{"id":959,"date":"2021-08-11T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=959"},"modified":"2021-08-11T09:40:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:40:17","slug":"any-vulnerability-from-bolotniks-and-ill-take-him-out-says-buatsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"ANY VULNERABILITY FROM BOLOTNIKS AND I’LL TAKE HIM OUT SAYS BUATSI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Joshua Buatsi <\/strong>has vowed to pass his first big test in style as he faces Ricards Bolotniks<\/strong>at the third and final weekend of Fight Camp this Saturday August 14, live worldwide on DAZN<\/strong>. 

Buatsi (14-0 12 KOs) puts his WBA International Light-Heavyweight Title on the line in a fight that could catapult the winner into a World Title fight before the end of the year, with both fighters highly ranked across the governing bodies.

Fans and pundits have been waiting patiently for the 2016 Olympic bronze medal man to be tested after cruising to 14-0 and putting his opponents away in style, the latest being a huge KO of the year candidate win over Daniel Dos Santos in May in Manchester, a stunning right hook in the fourth round flooring the unbeaten Frenchman in Buatsi\u2019s first fight with new trainer Virgil Hunter.

Bolotniks is in great form himself having won the MTK Golden Contract in December after wins over Steven Ward, Hosea Burton and Serge Michel, and the Latvian has been bullish in his belief that he will stop Buatsi\u2019s rise.

The likeable Londoner has never involved himself in a war of words before a fight, but the switch will be flicked when he steps between the ropes and promises to come through his sternest test with flying colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople have been asking for me to step up and here we are,\u201d said Buatsi<\/strong>. \u201cI know what I have got to do, if it gets tough, I still know what I need to do. I\u2019ve covered all bases in camp, so I am ready, so tune in and you\u2019ll see.

\u201cIt\u2019s part of the game and I understand it and it\u2019s a compliment that people want to see me in with better competition. It\u2019s natural for people to want to see and that\u2019s what is next in line, so it\u2019s down to me to handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw him box in the Golden Contract final, but it was just one round and a bit of him against Hosea Burton, and that\u2019s it. I\u2019ve always said that it\u2019s about improving myself as a fighter and covering all angles and aspects of myself and once I do that, I feel that I can do that with anyone put int front of me.

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to a lot, it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve boxed in front of fans so that\u2019s going to be great, it\u2019s the main event against a good opponent, we\u2019re both ranked highly, we\u2019ve both got winning streaks and believe we\u2019ll win. I\u2019ll be there for every round and if I sense any vulnerability from Bolotniks it’s game over, I’ll take him out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s boxing, outside the ring you be cool, be calm, be nice, but inside the ring, you handle business. When I fight, I must put it all on the line because people say, \u2018Joshua Buatsi is a nice guy\u2019, but if I boxed in a nice way, people wouldn\u2019t care. If you are a big character that\u2019s loud and trash talks, the performance doesn\u2019t matter as much in a way, but I am not like that, so I am aware my performances must do that talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were aiming for three fights this year, May, August, and the winter. So, the stakes are high, but I will go in with whomever the team puts in front of me, that\u2019s for them, as long as I prepare I\u2019m good, because when you step in the ring there\u2019s no turning back. This is a very dangerous sport, so you have to make sure you are on it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buatsi vs. Bolotniks tops a huge night of action, Joe Cordina<\/strong> (12-0, 7 KOs) returns in a ten round Lightweight clash with Joshuah Hernandez <\/strong>(10-3, 8 KOs), Portsmouth’s Michael McKinson<\/strong> (20-0, 2 KOs) defends his WBO Welterweight Title against Przemyslaw Runowski <\/strong>(19-1, 5 KOs), Hopey Price<\/strong> (4-0, 1 KO) meets Claudio Grande<\/strong> (5-0, 3 KOs) in a six round Super-Bantamweight contest, Glasgow’s Kash Farooq<\/strong> (15-1, 6 KOs) clashes with Luis Gerardo Castillo <\/strong>(28-2, 18 KOs) for the WBC International Bantamweight Title, the USA’s Raymond Ford<\/strong> (8-0-1, 4 KOs) meets Watford’s Reece Bellotti <\/strong>(14-4, 12 KOs) for the vacant WBA Continental Featherweight Title and Manchester Super-Featherweight Zelfa Barrett <\/strong>(25-1, 15 KOs) joins the card as a late addition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joshua Buatsi has vowed to pass his first big test in style as he faces Ricards Bolotniksat the third and final weekend<\/p>\n

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