Epress.am News from Armenia
Brian Magee from Belfast is counting down to what is in effect a world title eliminator against Roman Aramian, a German super middleweight from Armenia, on September 11 at Dublin’s National Stadium as Magee has recently been installed as the number one contender for Dimitri Sartison’s WBA belt, reports the Belfast Telegraph.
Magee has been finding out a little more about challenger Aramian in recent days and has no doubt that he provides a genuine threat.
“I know that I have to be prepared for a very tough night. He’s very durable and coming out of a training camp in Germany you know that he’s going to have had plenty of work with quality boxers.
“He’s going to come in with nothing to lose and everything to gain, so I have to be on my game. The National Stadium is a great boxing arena and I know from my amateur days that the atmosphere will be fantastic.
“My frame of mind could not be any better having heard the news about being the number one contender for the WBA title. This adds even extra importance to this fight though I cannot afford to look beyond Aramian.
“I’m well aware of other boxers who were in similar circumstances and then came a cropper because they looked too far ahead. I won’t allow this to happen because I know that a successful defence of my title will guarantee me a World title fight next time up.”
The show also features the European super-bantamweight title between Spain’s Kiko Martinez and Arsen Martirosyan of Armenia.