Ghana's Richard Commey has fired a salvo ahead of his highly anticipated IBF World lightweight fight against America’s Alejandro Luna.
Richard Commey (25-2, 22 KOs) is brimming with confidence he is going to defeat Alejandro Luna (22-0, 15 Kos) on March 10th in Texas, USA.
Commey will be facing Luna in an IBF World lightweight eliminator and the clash will be his second pro fight in USA.
Luna comes into the fight with an unblemished record since trning professional in 2010.
The winner will fight IBF World lightweight belt holder Robert Easter Jr.
But Commey who lost to Easter Jr. in 2016, is confidence he will clear Luna cannot stand on his way.
“Luna is undefeated and he has 15 KOs, he is the kind of guy who likes to come forward but he has never face a guy like myself,” Commey said in an interview with Last Call radio Show in USA.
“It is going to be a good fight, for me i just want to fight because i want to fight Robert Easter again and what i have to do i must do it to fight Robert Easter again.
"Luna has never face a guy like me so once we get in there he will see who Richard Commey is.”
In September 2016, Commey fought Easter for the IBF World lightweight belt but he lost via disputed split decision.
He fought Denis Shafikov four months later in an IBF World lightweight eliminator, again he lost courtesy a controversial split decision.
The James Town native then returned to the ring in March 2017 and unanimously defeated Hedi Slimani to win the WBC international silver lightweight belt.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s Richard Commey’s has completed his photo shoot for this Saturday’s clash against Alejandro Luna in Texas, USA.
The photo shoot came off on Thursday morning (USA time) in Texas.
The fight will be televised by Show Time and it is mandatory for every boxer on the card to go through the photo shoot.
By Fiifi Abdul malik/ghanaguardian.com
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