Ford Confident Of Dominating Football In Saturday’s Championship

WBA featherweight champion, Raymond Ford, feels he cannot dominate challenger Nick Ball this Saturday night and will have fun doing it when they fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ford (15-0-1, 8 KOs) wants to put on a great show for his promoter, Eddie Hearn, and the boxing community so he can lead the Matchroom team to victory in their showdown with Queensberry in the ‘5 vs. 5’ event, live on DAZN PPV.
Ball (19-0-1, 11 KOs) is a tough cookie, and he might surprise Ford if he isn’t ready for the type of fighting style he uses. It’s a very different style than his last fight with Ford, Otabek Kholmatov, last March.
Ford’s Blueprint for Victory
“I just do what I want there and have fun. Enjoying every minute of the fight, and controlling it from the first round until the end,” said WBA featherweight champion Raymond Ford speaking to Boxing News about what he needs to do to defeat Nick Ball on Saturday night in their 12-round fight. Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ford is a boxer, and he’s probably thinking of punching the 5’2″ little guy and not letting him use his strong tactics to fight a physical fight.
“Absolutely. I don’t want to say why but I know I can,” said Ford when asked if this is the type of battle he believes he can win. “It’s up to him and his team to try to prove me wrong.”
It would be a mistake for Ford to underestimate Ball because he is stronger than people think. He’s polite in the build-up to his fights, but he’s a different animal inside the ring.
Examining the Former Football War
“I thought it was honorable. I don’t think much of Rey Vargas. So, I don’t know,” Ford said of his thoughts on Nick Ball’s recent twelve-round draw against Rey Vargas last March in Riyadh. “I thought of him [Ball] he did [enough to win].”
The ball should have been defeated by the WBC featherweight champion, Rey Vargas, as he was given credit for knocking down in the eighth when he shoved the champion and hit him.
That was a fake demolition, but the referee was doing little to control Ball’s tactics. If you have the same referee working Saturday’s fight, Ford will have problems because Ball will definitely be harassing him.
“It’s not surprising. People know what I can do. So it’s understandable,” said Ford when asked if he was surprised that wars were not called for. “I definitely want to go up and get different titles. I just don’t want to stay at 126 and keep the WBA for the rest of my career.”
Ford is not popular, so that’s another reason why none of the players are expensive. If he was a big name he would be called. He’s 25 years old and hasn’t been in the professional ranks long enough to build a huge following.
Traveling Without Featherweight
“Being great comes from moving up and starting new and fighting new people in new weight classes. Can be. We have to wait and see,” said Ford about whether he will fight at featherweight.
Ford will move up unless promoter Eddie Hearn can get him something at 126. Aside from a fight to unify IBF champion Luis Lopez, the featherweight division is dead. Ford would be better off at 130 unless he wants to wait to see if Naoya Inoue moves up, but he seems to be in no rush to leave 122.
“It’s easy. I feel free right now. I found strength. Everything is going well right now. “I’m not too far off weight,” Ford said of his struggles to make weight on Friday.

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