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Joshua Buatsi and Richard Bolotniks Final Press Conference ahead of their WBA International Light-Heavyweight Title fight on saturday. 12 August 2021 Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Chairman:<\/strong>

\u201cWell good afternoon, the final week of Fight Camp this Saturday live and exclusively on DAZN around the world as we close out with a tremendous card with some of the biggest names and stars in world boxing headlined by an incredible fight. Joshua Buatsi against Ricards Bolotniks in what is a WBA Light-Heavyweight World Title Eliminator. A tremendous card.\u201d 

Joshua Buatsi \u2013 Croydon, England \u2013 14-0, 12 KOs \u2013 fighting Ricards Bolotniks in a WBA Light-Heavyweight World Title Eliminator:<\/strong>

\u201cThis is it, Eddie. This is the fight. You\u2019ve been eager to make it happen from early on and when this was offered to my team we said yeah straight away. It\u2019s a good fight, the ring outside looks good, I\u2019m looking forward to it.
 
\u201cThat\u2019s good for me, I\u2019ve said it before we can go into there to box, with a strategy, but sometimes you\u2019re going to have to fight, sometimes the tactics will go out the window and it\u2019s man against main. We\u2019ll see what happens and how it goes, but I\u2019ll be prepared, I\u2019ve covered all aspects, I\u2019m ready.
 
\u201cIt will be a good gauge to see where I\u2019m at, I think a good performance from my myself with give you the green light to get the belt. Either way I\u2019ll be prepared.\u201d
 
Ricards Bolotniks \u2013 Riga, Latvia \u2013 18-5-1, 8 KOs \u2013 fighting Joshua Buatsi in a WBA Light-Heavyweight World Title Eliminator:<\/strong>\u201cI wanted this fight straight after the Golden Contract, and now I\u2019m here and I\u2019m so happy. I\u2019m ready for Saturday, and I am only here for the victory.\u201cBuatsi is a big star here and a good boxer. He\u2019s strong and tough, and I want a street fight with him. In Latvia I was always fighting on the street. Boxing is more professional, but I want a war and I\u2019m sure me and Buatsi will have a massive fight.\u201cI\u2019m focused on Saturday, but after this of course I want the World Title. I have the perfect team around me, and this is the right time.\u201dJoe Cordina \u2013 Cardiff, Wales \u2013 12-0, 7 KOs \u2013 fighting Joshuah Hernandez in ten round International Lightweight contest: <\/strong>
 
\u201cWe were scheduled to fight at the end of August in LA, obviously that didn\u2019t happen, the opportunity came up to fight here at Fight Camp and I haven\u2019t fought here yet. It\u2019s something I wanted to tick off my list, so I jumped at it with both hands, Tony and I both said 100%. We had a list of opponents and wanted to pick the hardest. Joshuah Hernandez is 10-3 but those three loses are little blips. He\u2019s a tough opponent and I\u2019m looking forward to it.
 
\u201cAs we\u2019ve said in previous press conference and since I started boxing, my aim is to be a World Champion and that\u2019s what I plan on doing. Obviously Joshuah Hernandez is in my way and he\u2019s trying to stop me, I just need to get through Saturday night and if I\u2019m going to go on, challenge and win World Titles I\u2019ve got to beat people like Joshuah. He\u2019s a very good opponent and his record doing show how good he is.
 
\u201cThe cycle before us like Kal Yafai four years on he went on to win a World Title, same as Callum Smith. This time around the boys and girls have finished the Olympics and now it\u2019s our time \u2013 don\u2019t get me wrong I\u2019m a couple of fights away but we\u2019re in touching distance. I\u2019m there, I can see it, feel it, and I just want to get closer and closer. Saturday night I need to beat Joshuah Hernandez to get that little bit closer to my dream which is to become a World Champion.\u201d

Joshuah Hernandez \u2013 New Jersey, USA \u2013 10-3, 8 KOs \u2013 fighting Joe Cordina in ten round International Lightweight contest: <\/strong>

“I stay ready, I stay prepared, in the gym working on my mental and physical strengths. I feel ready to go, the past is the past, my record isn\u2019t pretty, but it is what it is. If you do your research, the only person to beat me is Chris Colbert, I should be 12-1. It is what it is, I\u2019m here to prove a point.
 
\u201cGod doesn\u2019t make mistakes, I\u2019m a man of faith and coming off work I\u2019m a schoolteacher. Once the school year ended, normally I pick up a job for summer, but I just felt like a had a blessing coming my way. I spoke to my family and said I\u2019m not going to work this summer, I\u2019m going to focus on the sport, focus on boxing and here we are. I\u2019m blessed and I\u2019m ready.\u201d

Michael McKinson \u2013 Portsmouth, England \u2013 20-0, 2 KOs \u2013 defending his WBO Global Welterweight Title against Przemyslaw Runowski:<\/strong>\u201cIt feels different being the A-side, there is a lot more pressure, but I enjoy that. He\u2019s a tough opponent, but it\u2019s a solid test for me. Runowski is on form, and him and his team are confident, but what I do best is ruin that confidence. Round by round it will fade.\u201cI\u2019m focused on Runowski and not thinking about anybody else, so I\u2019ll get the job done in style and then move on. He has the type of style to make me look good. I\u2019m excited to put on a good display of boxing. \u201cI do well under pressure, and proved that last time out. There is more pressure on me with me being the favourite and it\u2019s new territory for me. It\u2019s a great occasion on a big show, and I know I\u2019ll perform, that\u2019s all that matters.\u201dPrzemyslaw Runowski \u2013 Slupsk, Poland \u2013 19-1, 5 KOs \u2013 challenging Michael McKinson for the WBO Global Welterweight Title:<\/strong>

\u201cI am ready for this big fight. I have trained very hard and have had a two month camp with very good sparring. I\u2019m ready to showcase my skills on Saturday, and I\u2019m very confident I will win.\u201d

Hopey Price \u2013 Leeds, England \u2013 4-0, 1 KO \u2013 fighting Claudio Grande in a six round Super-Bantamweight contest:<\/strong>

\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back here at Fight Camp, there\u2019s a bit more of an atmosphere this time. Two fights scheduled within four weeks, but let\u2019s got it twisted most prospects wouldn\u2019t have taken this fight knowing I\u2019ve got a ten-rounder in my hometown of Leeds in only three weeks\u2019 time, but these are the fights I want. Italian prospect, 5-0, three knockouts, all I\u2019m concentrating on is Saturday night and doing a good job.
 
\u201cI\u2019m fully focused on Saturday night, Headingley is in the back of my mind, I\u2019ll just get the job done first on Saturday night and we\u2019ll look towards Leeds after that.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s what I wanted, to step up faster, if anything it\u2019s been a bit of a blessing in disguise because I\u2019ve had more time to work in the gym and more time to spar top quality fighters. Kid Galahad won the World Title last week, I\u2019ve done numerous rounds with him during lockdown, I feel it\u2019s brought me on a lot more as a fighter rather than 3 or 4 more fights against these lower opposition fighters. I\u2019m ready to fight these unbeaten guys, step up and look good doing so.\u201d

Claudio Grande \u2013 Massa, Italy \u2013 5-0, 3 KOs \u2013 fighting Hopey Price in a six round Super-Bantamweight contest:<\/strong>

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the opportunity, I came here to win, and I can\u2019t wait for Saturday.
 
\u201cI will take this opportunity on Saturday to show my skill and I\u2019m grateful once agaisnt for the fight.\u201d

Kash Farooq \u2013 Glasgow, Scotland \u2013 15-1, 6 KOs \u2013 fighting Luis Gerardo Castillo for the vacant WBC International Bantamweight Title:<\/strong>

\u201cI\u2019ve been training really hard for this fight, and I know he\u2019s going to bring a good Saturday, but I\u2019m prepared for whatever he brings and I\u2019m going to do anything win and pick up another title.
 
\u201cIn my last fight I got dragged into it a little bit, but you want to win the easiest way possible and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do Saturday night. I went back into the gym and worked on the mistakes I made last fight. This fight I\u2019m going to do whatever I can do win, trying to win the easiest way possible, if that means going to the bell then I will.
 
\u201cI\u2019m fully focused on Saturday night; I\u2019ve been like that since my amateur career. Since my first fight I\u2019ve taken it one fight at a time because in boxing you don\u2019t know where you can after you next fight. For me, Saturday night is all I\u2019m thinking about, I don\u2019t care what happens after that.\u201d

Adalberto<\/strong> Sanchez, trainer of Luis Gerardo Castillo:<\/strong>

\u201cThanks for having us, we think that each fight is different, we\u2019re putting our record and the losses behind us, we\u2019re prepared to win. Luis wants the belt, he\u2019s confident in his work and that he\u2019s going to win. He wants to make history in the ring not because of his condition but because he wants to put up a good fight.
 
\u201cWe have great communication; we have to have it outside the gym as well in order to create these signs and this language. Sometimes it\u2019s complicated and sometimes we get desperate when giving instructions, strategy, and motivation with the physical situation we\u2019re in. We improve our communication every day and we\u2019re confident that we won\u2019t have to worry about communication in the ring \u2013 Luis\u2019 talent will show with everything he\u2019s learnt over the years, and we\u2019ll have everything we need to win the belt.
 
\u201cWe\u2019re very confident in winning and the work we\u2019ve done, you mentioned Lara and our camps actually coincided with this fight. As Mexicans, as warriors, we always put everything in the ring to bring a good, no one going to regret watching \u2013 it\u2019s going to be a great fight and we\u2019re confident of winning.\u201d

Raymond Ford \u2013 New Jersey, USA \u2013 8-0-1, 4 KOs \u2013 fighting Reece Bellotti for the vacant WBA Continental Featherweight Title: <\/strong>

\u201cMy last fight was a great learning experience, I fought another undefeated prospect, but what people don\u2019t know is I took that fight on short notice and on top of that I recently had a daughter \u2013 I had to take a week off during my camp. My team was trying to get me to pull out of the fight, but I was telling them even on my worst day he couldn\u2019t beat, and that was true.
 
\u201cI feel like I won the fight easily but that\u2019s in the past now, we\u2019re here with Reece Bellotti so my full focus is on him.
 
\u201cI feel like Reece Bellotti somewhat resembles Perez so that was another reason I wanted to take this, to show people that I can handle pressure easily. I know he\u2019s going to be there, be tough, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking for.
 
\u201cI\u2019m very excited about this being my first title, I was definitely watching the Olympics supporting Team USA, Davis, Johnson, Jones, Torres \u2013 shoutout to all of them, they did their thing in the Olympics. Hopefully we can all sun it up and do the same thing we did in the amateurs in the pro game.\u201d

Reece Bellotti \u2013 Watford, England \u2013 14-4, 12 KOs \u2013 fighting Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA Continental Featherweight Title:<\/strong>

\u201cI\u2019m back again, it\u2019s good to back, back with fans will be a little bit different \u2013 a bit of an atmosphere. It\u2019s a good fight and I\u2019m looking forward to it, I can\u2019t wait to get back to winning ways.\u201d
 
\u201cProbably more than ever, like you say, I\u2019ve been in these types of fights. People that have beaten me are good fighters, they\u2019re going on to do really good things so I\u2019m at that level where I now need to push on, get a win and propel myself to bigger fights.\u201d
 
\u201cYou can always rely on power, you have to have a different game plan, work on different strategies to get to these fighters. You can\u2019t just thing oh I\u2019ll go in and bomb them out, it\u2019s not always the case \u2013 hopefully we see that Saturday night. We\u2019ve been working, getting great sparring, that\u2019ll show Saturday night.\u201d  

Zelfa Barrett \u2013 Manchester<\/strong>, England \u2013 9-5-2, 1 KO \u2013 fighting Viorel Simion in an eight round International Lightweight contest:<\/strong>

\u201cI was working hard, originally fighting a Mexican in Mexico, but you\u2019ve done your magic Eddie and now I\u2019m here. I appreciate the chance, thank you.
 
\u201cMy mum was my best friend; she\u2019d want me to fight and not be bumming around and feeling sorry for myself. I appreciate you getting me out and keeping my mind active.
 
\u201cI want it for myself, I know I won the fight, but I can perform better than that. We\u2019ve changed a few things in the background so we\u2019re ready for this guy \u2013 it won\u2019t go twelve rounds. I know for a fact it won\u2019t go twelve rounds so beat this guy Saturday, back in the gym and Kiko in Manchester. Then I\u2019m ready for these big boys, the World Title Eliminators or European. I just to want to beat Kiko, I\u2019ll be ready then.
 
\u201cWe all started at the bottom, amateur days coming up, Lindon is my brother \u2013 it\u2019s nice to have him here we\u2019re both shining together. It\u2019s a ripple effect, put on a good performance Saturday night and it\u2019s onwards and upwards.\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Chairman: \u201cWell good afternoon, the final week of Fight Camp this Saturday live and exclusively on<\/p>\n

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