Custio Clayton for Interim IBF Welterweight Title
Live auf Showtime® Samstag, Oktober 24 Headlining a
Premier Boxing Champions Event
NEW YORK (Oktober 20, 2020) – Even with a change in date and then opponent, Ex-Weltmeister Sergey Lipinets remains supremely confident in his training camp and overall preparations as he prepares to take on unbeaten Custio Clayton for the Interim IBF Welterweight Title live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, Oktober 24 (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT) headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.
“We never missed a beat in preparation, even with the opponent change,Sagte Lipinets. “My fight with Kudratillo Abdukakhorov was on and off for so long that I already had an idea that he was going to be forced to back out, so I wasn’t shocked. ist mir egal, obwohl. Whoever I have to fight I’m ready to fight, so I didn’t consider backing out of fighting for even one second.”
Lipinets credits his trainer, the renowned Joe Goossen, for helping his fighter mentally through the changes, in addition to the physical training they have undertook heading into the fight.
“Having Joe Goossen is like having a psychiatrist as well as a trainer,Sagte Lipinets. “He’s been extremely helpful about how to approach all of this. Joe helped me stay calm and understand that something good can always come from a bad or difficult situation, und deshalb, Ich habe nie den Fokus verloren. “
Clayton ist ein kanadischer Olympiasieger mit einem makellosen Pro-Lebenslauf in diesem Showdown. Während Lipinets feststellt, dass es Unterschiede in den Kampfstilen zwischen Abdukakhorov und Clayton gibt, nichts davon ändert seine Absicht im Oktober 24.
„Ich weiß, dass Clayton einen großartigen Amateur-Hintergrund hat,Sagte Lipinets. "Ich habe seinen Stil überprüft, und der Hauptunterschied ist, dass Abdukakhorov aktiver und Clayton genauer ist. Abdukakhorov ist auch etwas aggressiver und Clayton ist geduldiger.
"Ich denke nicht, dass einer härter oder einfacher ist als der andere. Ich denke, dass jeder, der auf diesem Level kämpft, ein schwieriger Gegner ist. Abdukakhorov bewegt sich mehr und kann mit den verschiedenen Stilen, die er verwendet, unangenehmer sein. Beide sind sehr harte Jungs, but I’m ready for Clayton and focused only on him at this point.”
Despite his sole focus on Clayton, Lipinets knows that this fight brings a big opportunity to make a loud proclamation to the rest of the stacked welterweight division with a big performance to capture the interim IBF title.
“I’m prepared to make one statement – I belong here,Sagte Lipinets. “I want to fight the best. I want to make my imprint on this sport and build my legacy. I’ve had to do it the hard way, but I’m not complaining. I fought for my first championship in just my 13th Profi-Kampf. I believe that I belong right there at the top of this sport. People need to start mentioning my name with the top guys and after this fight they’ll have to. You can’t look past me anymore.”
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ABOUT LIPINETS VS. CLAYTON
Lipinets vs. Clayton will see former world champion Sergey Lipinets face unbeaten Custio Clayton for the Interim IBF Welterweight Title headlining action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, Oktober 24 von der Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in einem Fall von Premier Boxing Champions vorgestellt.
Die Showtime Boxing: SPECIAL EDITION telecast will begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT and will see undefeated contender Xavier Martínez battle hard-hitting Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero in a 12-round WBA Super Featherweight Title Eliminator in the co-main event. Rising super lightweight Malik “Iceman” Hawkins will duel knockout artist Subriel Matías in a 10-round showdown to kick off the televised action.
Die Veranstaltung wird von TGB Promotions beworben, Lee Baxter Promotions and Mayweather Promotions.
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