“Simple and easy, I will do my best in the ring on Saturday night,” said Spain’s European featherweight champion, Cristobal Lorente.
He has travelled to Glasgow where he will face Scotland’s Nathaniel Collins in defense of his crown, and the 20-0-2 (8 KOs) champion is confident.
“[I] do my best to bring out the work I do at the gym. I have been waiting for this moment of my life and for my career and this is my moment to shine.
“I am considered a tactical fighter. I have a lot of skills to stay good in every moment of the fight. If they are going to work, I will beat this work inside the ring. If they fight an intelligent fight, I am more intelligent than him. I will do an intelligent fight.
“Really I think they have made a mistake with this opponent and I will show him on Saturday night in the ring.”
Collins is 17-0 (8 KOs) and coming off an impressive fourth-round stoppage of Lee McGregor in May. Barcelona’s Lorente, conversely, retained his title with a 12-round draw against countryman Ruben Gill in July.
Collins believes both the fight and the title are stepping stones to greater things.
“For this fight all I have seen is people saying Nathaniel is challenging for the European title, European is the next step,” said the challenger. “Not once in this camp have I thought about the European title at all. All I have thought about is that it is a world title eliminator.
“He is obviously good to be European champion. He is awkward, but it doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t matter what he brings because I’m going to bring what I bring.
“From what I gather he is saying he is a more intelligent or tactical fighter. I don’t believe that and I don’t think he believes that. I read an article he or his coach did saying they think I am tactical and intelligent and so forth, so he will need to be at his best. That is what they are saying.”
