Josh Warrington is willing to go to drastic lengths to get a unification fight
Warrington returns to the First Direct Arena in Leeds for his clash with Lopez, which is where he won the IBF world title against Kiko MartinezThis will be Warrington’s fourth world title defence, despite having called out the likes of WBA champion, Leo Santa Cruz, WBC title holder, Rey Vargas, and the man with the IBF strap, Emanuel Navarrete.by travelling over to America to take on another of the division’s champions.
“I maybe sound a little bit obsessed with going to America,” Warrington told talkSPORT, “but it’s one of those things that you want to tick off the box.“I grew up watching the likes of Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe, seeing them go over there, I even seen Carl Frampton fight out there before I boxed him myself.
“I remember there was a little moment where I was walking along the [Las Vegas] strip, stood on the bridge and I could see his green and white army walking down and I thought I’d love to mimic that and have the Leeds fans out there, but the casinos might not appreciate them.”when talking about what he wanted after his mandatory fight. “To get that big unification fight, to get that big fight against another champion that I’ve been wanting for such a long time.
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