Erick Ochieng: I’m Going To Defend My Title In Style

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Erick Ochieng: I’m Going To Defend My Title In Style

 

Written by Gianluca Di Caro

 

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The supremely talented Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng makes the second defense

of the English Light Middleweight crown, against big punching Southern

Area Champ Ryan Toms, at Alexandra Palace this coming Saturday.

 

The mouthwatering match-up between two of the Capital’s brightest young

stars will feature on the Matchroom Sport promoted ‘London Calling’ Super

show, which is headlined by Lee ‘Lights Out’ Purdy versus unbeaten

Argentinean Gumersindo Lucas Carrasco for the vacant IBF International

Welterweight title.

 

Toms’ fearsome stoppage record - four of his last five wins came by way of

TKO finish - doesn’t appear to bother Stoke Newington’s finest one iota,

as following one of his final sparring sessions at the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym

in Canning Town, Erick stated.

 

“I’m the Champion, I’m coming to defend my title on the eighth and I’m

going to do it in style.

 

Ryan’s a good fighter, he’s a tough southpaw but we’ve got what it takes

to be successful in this fight.

 

We know he can fight and he’s got a good left hand so we’re gonna be

smart, box him, break him down, we’re going to take him to school on the

eighth and put him away.

 

I’m grateful that I always have get hard fights, I’ve never had an easy

fight in my career. Some people get easy fights, they get pampered, they

get looked after, but when they get a title shot the guy turns out to be

not what we thought he was. The tough opposition we always get just brings

the best out of me.

 

After this successful defense on the 8th September we’ll be looking for

the British or Commonwealth title, because I’m overdue, well overdue.”

 

Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng versus Ryan Toms will be one of three main

feature fights supporting Lee ‘Lights Out’ Purdy as he challenges

Gumersindo Lucas Carrasco for the vacant IBF International Welterweight

title at Alexandra Palace on Saturday 8th September 2012.

 

Co-Headlining Purdy-Carrasco on the Matchroom Sport promoted event is Tony

Bellew versus Edison Miranda for the vacant WBC International Light

Heavyweight title.

 

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[iamasadlittleboy]

I like Ochieng, his fight with Quigley is still one of the best from this year.