“I have been in New York all the time, just ticking over, as I didn’t want to travel anywhere in case restrictions came into place and I got stuck somewhere due to the pandemic.Obviously it was difficult for everyone and even the headline bout fell over at the weigh-in as I think it was Joe Smith Jr. That bout was tough, and the Ghanaian remains his own harshest critic. And since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has continued working towards reclaiming a portion of the world title, knocking out Jackson Marinez back in February 2021. Image: Mikey Williams/Top RankĬommey, speaking to Boxing Social with the assistance of his long-time manager, Michael Amoo-Bediako, views New York City as his temporary home after training with Andre Rozier and his Team Havoc gym for the peak years of his career. Styles makes fights, so I think this will be an intriguing battle.” Commey faces Lomachenko (above) on December 11 in New York. He had a stellar amateur career and since turning pro, has won world titles in three different weights, so yes, he can be classed as one of the pound-for-pound greats of this generation. A lot has been said about Lomachenko, and rightly so. Everyone calls out Lomachenko, but no one calls me out, it’s not been easy getting fights and my team have worked hard in getting me this opportunity. I first heard rumours about the fight around July, I believe. “I would say that I’m the most avoided fighter in the lightweight division.
That task doesn’t hold any fear for the underdog, who believes that he is the division’s true bogeyman. In just a month’s time, the fighter who walked through the lunch hall of an Accra prison to reach the ring will stride through Madison Square Garden for the second time in his remarkable career, squaring off against boxing’s recently solved Rubik’s cube, Vasiliy Lomachenko. “It’s your typical Ghana venue: no roof, just a ring in the middle of a courtyard.”
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Also on the card, hot heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson (11-0, 11 KOs) of Toledo, Ohio, is scheduled to face Miljan Rovcanin (24-2, 16 KOs) of Serbia in a 10-round bout.Įrnesto Mercado vs.“It belongs to the Ghana Prison Service and it’s their canteen area hence why it’s called Prison’s Canteen,” opens former IBF world lightweight champion, Richard Commey, discussing the venue for his first three professional fights. He stopped Jackson Marinez in six rounds between those fights. He was knocked out in two rounds by Teofimo Lopez in December 2019. He’s coming off a wide unanimous decision loss to Lomachenko last December, the 35-year-old Ghanaian’s second defeat in his past three fights. Commey is a former lightweight champ with elite punching power who is moving up to 140 pounds for this fight. He is known for his excellent skill set and experience in big fights. The Puerto Rican lost his lightweight title to Vasiliy Lomachenko by a one-sided decision in 2018. That setback snapped a winning streak at three fights.
Pedraza, a 33-year-old former two-division (130 and 135) beltholder, was competitive against talented Jose Ramirez but lost a unanimous decision in his most-recent fight in March. Background: Pedraza and Commey are both 30-somethings trying to rebound from losses and remain in the hunt for a major title.
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