Nagy Aguilera Expects Antonio Tarver To Make it a Fight
By Lem Satterfield
24-year-old Nagy Aguilera is expecting a fight from former lightweight heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver. Aguilera-Tarver will take place on October 15 at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami. Tarver, who turns 42 in November and inactive since May 2009, is moving up by two weight divisions to make his heavyweight debut.
Tarver is already looking at possible fights against the heavyweight champions in 2011. In order to get David Haye, Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, Tarver needs to make a statement against Aguilera. Because of the pressure to be impressive, Aguilera expects Tarver to go for the knockout.
"I expect that he will come forward. I expect him to come forward and to try and knock me out or something. But, if the fight goes differently than that, then I will have to just make adjustments," Aguilera said. "I will just have to fight the fight however it's going to be, you know?"
Aguilera has lost two of his past three fights, this, after having scored a first-round knockout of former world champion Oleg Maskaev in December of 2009. Aguilera was stopped in the second round by former champion Samuel Peter in March, stopped Roderick Willis in the first round of a bout in July, and then lost a 12-round decision to Maurice Harris on August 6. His team brought in some good left handers for sparring. Aguilera feels very confident about his chances to beat Tarver.
"Oh yes, we've been able to bring in a few leftie guys, and they're really making me comfortable," Aguilera said. "It's going really, really well, you know? And everything that we've been working on has come out really, really good, you know?"
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
