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Jonathan
Maicelo Sees Another Title Opportunity With Win Over Bennett
This Fri. In Washington, DC
This Friday night, August 28 at the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center, in the nation's capital of Washington,
DC, King's Promotions will present a spectacular night of
boxing that will feature some of the best talent in the
United States.
In the main event, Brandon Bennett (19-1, 8 KO's) will
square off with former world title challenger Jonathan
Maicelo (21-2, 12 KO's) in a Lightweight bout scheduled for
10-rounds.
Maicelo of Callao, Peru, but now resides in North Bergen,
New Jersey is just seven months removed from challenging
Darleys Perez for the Interim WBA Lightweight championship.
The loss in that fight had made Maicelo even hungrier and he
looks for a big effort on Friday night to put him right back
in contention for a world title.
"Training has gone great and I am super motivated," said
Maicelo.
He knows he will be fighting a tough guy in Bennett and has
praise for the Cincinnati native.
"I respect every fighter. I have seen a few of his fights in
tape and he is a good fighter from what I see. With that
being said, I am better the fighter and on Friday, I will
prove that."
Maicelo fought a good fight against Perez but came up just
short. He is taking the positives of that experience which
will be a big factor in the fight on Friday night.
"Even though I lost to Perez, I took it as a big learning
experience. I learned a lot and Friday, It will show. I was
just in camp with Danny Garcia and I been super motivated."
Maicelo isn't a fighter who wants to be protected and babied
to get back to contention, he wants to earn it by fighting
top quality opposition.
"Fighting a guy like Bennett are the fights that I want. I
want to show that I can beat guys with good records. I
imagine that he feels the same way. I am sure he knows that
I am no pushover and that he is in for a tough fight."
The 32 year-old is steadfast that being in a hard 12-round
title fight will make all the difference on Friday.
"I feel that I have all the experience. I have fought the
tougher guys. I been at the world class level and that will
be the difference. I just want to tell all my fans from Peru
and here that I will give 100 %. It has nothing to do with
Bennett but Friday night, I will be victorious."
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