By Akeem Lawal
NIGERIA boxer, Aliu Bamidele
Lasisi (12-0-KO8) has promised to stop Nicaraguan Ricardo Blandon (10-1-KO6) in
Round 7 of their WBC International Super-Flyweight title fight scheduled to
hold at the Emirate Golf Club, Dubai, UAE on Friday night.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that Lasisi
was initially billed to take on Keyvin Francisco Lara but the Nicaragua was
replaced due to hand injury he sustained during training.
The Dubai-based boxer, who
defeated Mchanja Yohana of Tanzania to win the WBC International Silver Super
Flyweight title at the famous Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra, Ghana in December last
year, hopes seizing the vacant WBC International super-flyweight crown in Dubai
leads to a swift world title shot.
In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com after performing the mandatory weigh-in on Thursday, Lasisi said, “My target
for this fight is to beat Ricardo Blandon and bring the title fans in Nigeria.
My plan is to stop Ricardo in round 7. Blandon is a good fighter but he cannot
stop me. I will make him be my 13 fight win Insha Allah.
“I had good preparations as
I camped at The Gym Boxing in Accra under trainer Coach Adama, the head coach
of the gym. My camping in Ghana gave me more motivation and great sparring. The
camping was fun as I met the IBF world champion Richard Commey, Joshua Clottey
and the great former world champion, Azumah Nelson.
“Changing of my opponent
many times does not in any way affect my preparation or weigh me down. I was
initially focused on Lara but he pull out due to injury but I believe in my
hard work in Ghana. I am not scared of any opponent they bring for me,” he told Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com.
The Aliu vs Blandon 12
rounds clash is one of the headline fights of the “Fight DXB Uncovered Show”,
which will see 22 countries being represented, 22 exceptional professional
boxers in 11 hotly anticipated fights.
The event is presented by
Ahmed A. Seddiqi’s Round 10 Boxing Club in association with international
boxing powerhouse MTK Global.
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