INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW FONFARA
We are speaking with Andrzej Fonfara, who will be fighting on May 20th. with Anthony Russell for the WBO NABO Championship at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
- How important is for you your upcoming fight?
Andrzej Fonfara: I will be fighting for WBO NABO Championship so it is super important for me. This will be a challenge for me but also a good opportunity to show myself. And hopefully when I will win the fight I will be on WBO rankings.
- What can you say about your opponent?
AF: His name is Anthony Russell. He was born in Canada but he resides in USA. He had a lot of amateur fight, and has a professional record of won 16 (KO 5) + lost 2 (KO 1) + drawn 1. I saw couple of his fight, but I am not impressed. His foot work is relatively good and he has long hands. And all I can say now is that I am going to impose him with my boxing style.
- How are you preparing for this fight?
AF: As always I am working with Sam Colonna he is my boxing coach. Also I work out with Jerry Owen who is helping me in conditioning trainings and Bo Maciejczykiem who is helping me with strength trainings.
- Did you change anything in your training routines?
AF: I didn’t really change anything because all those training and preparations were effective. So basically I am preparing the same way as always. As far as now I am working out more on technique and boxing trainings.
- What are your plans after this fight?
AF: Right now I am not thinking about future. I am concentrating on my upcoming fight; this is the only thing that I think of. So after I win this WBO NABO championship I will start paining future fights.
- Is Andrzej Golota helping you as he did last time?
AF: (laugh) As I mentioned earlier Andrzej Golota is only giving me some advices, he is not my trainer as some people say. But I have to admit that his tips are very helpful! I would like to invite all of boxing fans to come for my next fight which will take place in UIC Pavilion on May 20th. This time I will be fighting for WBO NABO Championship. Thanks!
