ORANGE, כגון (ספטמבר 28, 2020) – Former super bantamweight world champion, Danny Roman (28-3-1, 10 קוס), has his sights on challenging newly crowned WBC Champion Luis Nery (31-0, 24 קוס) after his recent unanimous decision over חואן קרלוס פייאנו (21-4, 9 קוס). Roman defeated Payano by scores of 116-112 across the board in a WBC title elimination bout, putting him next in line to challenge Nery, who defeated previously unbeaten Aaron Alameda (25-1, 13 קוס) by way of a twelve round unanimous decision, to capture the vacant WBC belt.
“After defeating Payano, my focus has shifted to challenging Luis Nery for the WBC title.” said Roman, שמקודם על ידי מבצעי תומפסון אגרוף. “I am now the mandatory challenger to fight Nery and I believe that fight can be made easily, since we are both fighting on SHOWTIME with the PBC. Luis Nery is a true warrior, as am I, and I’ll be ready to fight him anytime, בכל מקום. Nery is a very gifted fighter and I think that fight will be fan friendly with both of us leaving everything in the ring.”
בנוסף, Roman has unfinished business to settle with IBF/WBA champion,מורוד'ון אחמדאלייב (8-0, 6 קוס) after he lost a close split decision in their world championship bout that took place in January of this year. Roman relinquished his IBF and WBA titles that night.
“I want a rematch with Murodjon Akhmadaliev as I believe I won that fight,” Roman continued. “When you fight champion for his titles, you must win convincingly, and I don’t think Akhmadaliev did enough that night, but the judges thought differently. I graciously took the defeat with class, but it didn’t feel right. I want to avenge my loss.”
לבסוף, if a fight cannot be made with Nery or Akhmadaliev, רומן רוצה אלוף WBO, אנג'לו ליאו (20-9 קוס). בהתקף האחרון שלו, ליאו כבש את תואר העולם הפנוי ב- WBO עם הופעה דומיננטית מול המתמודד שלא היה מנוצח בעבר, טרמיין וויליאמס (19-1, 6 קוס).
"אנג'לו ליאו, שמחזיק בתואר ה- WBO, הוא אלוף העולם האחר שאני רוצה לאתגר,"סיכם רומן. "ליאו הוא עוד לוחם גדול שמביא התרגשות בכל פעם שהוא נלחם, ואני יודע אם נלך לקרב, זה יהיה מאבק נפיץ. לפני ההפסד שלי לאחמדאליב, שש שנים הייתי ללא הפסד. אני מוכן להיות אלוף עולם שוב. "
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