| “I’m going there to win, I see myself knocking him out!" |
LAS VEGAS (ديسمبر 10, 2018) – Upset-minded heavyweight prospect Alexander “The Great” Flores departed a week ago on a 13-hour flight from California to New Zealand to challenge former world heavyweight champion جوزيف باركر هذا السبت (Dec.15) in Christchurch, نيوزيلندا.
“Beating Parker will get me a step closer to my goal to be the first Mexican-American to become world heavyweight champion,” Flores said. “I can’t picture myself losing, not the way I feel. I’ve had a long, hard training camp for this fight. It’s really been a couple years, because some fights fell through.”
A former World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth World Heavyweight Champion, the 28-year-old Flores (17-1-1, 15 كوس) has a new lease on his pro boxing career, now promoted by Roy Jones, الابن. (RJJ) الملاكمة.
“Alex has worked hard during the past two months,” addedKeith Veltre, CEO/co-founder of Roy Jones, الابن. الملاكمة. “I truly believe Joseph Parker has no clue what he is in for with him. Like I said before, Alex is headed to New Zealand for the W, and he will leave it all in the ring. It has been a huge mistake on Parker’s part to overlook Alex.”
On a mission to become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion of the world, Flores has already had a significant first leading up to this fight versus Parker. He experienced his initial flight a few months ago to do media work in New Zealand to promote the Dec. 15 شجار.
"نعم,” Flores explained, “that was my first flight. استغرق الأمر 13 ساعات, but I slept five or six hours, so it wasn’t too bad, other than being a little cold there. New Zealand is a beautiful country. The only thing I really need to acclimate to is the 20-hour time difference.
“I’m not concerned about fighting Parker there. I know I’m the underdog, but I had to take advantage of this opportunity. We were supposed to fight November 24عشر, so I had already waited a long time for a fight like this. At the end of the day it’s just going to be me and him in the ring. I’m going there to win, I see myself knocking him out.”
باركر (24-2, 18 كوس) is coming off back-to-back losses in the United Kingdom, both by way of 12-round unanimous decisions, على التوالي, إلىديليان وايت and unified world heavyweight championأنتوني جوشوا. Parker captured the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO heavyweight world title two years ago, when he took a 12-round majority decision overآندي رويز, الابن., followed by unanimous and majority 12-round decisions, على التوالي, ضدرازفان Cojanu وHughie Fury. Ruiz and Fury were undefeated going into their fights with Parker, both ending in majority decisions and shrouded in scoring controversy.
جاءت خسارة فلوريس الوحيدة كمحترف 3 ½ years ago against former world champion تشارلز مارتن for the North American Boxing Organization (الدول المحيطة) لقب, in which Flores, who took the fight with only two weeks’ notice, تم إيقافه في الجولة الرابعة.
The powerful Flores, fighting out of Rowland Heights, كاليفورنيا, realizes Parker has never been knocked out as a pro, plus the New Zealander is fighting at home for the first time in 1 ½ سنوات, but he is not deterred from predicting a shocking conclusion.
“He’s going to get a little bit of everything from me,” Flores forcasted. “I’m a boxer-puncher, but I can press the action, or stand and punch. I’m tough to hit, too. It’s not going the distance; I’m not going down, Parker’s going down.”
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