Ray Narh to fans: Don’t be disappointed

Boxer Ray Narh is telling his fans to look forward to better days as he continues the quest to rake in a world title fight, but not to dwell too much on his recent defeat to Mike Alvarado in Las Vegas, USA. Narh admits it may be a disappointment because he lost the chance to press for an immediate crack at any of the world title holders in the Junior Welterweight division, but the defeat could also be a blessing in disguise.

He wants his fans to understand that he still holds the championship titles which brought him the chance to fight Alvarado in the first place. The future, he assures, is very bright. “I want to thank all my fans and the entire Ghanaian people that stayed awake to watch me and I want to tell everybody not to feel down.

“I’m still the WBC USNBC champion and greater and bigger things are coming our way like the Zion train. Please don’t feel too much disappointed because there are so many big opportunities for me to get to the top so let’s all channel this into something positive and let’s keep the faith and hope alive with more prayers and Jehovah will add his blessings to it,” the highly religious Ray Narh told All Sports.

The opportunity to press his case for a crack at a world title may be gone with the loss to Alvarado. The Emperor failed to respond to the bell after three rounds, handing the vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title to the still undefeated Alvarado in their fight on the undercard of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s win over Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA last week.

But Narh says he fought to defend the image of Ghanaian boxing rather than pull out due to ill-health.

“I was vomiting and had diarrhea few hours to the fight but went ahead because two other Ghanaian boxers had recently pulled out of fights because of this same health problems. So for fear that I’ll be made a scapegoat for pulling out and also for fear that I’ll destroy the reputation of Ghanaian fighters, I accepted to go ahead with the fight.

He adds: “Mind you I’m still the WBC/USNBC champion and this same belt pushed me into the top ten ratings so since I still hold that belt, I still stand the chance of getting a crack at the main world belt. I feel this is going to lure all the fighters that were previously scared of me to now come forward to fight me now, so to me now my moment starts (smiles).”