Comments Thread For: Tony Bellew on Getting Revenge, Froch's "Kill" Comment

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Liverpool’s Tony Bellew meets Malawi’s Isaac Chilemba at the O2 Arena on Saturday night in a 12-round fight that will decide the WBC’s mandatory light-heavyweight challenger. Bellew meets Chilemba for the second time in eight weeks — they fought to a draw in March — knowing that there is more than just the WBC’s Silver 175lb title on the line.

Bellew laboured during the early rounds of their last encounter, he struggled to pin down his slippery 26-year-old opponent and the fight was nip-and-tuck right down to the wire. Indeed, the outspoken Liverpudlian was hit by a tidal wave of criticism after that bitty encounter; he intends to make a statement at the O2 Arena to finally put the Chilemba rivalry to bed.

“It is all about getting the job done,” said Bellew when speaking to BoxingScene on Friday evening. “I let him get too close last time, so I’ve just got to go in there and change that. I’m not going in with the same unknown box of tricks this time — it (Chilemba’s style) is something I’m aware of. I just have to go in there and perform.” [Click Here To Read More]

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“Everyone’s saying they want to see a brutal fight and a war. What do you think happens to our bodies after a brutal fight? Where does that pain go? If you have a war, and I’ve been in them, then there’s only one place you end up, the hospital. You have a ****** up face, cuts over your eyes, hands smashed to bits, your body is sore for days and you piss blood — that’s what happens after a war, and that’s what people ask for. You’re kidding yourself if you think we just fight, shake hands and then go home afterwards. People are very deluded by this sport.”

Always enjoy Bellew's interviews, in print and on TV. Hope the rematch tonight is better than the first one, Chilemba is to blame how boring it was but Bellew needs to deal with spoilers better than he did that night.