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Kwadjo ready for C'Wealth title fight

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 Source: cubagee-radio b.a.r sports desk

UNIVERSAL Boxing Org-anisation Intercontinental super middleweight champion Joseph Kwadjo says he is ready to challenge for the Commonwealth title should a promoter be willling to stage the fight.

Kwadjo's trainer Gyan Singh says at the moment his fighter is ready for better fights and the Commonwealth super middleweight is a possibility. "It depends if a local promoter is interested in arranging the fight," he said. Singh said they prefer the fight to be held in Fiji. The Ghana boxer is ranked 98 in the top International Boxing Organisation s uper middleweight listing and Singh says they are looking at fighting someone ranked ahead of him. "We are trying to get someone from Australia to fight him but they are making excuses," he added. Kwadjo won the title after defeating Zulfikar Joy Ali on points at the Vodafone Arena on December 19 last year.

Soon after his victory, Kwadjo said he would bring a world title fight to Fiji. "We are aiming to have a title fight in April but that's for the promoters to sort out," he said. Singh confirmed they have been receiving calls from overseas. Boxing Commission of Fiji board member Tim Nobriga said there was a possibility of staging a title fight in April but a promoter needed to confirm it. At the moment, Kwadjo is continuing with his training at Gyan's

Source: cubagee-radio b.a.r sports desk