Bellew said in an interview with Kugan Cassius at IFilm London “I’ve studied him. I’ve watched him. He’s a very good fighter. He’s heavy-handed but he’s got a few technical frailties. His defense is kind of leaky…There’s more of an emphasis of me moving forward [compared to in his last fight against knockout artist Edison Miranda], and I plan on going and doing a destruction job on him. I don’t believe he’s seen anyone like me before.”
By Scott Gilfoid: #14 WBO Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) will be trying not to get knocked out of the 1st tier on Saturday night against #5 WBC, #10 IBF, #10 WBA Roberto Bolonti (30-1, 19 KO’s) in their fight for the vacant WBC Silver light heavyweight title in Nottingham, UK. The fight will take place at the Nottingham Arena on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack fight, and there should be at least 9000 fans in the arena. That’s a lot of fans for these two match-ups because neither of them are all that appealing to be honest.
A Froch-Mack & Bellew-Bolonti wouldn’t likely draw many boxing fans if this fight card were staged in the United States because the card lacks talented fighters with big names. On paper it’s just a couple of mismatches and the British fans have gladly purchased tickets to see the fight live. Hopefully the fights are more competitive than what they appear to be on paper.
By Scott Gilfoid: #14 WBO Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) hopes to put himself in position to where he can get a title shot against WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) in early 2013 if the 29-year-old Bellew can get past #5 WBC Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (30-1, 19 KO’s) in their fight on November 17th on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack fight at the Capital FM Arena, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Bellew and Bolonti will be fighting for the vacant WBC Silver light heavyweight title. With all the titles that litter boxing I’m not surprised that a trinket was found for this fight to somehow validate it. A strap for a #14 contender in Bellew and a little known fighter in Bolonti to fight for.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC International Silver light heavyweight title holder Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his new strap against little known 33-year-old 175 contender Roberto Bolonti (30-1, 19 KO’s) on the undercard on the IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena, in Nottingham, UK.
Bellew told IFilm London “I think his [Bolonti] weakness is his defense, and the way to get to him is to pressure him. It’s another step up the ladder.”
Bellew hopes to take a win over Bolonti and then fight WBC light heavyweight eliminator in early 2013 to try and earn a shot against WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson at some point next year.
By Scott Gilfoid: British light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) will be fighting next on November 17th on the undercard of IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s fight against American Yusaf Mack at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Bellew, 29, doesn’t have an opponent picked out, but his promoter Eddie Hearn was yapping about Bellew getting a title shot in 2013 and winning it.
By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is talking about getting a world title shot for his fighter Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) in 2013 after Bellew was able to defeat journeyman Edison Miranda (35-8, 30 KO’s) by a 9th round TKO last Saturday night in a less than impressive showing at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom.
Hearn said this after Bellew’s win over Miranda last Saturday night: “Edison Miranda is the kind of guy that can finish your career with one punch. Tony had to be smart, took his time. It was a great performance. We’re going to sit down now. I’d like Tony to come out on the undercard, the chief support of Froch bill on November 17th…This guy is a great character and has a great future. He still has had only 18, 19 fights now. So, he’s learning and learning. He’s going to be a massive star. We’re going to make him huge. He’s going to go on and win a world title next year.”
By Scott Gilfoid: British light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (18-1, 12 KO’s) had to really struggle to get a 9th round stoppage tonight against journeyman Edison Miranda (35-8, 30 KO’s) at the Alexandra Palace in London. The fight was pretty much even at the time Miranda suddenly quit after taking a knee. The fight was halted at 2:54 of the round. If Miranda was a little younger he likely would have won the fight, but he’s had too many wars.
By William Mackay: Light heavyweight Tony Bellew (17-1, 11 KO’s) is saying that he was never given an offer to fight WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) despite the comments made by Cleverly’s promoter Frank Warren that Bellew had rejected the fight.
Bellew told Sportinglife.com “Despite what they’ve being saying, they never made me an offer to fight again. I physically went to Frank Warren’s office and begged for the opportunity and was told ‘no’. I’m maximum risk, zero gain.”
Bellew, 29, will be fighting former middleweight world title contender Edison Miranda (35-7, 30 KO’s) this Saturday night in a 12 round bout at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom.
Cleverly’s promoter Warren said to thesun.co.uk “Bellew rejected the offer of a rematch.”
By Scott Gilfoid: A pair of 2nd tier light heavyweights will be going at it this Saturday night with knockout artist Edison Miranda (35-7, 30 KO’s) traveling to the UK to take on Tony Bellew (17-1, 11 KO’s) in a 12 round fight at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom.
There are no obscure trinket titles on the line for this fight which is nice, because it’s so tiresome to see strange titles thrown in for fights just for the heck of it as if to validate the fight.
This fight doesn’t need it. Miranda and Bellew are both at a crossroads where the loser of the fight will continue to fall backwards into the 2nd tier, while the winner could possibly claw his way to a bottom 15 ranking if they’re lucky.
By Marcus Stewart: Barry Hearn, father of boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, said to Sky Sports News that he can’t wait for the upcoming fights that his son has put together and is confident that Tony Bellew will announce himself on the world stage in style by beating faded Columbian fighter Edison Miranda.
Tony Bellew is without a doubt a talent. He shows fantastic ring generalship, is a very fast puncher and is also a very heavy handed puncher as well. His punches could be mistaken for someone fighting at cruiserweight or even heavyweight. He’s an upcoming prospect and I’m sure that he will win a world title one day. His fight with Edison Miranda is a simple task for him, but he’s fighting what many regard as a big name, nevertheless it’d be good for Bellew to have Miranda on his record.