said: ``Jeff’s fight with Manny Pacquiao generated millions in television revenue and the fight with Crawford is an even bigger fight. It will be on a Sunday afternoon in Australia and we are now trying to work out the best way to showcase it.’’

Horn will be making his US debut but in Crawford’s previous bout at the MGM Grand, he knocked down Ukraine’s Viktor Postol twice and won a lopsided decision to unify two of the junior-welterweight belts in July 2016.

``I cannot wait to get back in the ring on June 9 and win the WBO welterweight championship,” Crawford told ESPN.

``Jeff Horn and his team better be ready, because they are going to see a bigger, stronger and more powerful Terence Crawford. I am going home with that belt.”

Crawford, who is unbeaten in 32 fights, has remained at his high altitude training camp in Colorado Springs, since the injury and his trainer Brian McIntyre insists Horn will not last seven rounds.