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Renan St-Juste Heading For
California
& Anthony Dirrell Showdown
By Daniel Cloutier
Super Middleweight Renan St-Juste will leave Montréal for
California on Tuesday morning. On Friday night, at the
Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez in California, St-Juste
(23-2-1), a southpaw from Montréal, will fight the American
Anthony Dirrell (23-0-0) in a WBC super middleweight
elimination bout.
At a press conference at the Interbox gym St-Juste
said,"This bout for me is like a real world championship
fight. The winner will be ranked as the number one contender
for this world title, it is certainly the most important
bout of my life. My preparation as been perfect."
Renan was asked if the fact that the fight is in USA, if he
feels the obligation to win by KO." I cannot control the
judges of the fight, but I can control what will happens in
the ring. Dirrell and I are two solid punchers, then,
anything can happen anytime when the fight starts. I know
how Dirrell reacts in the ring because I had the chance to
watch tapes of his previous fights. I am sure that he thinks
he has a faster puncher than me, considering I am 39 years
old, but he will have some surprises when I hit him. I am 39
years old, it is true, but my hands are faster then ever.
When I connect him my power shots I am absolutely sure he
will feel them. Don’t be surprised if I floor him a couple
of times in the fight. But if the fight goes to the limit, I
am not worried. I will have the energy to fight for 12
rounds."
St-Juste was asked if he looks to fight Carl Froch in 2012.
"In beating Dirrell, I will become the most important
challenger for Froch, but as you know, Carl has a big agenda
on the international level. If he wins the "Super Six" he is
supposed to fight Lucian Bute. InterBox tried to put me
against Kelly Pavlik and Mikkel Kessler this year, and it
did not work. I don’t know which big name could be available
for me next year. We will see. I got to take care of Dirrell
in first."
St-Juste will have his first fight with his new trainer,
Pierre Bouchard, Stephan Larouche’s assistant.
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