Nutley, NJ (Lub yim hli ntuj 27, 2015)— Heavyweight Cov txwj laus Visine yuav tsum tau nrhiav nws 2nd sib law liag yeej thaum nws yuav siv sij hawm rau Joey Dawejko nyob rau hauv ib tug 8-round bout uas yuav yog ib feem ntawm ib tug ShoBox: Tus Tshiab Genration card tag kis hmo ntuj nyob rau ntawm lub D Hotel thiab Twv txiaj yuam pov nyob rau hauv Las Vegas. (11pm ET/PT rau Showtime)
Visinia yog co-nce los ntawm GH3 Promotions thiab thaum kawg lub rooj sab laj Promotions.
Visinia yog los tawm ib tug 4 puag ncig stoppage tshaj Yausua Clark rau Tej zaum 13 nyob rau hauv Hollywood, California.
Cov uas yeej, lub 30 xyoo-laus los ntawm Clinton, Illinois tsa nws tus cim rau 11-1 nrog 9 knockouts.
Feem ntau cov kiv cua twb qhia rau Visinia thaum nws tiv thaiv yav tas los ob-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb champion Steve “USS” Cunningham rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 18, 2014. That fight was Visnia’s only career blemish as he was stopped in seven rounds in a fight that in hindsight he should not have competed in.
“Muaj yog ib tug ntau mus rau ib ncig ntawm lub kev sib ntaus. It is well known that my trainer, Charles Bereal mam li nco dheev dhau mus lawm los ntawm ib tug plawv nres cia li yim hnub ua ntej qhov kev sib ntaus,” hais tias Visnia.
Thaum nug hais tias nws muaj nws ua tag nrho cov tshaj dua, Visinia tej zaum yuav muaj tsis tau ploj mus nrog txoj kev sib ntaus.
“Kuv kawm nyob rau hauv boxing hais tias nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom tshem tau cov cai txoj kev. I am now fighting my 2nd top-25 guy. At the point of the Cunningham fight, Kuv twb tsis muaj ua lag ua luam nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib ntaus.” Hais tias, Kuv puas tau kawm tau ntau yam nyob rau hauv uas sib ntaus. I saw that I missed a lot of shots and my hands were low. I also knew, Kuv yuav tsum tau txiav tawm lub nplhaib zoo. But I have had a lot of top notch sparring and I know I have corrected all that. I went int camps in Big Bear, California nrog Charles Martin thiab Andrey Fedosov.”
Tam sim no nws zoo li lub showdown nrog Dawejko, uas yog lwm sib ntaus uas yog tsis ib qho zoo tagnrho qhov teeb meem no raws li nws tau ua zoo phooj ywg nrog nws tus nrog sib ntaus.
“Kuv tau ua zoo phooj ywg nrog Joey. We met a couple years ago as we were both in a Wladimir Klitschko camp. We continue to communicate on social media but going into the fight it is normal business.”
Tiv thaiv Dawejko, Visinia will have a size advantage and this is something he believes could be the difference in his favor.
“I will definitely have a reach advantage and I plan to utilize it. My power and he is a tough little scrapper, nws yuav tsum tau ua rau ib tug kev lom zem kev sib ntaus los saib.”
“Kuv zoo siab tau lwm lub sijhawm rau lub teb chaws TV. People have been wondering what I have been up to as it is tough finding fights. I have been training for the last six months. There have been several big names that are ahead of me in the rankings that have turned down fights, li ntawd kuv thiaj zoo siab rau lub sij hawm no.”
GH3 Promotions nta undefeated Middleweight Antoine Douglas, Super Middleweight lub Jerry Odom & Derrick Webster, undefeated Super Bantamweight Adas Lopez li zoo raws li Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight zus John Thompson, Jr., undefeated Welterweight lub Jerrell Harris & Keenan Smith,undefeated Super lightweight Bienvenido Diaz, Heavyweight Natu Visinia, Lub teeb Heavyweight Lavarn Harvell, Jr. Hnav O'Shanique Foster & Super Middleweight Andrew Hernandez rau lub GH3 Promotions ruaj khov.
