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Richard Commey & Jackson Marinez
Ready For Main Event Spotlight
Lightweight contenders Richard Commey and Jackson Marinez
woke up Thursday morning ready to battle in a 10-round
co-feature. After Maxim Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19,
scrapping his light heavyweight title tilt against Joe Smith
Jr., Commey and Marinez were elevated to main event status.
They will do battle Saturday evening (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble, a three-bout telecast
also featuring Adam Lopez defending his NABF featherweight
belt in a 10-rounder against Jason Sanchez, and heavyweight
prospect Jared Anderson against Kingsley Ibeh in a
six-rounder.
Two days before fight night, this is what Commey and Marinez
had to say.
Richard Commey
"It's been over a year since I fought. I lost my {title} to
Teofimo {Lopez}. It was a little bit hard for me to take
it... It's done, and I learned what I had to learn from it.
I learned my lesson. It's redemption time for Commey because
I still got a lot in there, and I want to be a two-time
world champion."
"I don't have that much to prove to myself. I want to be a
two-time world champion, so it's time for me. Once I win
this fight, there will be a lot of doors open for me. The
lightweight division is packed now. Winning this fight would
put me back in the mix."
"I'm coming back off a loss, and he's coming back off a
loss. It makes sense. It's a great fight for me to come
back."
Jackson Marinez
"Regarding the experience of fighting {Rolando} Romero, the
whole world saw what happened. Right now, I see myself as a
king without a crown, and even though I lost in
controversial fashion, it opened up bigger opportunities for
me. I'm taking full advantage of them."
"I just want to make it clear that we never got offered the
rematch {with Romero}. We were looking for it. We were in
the media doing interviews looking for it. When they saw
that after a couple of months I got this big opportunity
against Commey, that's when they went to social media and
were saying that I was ducking him and didn't want to face
him again. Right now, I have a great opponent in front of
me, a former world champion, and I'm ready to take advantage
of this opportunity. I'm excited and proud to face someone
like Commey."
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