Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
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Stevieaber
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Decent fight and likely to give some good rounds. He’ll almost certainly have face resistance than some of his earlier fights.
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Why to Watch: I may be more psyched than anyone who isn’t British for this one, but I watched Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8 KO) make a surprising storm run through MTK’s Golden Contract tournament in 2019-20, beating Steven Ward, Hosea Burton, and Serge Michel. Not only is he damn fun to watch, a physical, tough fighter who brings action and is a better puncher than his KO percentage makes you think, but he’s an extremely likable character.
Buatsi (14-0, 12 KO) is a major hopeful for Matchroom Boxing, a 2016 Olympic silver medalist they believe can win a world title as a professional light heavyweight. He hasn’t had all smooth sailing, as he had some somewhat worrisome moments against Marko Calic in particular last October, but he took the issues seriously and looked to get better, hiring Virgil Hunter as his new trainer. This will be the first real test for that partnership. Buatsi has a lot of advantages on paper, but Bolotniks is just one of those guys you cannot count out, at least below the very top level, and it’s still a question as to what Buatsi’s level really is.
Buatsi (14-0, 12 KO) is a major hopeful for Matchroom Boxing, a 2016 Olympic silver medalist they believe can win a world title as a professional light heavyweight. He hasn’t had all smooth sailing, as he had some somewhat worrisome moments against Marko Calic in particular last October, but he took the issues seriously and looked to get better, hiring Virgil Hunter as his new trainer. This will be the first real test for that partnership. Buatsi has a lot of advantages on paper, but Bolotniks is just one of those guys you cannot count out, at least below the very top level, and it’s still a question as to what Buatsi’s level really is.
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Looking forward to this, it will tell us a lot about how far Buatsi actually is in his career, Bolotniks in great form after winning the Golden Contract, beating the likes of Ward and Burton has done his confidence wonders and he boxed really well against Michel in the final, took him apart
Buatsi coming off the highlight reel KO over Dos Santos, before that he struggled with Calic before stopping him, he's gonna have to bring his A game here, I think they'll be some tricky moments here but ultimately Buatsi will find his groove and get Bolotniks out of there
Buatsi coming off the highlight reel KO over Dos Santos, before that he struggled with Calic before stopping him, he's gonna have to bring his A game here, I think they'll be some tricky moments here but ultimately Buatsi will find his groove and get Bolotniks out of there
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Ricards Bolotniks well prepared for a 12-round war with Joshua Buatsi: “I’ve wanted this fight for a long time, all my training over the last six months has been for this man”
'The Lion' ready to hand Buatsi first loss
Ricards Bolotniks is ready to strike gold again as he steps into the lion’s den and takes on Joshua Buatsi in a massive fight for the Light-Heavyweight division at Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex this Saturday August 14.
Brilliant Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8 KOs) has done things the hard way after a less than spectacular start to his career, losing three and drawing one of his first eight fights after turning pro in August 2013.
The Latvian was not deterred by those setbacks and two further defeats and burst into the reckoning for major titles in a big way by winning the MTK Golden Contract tournament at the end of 2020.
The 31-year-old was considered an outsider for the tournament but destroyed the unbeaten Steven Ward inside the opening round of their quarter-final in December 2019 at York Hall, before widely outpointing Hosea Burton in the semi-final in his Riga backyard in September.
That set up a final with Germany’s Serge Michel that ‘The Lion’ dominated and put an exclamation mark on his win with a stoppage at the death, winning the coveted contract and firmly cementing his place as a real threat at 175lbs.
Buatsi has roared to 14-0 as a pro and only two fighters have heard the final bell against the 2016 Olympic bronze medal man, but Bolotniks is full of confidence that he’ll hand a first pro defeat to the Londoner and continue his remarkable journey to World Title honours.
“I’ve wanted this fight for a long time, and I’ve always thought that we would fight so all my training over the last six months has been for this man,” said Bolotniks. “It’s going to be a hard fight and a long fight but I’ve done the 12 rounds before and he hasn’t yet, I think that I can beat him over the full distance but I want it to be a street fight, a boxing match, I want to show everything that I have got so that I can go back to the dressing room afterwards and say ‘yes, we did it’, I want that feeling.
“I’ve had three fights cancelled in 2021, but then boom, here comes the Buatsi fight. So, I am happy now, it’s a massive fight for me and I hope that after I win this fight there will be more this year, but the focus is only on this one.
“Every fighter gets better the more fights that they have, he’s improved but so have I. I only fight for my family, for my country and my coach - and money! But I am not the kind of guy to say that I don’t fight for money, just belts - I need to buy food and to pay for the house, petrol for the car, clothes for me wife - so of course the money is important. But my family believe in me so much and that drives me on so much.
“I only think about Joshua, so I don’t want to think about the future. I am well ranked in the governing bodies so of course I look at the champions and the belts, and my wife likes the WBC belt, she wants me to win that! But we need to do our job on Saturday night and then the future will sort itself out.
“Latvian’s are made for boxing because we are big strong people and we’re proud, so we put it all on the line when we get chances to prove ourselves. I wanted to box because I watched Mairis Briedis on TV and now I am training alongside him, it’s amazing.”
Buatsi vs. Bolotniks tops a huge night of action, Joe Cordina (12-0, 7 KOs) returns in a ten round Lightweight clash with Joshuah Hernandez (10-3, 8 KOs), Portsmouth's Michael McKinson (20-0, 2 KOs) defends his WBO Welterweight Title against Przemyslaw Runowski (19-1, 5 KOs), Hopey Price (4-0, 1 KO) meets Claudio Grande (5-0, 3 KOs) in a six round Super-Bantamweight contest, Glasgow's Kash Farooq (15-1, 6 KOs) clashes with Luis Gerardo Castillo (28-2, 18 KOs) for the WBC International Bantamweight Title, the USA's Raymond Ford (8-0-1, 4 KOs) meets Watford's Reece Bellotti (14-4, 12 KOs) for the vacant WBA Continental Featherweight Title and Manchester Super-Featherweight Zelfa Barrett (25-1, 15 KOs) joins the card as a late addition.
'The Lion' ready to hand Buatsi first loss
Ricards Bolotniks is ready to strike gold again as he steps into the lion’s den and takes on Joshua Buatsi in a massive fight for the Light-Heavyweight division at Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex this Saturday August 14.
Brilliant Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8 KOs) has done things the hard way after a less than spectacular start to his career, losing three and drawing one of his first eight fights after turning pro in August 2013.
The Latvian was not deterred by those setbacks and two further defeats and burst into the reckoning for major titles in a big way by winning the MTK Golden Contract tournament at the end of 2020.
The 31-year-old was considered an outsider for the tournament but destroyed the unbeaten Steven Ward inside the opening round of their quarter-final in December 2019 at York Hall, before widely outpointing Hosea Burton in the semi-final in his Riga backyard in September.
That set up a final with Germany’s Serge Michel that ‘The Lion’ dominated and put an exclamation mark on his win with a stoppage at the death, winning the coveted contract and firmly cementing his place as a real threat at 175lbs.
Buatsi has roared to 14-0 as a pro and only two fighters have heard the final bell against the 2016 Olympic bronze medal man, but Bolotniks is full of confidence that he’ll hand a first pro defeat to the Londoner and continue his remarkable journey to World Title honours.
“I’ve wanted this fight for a long time, and I’ve always thought that we would fight so all my training over the last six months has been for this man,” said Bolotniks. “It’s going to be a hard fight and a long fight but I’ve done the 12 rounds before and he hasn’t yet, I think that I can beat him over the full distance but I want it to be a street fight, a boxing match, I want to show everything that I have got so that I can go back to the dressing room afterwards and say ‘yes, we did it’, I want that feeling.
“I’ve had three fights cancelled in 2021, but then boom, here comes the Buatsi fight. So, I am happy now, it’s a massive fight for me and I hope that after I win this fight there will be more this year, but the focus is only on this one.
“Every fighter gets better the more fights that they have, he’s improved but so have I. I only fight for my family, for my country and my coach - and money! But I am not the kind of guy to say that I don’t fight for money, just belts - I need to buy food and to pay for the house, petrol for the car, clothes for me wife - so of course the money is important. But my family believe in me so much and that drives me on so much.
“I only think about Joshua, so I don’t want to think about the future. I am well ranked in the governing bodies so of course I look at the champions and the belts, and my wife likes the WBC belt, she wants me to win that! But we need to do our job on Saturday night and then the future will sort itself out.
“Latvian’s are made for boxing because we are big strong people and we’re proud, so we put it all on the line when we get chances to prove ourselves. I wanted to box because I watched Mairis Briedis on TV and now I am training alongside him, it’s amazing.”
Buatsi vs. Bolotniks tops a huge night of action, Joe Cordina (12-0, 7 KOs) returns in a ten round Lightweight clash with Joshuah Hernandez (10-3, 8 KOs), Portsmouth's Michael McKinson (20-0, 2 KOs) defends his WBO Welterweight Title against Przemyslaw Runowski (19-1, 5 KOs), Hopey Price (4-0, 1 KO) meets Claudio Grande (5-0, 3 KOs) in a six round Super-Bantamweight contest, Glasgow's Kash Farooq (15-1, 6 KOs) clashes with Luis Gerardo Castillo (28-2, 18 KOs) for the WBC International Bantamweight Title, the USA's Raymond Ford (8-0-1, 4 KOs) meets Watford's Reece Bellotti (14-4, 12 KOs) for the vacant WBA Continental Featherweight Title and Manchester Super-Featherweight Zelfa Barrett (25-1, 15 KOs) joins the card as a late addition.
Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
A mixed-bag this show.
Like the main event and the Ford-Bellotti fight. Nothing wrong with the Polish fighter for McKinnon, but he can be a tough watch.
Cordina and Farooq are treading water like they're in the middle of the Pacific. Cordina doesn't seem to have had a meaningful contest in an age, and Farooq has been fighting no-names whilst watching Lee McGregor crack on and take some decent scalps.
Like the main event and the Ford-Bellotti fight. Nothing wrong with the Polish fighter for McKinnon, but he can be a tough watch.
Cordina and Farooq are treading water like they're in the middle of the Pacific. Cordina doesn't seem to have had a meaningful contest in an age, and Farooq has been fighting no-names whilst watching Lee McGregor crack on and take some decent scalps.
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Joshua Buatsi: People Have Been Asking For Me To Step Up and Here We Are
“People have been asking for me to step up and here we are,” said Buatsi. “I know what I have got to do, if it gets tough, I still know what I need to do. I’ve covered all bases in camp, so I am ready, so tune in and you’ll see.
“It’s part of the game and I understand it and it’s a compliment that people want to see me in with better competition. It’s natural for people to want to see and that’s what is next in line, so it’s down to me to handle it.
“I saw him box in the Golden Contract final, but it was just one round and a bit of him against Hosea Burton, and that’s it. I’ve always said that it’s about improving myself as a fighter and covering all angles and aspects of myself and once I do that, I feel that I can do that with anyone put in front of me.
“I’m looking forward to a lot, it’s been a while since I’ve boxed in front of fans so that’s going to be great, it’s the main event against a good opponent, we’re both ranked highly, we’ve both got winning streaks and believe we’ll win. I’ll be there for every round and if I sense any vulnerability from Bolotniks it's game over, I'll take him out.
“It’s boxing, outside the ring you be cool, be calm, be nice, but inside the ring, you handle business. When I fight, I must put it all on the line because people say, ‘Joshua Buatsi is a nice guy’, but if I boxed in a nice way, people wouldn’t care. If you are a big character that’s loud and trash talks, the performance doesn’t matter as much in a way, but I am not like that, so I am aware my performances must do that talking.
“We were aiming for three fights this year, May, August, and the winter. So, the stakes are high, but I will go in with whomever the team puts in front of me, that’s for them, as long as I prepare I’m good, because when you step in the ring there’s no turning back. This is a very dangerous sport, so you have to make sure you are on it."
“People have been asking for me to step up and here we are,” said Buatsi. “I know what I have got to do, if it gets tough, I still know what I need to do. I’ve covered all bases in camp, so I am ready, so tune in and you’ll see.
“It’s part of the game and I understand it and it’s a compliment that people want to see me in with better competition. It’s natural for people to want to see and that’s what is next in line, so it’s down to me to handle it.
“I saw him box in the Golden Contract final, but it was just one round and a bit of him against Hosea Burton, and that’s it. I’ve always said that it’s about improving myself as a fighter and covering all angles and aspects of myself and once I do that, I feel that I can do that with anyone put in front of me.
“I’m looking forward to a lot, it’s been a while since I’ve boxed in front of fans so that’s going to be great, it’s the main event against a good opponent, we’re both ranked highly, we’ve both got winning streaks and believe we’ll win. I’ll be there for every round and if I sense any vulnerability from Bolotniks it's game over, I'll take him out.
“It’s boxing, outside the ring you be cool, be calm, be nice, but inside the ring, you handle business. When I fight, I must put it all on the line because people say, ‘Joshua Buatsi is a nice guy’, but if I boxed in a nice way, people wouldn’t care. If you are a big character that’s loud and trash talks, the performance doesn’t matter as much in a way, but I am not like that, so I am aware my performances must do that talking.
“We were aiming for three fights this year, May, August, and the winter. So, the stakes are high, but I will go in with whomever the team puts in front of me, that’s for them, as long as I prepare I’m good, because when you step in the ring there’s no turning back. This is a very dangerous sport, so you have to make sure you are on it."
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
DAZN Weigh-In Report
All boxers made weight for Saturday’s which airs live on DAZN from Matchroom Boxing HQ Garden in Brentwood, Essex, England. In the main event, 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and current rising contender Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12KOs) faces Ricards Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8KOs) in a scheduled 12-round light heavyweight title eliminator.
Buatsi weighed 174 ¾ pounds, while Bolotniks tipped the scale at 174 ½ pounds.
Below are the weights for the DAZN undercard, which begins Saturday 7:00 p.m. BST/2:00 p.m. ET.
Joe Cordina (12-0, 7KOs), Cardiff, Wales, 134 pounds vs. Joshuah Hernandez (10-3, 8KOs), Chicago, 132 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, lightweight
Michael McKinson (20-0, 2KOs), Portsmouth, England, 146 ½ pounds vs. Przemyslaw Runowski (19-1, 5KOs), Slupsk, Poland, 146 ¼ pounds—12 rounds, welterweight
Hopey Price (4-0, 1KO), Leeds, England, 123 ¾ pounds vs. Claudio Grande (5-0, 3KOs), Toscana, Italy, 120 ½ pounds—6 rounds, junior featherweight
Kash Farooq (15-1, 6KOs), Glasgow, 117 ½ pounds vs. Luis Gerardo Castillo (28-2, 18KOs), Jiqulipilco, Mexico, 116 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, bantamweight
Below are the weights for the rest of the undercard.
Raymond Ford (8-0-1, 4KOs), Camden, New Jersey, 126 pounds vs. Reece Bellotti (14-4, 12KOs), Watford, England, 125 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, featherweight
Zelfa Barrett (25-1, 15KOs), Manchester, England, 136 ¼ pounds vs. Viorel Simion (22-6, 9KO), Bucharest, Romania, 139 ¾ pounds—8 rounds, junior welterweight
All boxers made weight for Saturday’s which airs live on DAZN from Matchroom Boxing HQ Garden in Brentwood, Essex, England. In the main event, 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and current rising contender Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12KOs) faces Ricards Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8KOs) in a scheduled 12-round light heavyweight title eliminator.
Buatsi weighed 174 ¾ pounds, while Bolotniks tipped the scale at 174 ½ pounds.
Below are the weights for the DAZN undercard, which begins Saturday 7:00 p.m. BST/2:00 p.m. ET.
Joe Cordina (12-0, 7KOs), Cardiff, Wales, 134 pounds vs. Joshuah Hernandez (10-3, 8KOs), Chicago, 132 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, lightweight
Michael McKinson (20-0, 2KOs), Portsmouth, England, 146 ½ pounds vs. Przemyslaw Runowski (19-1, 5KOs), Slupsk, Poland, 146 ¼ pounds—12 rounds, welterweight
Hopey Price (4-0, 1KO), Leeds, England, 123 ¾ pounds vs. Claudio Grande (5-0, 3KOs), Toscana, Italy, 120 ½ pounds—6 rounds, junior featherweight
Kash Farooq (15-1, 6KOs), Glasgow, 117 ½ pounds vs. Luis Gerardo Castillo (28-2, 18KOs), Jiqulipilco, Mexico, 116 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, bantamweight
Below are the weights for the rest of the undercard.
Raymond Ford (8-0-1, 4KOs), Camden, New Jersey, 126 pounds vs. Reece Bellotti (14-4, 12KOs), Watford, England, 125 ¼ pounds—10 rounds, featherweight
Zelfa Barrett (25-1, 15KOs), Manchester, England, 136 ¼ pounds vs. Viorel Simion (22-6, 9KO), Bucharest, Romania, 139 ¾ pounds—8 rounds, junior welterweight
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Looking forward to hopeys fight 
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Absolute no hype for this..
Who has any idea it's happening
Who has any idea it's happening
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Its just not a good card.
Buatsi and mckinson are topping the bill and both there fights are a decent levle, but they are no names from latvia and poland. normaly thats fine, but considering they are two buzzzing domestic divisions in the UK there are so many fights people would rather see that could of made this a great card.
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peter barlow
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
I have Dazn but I'll probably go to the pub. Buatsi fight the only decent one.
Ford Belloti could be good but they have plonked way down the running order for some reason.
Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Back to the days of the cartel matchmaking days , do they want people to pay £1.99 to watch a load of 1/33 chances win
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Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
buatsi got a narrow ass upper body
Re: Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks - 14 August 2021 (Fight Camp Wk3)
Bolotnik is a one tough mofo. It was a good test for Buatsi. Bolotnik had his biggest success in the 1st round and after he was down for the first time. The way how Bolotnik survived Buatsi's attempt to finish him off was impressive. Buatsi looked excellent overall. A good fight.