Nick Ball And TJ Doheny Size Each Other Up – ‘He’s Overlooking Me’
Nick Ball and TJ Doheny held their final presser ahead of their March 15 featherweight clash.
Ball put his WBA Featherweight title on the line, aiming to keep his 21-0 record intact. He stopped Ronny Rios last October via the tenth round to secure the title. He has been linked with a fight against Naoya Inoue provided the Japanese moves up to featherweight and Ball retains his belt. Doheny knows what it is like to face Inoue, having done so in his last fight. Unfortunately, he was knocked out to suffer his first-stoppage loss. The two fighters know what is at stake, as they had plenty to say to each other ahead of this clash.
Ball Vs. Doheny
“They always talk a big game at these press conferences, but I don’t care who he is, what he’s done, who he’s been in with, what he done in his last fight, it’s all irrelevant. It’s in the past. He’s fighting me on Saturday night, so I’m just focused on that. I’m always looking to do a better job and put a statement performance on,” Ball
“It’s straight back at the top level again, that’s the stuff that gets you going. I put all that stuff [the loss to Inoue with which he withdrew with a back injury] behind me. It was raw at the time. When you’re coming off an injury loss when you’ve had a shot at the undisputed championship and someone says you lost because you didn’t want it, that’s a different story. I’ve put it behind me. I’m relaxed, I’m ready to get going on Saturday night.
More Quotes
“Everyone’s full of confidence [in Ball], he’s a good little fighter. He’s not a world champion for nothing… but I’m confident in my ability, I’ve got the camp behind me, words don’t mean anything now, it’s the action on Saturday night that’s going to be the tell-all. I don’t think Nick’s overlooking me, but it’s all these numpties in the boxing media who haven’t a clue about boxing.
“They’re just all excited about Inoue [versus Ball in the future] and this and that. He’s not silly, he knows he’s got a hard night’s work in front of him on Saturday night, but when you get asked the question, you’ve got to answer it and you’ve got to answer it with confidence, and that’s the way I’m looking at it. Anybody knows, when you’re in there with me you’ve got a hard night’s work, overlooking or not. I’m very confident in my boxing ability. I’ve got a massive bag of tools and I think I’ve got everything to neutralize ‘The Wrecking Ball’,” Doheny
Full Card
Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny; Featherweight
Andrew Cain vs Charlie Edwards; Bantamweight
Brad Stand vs Ionut Baluta; Super bantamweight
Jack Turner vs Ryan Farag; Super flyweight
Jadier Herrera vs Jose Macias Enriquez; Lightweight
Lucas Biswana vs TBA; Welterweight
Boma Brown vs TBA; Heavyweight
Jack Power vs Jose Aguirre; Super middleweight
William Birchall vs TBA; Featherweight
Stephen Clarke vs Dmitri Protkunas; Middleweight
Lewis Lawton vs Artjom Spatar; Super welterweight
Leighton Birchall vs Laszlo Bernath; Super bantamweight
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