Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Interim champion ready for anyone at 135
Top lightweight contender Richard Abril is not too
disappointed at the recent withdrawal of scheduled opponent Sharif Bogere for their
November 24 contest and will gladly await a new date for their WBA interim title
fight.
The 30 year-old, who hasn’t fought since losing a debatable
decision to Brandon Rios in April, is likely to have to wait a few more weeks
for the bout to be rescheduled as Bogere suffered a tear in his Achilles, but
that wont bother Abril, according to manager Alex Medina.
“I think Bogere is scared and looking for more time to train,” Medina
told World Boxing News.
“The problem is that Richard will get faster and stronger at
135 with more time. Richard says his sure Mr Bogere or ‘TheLion?’ is scared, but
we will do our job, train hard and fight whoever they put in front of us.
“I think we all know Abril is not scared of anybody.”
Abril himself then added: “We will be ok. I'm still the interim
champion, so the road to the WBA world title goes through me.”
The fight is now expected to switch to early 2013, with unbeaten Keith Thurman providing back-up against Carlos Quintana and the card to be shown
on HBO when a new date is confirmed.