Munroe's Mystery Opponent
Published April 27, 2009 by Martin Bean
Rendall Munroe has been left baffled in his efforts to find out information on big fight opponent Issac Nettey. The Leicester bin man has spent hours looking for reports and tapes on the Ghanaian who he meets for the vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title at Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland on Saturday but drawn a blank. And the 28-year-old southpaw hopes he is lot easier to hit than it is getting details about Nettey who his boxing outside his home country for the first time.
European champion Munroe (18-1) says: "I am going into the fight blind, but I have complete trust in my manager Mike Shinfield and promoter Frank Maloney. "They get the opponents and I knock them over, but if I hope to fight for a world title this year I should be beating guys like Nettey unless he is some second coming of Muhammad Ali that nobody knows about."
Shinfield added: "It is very difficult to find Nettey's complete record. He is the current IBF continental African champion though and is reasonable opponent. "If Rendall wins he is a double champion, which gives you a little bit more bargaining power when you're talking about world title fights."
Maloney has offered WBA champion Bernard Dunne £200,000 or a promotional share to face Munroe, but the Dubliner has vanished off the face of planet earth since the offer was made. Maloney said: "I hope Bernard has stopped celebrating his recent world title win, because there is the biggest purse of his career waiting if he defends against Rendall."
Top of the bill is European light-middleweight champion Jamie Moore (31-3) who makes the first defence of his title when he faces Ukraine's former amateur star Roman Dzuman (23-6-1).
Mike Tyson conqueror Danny Williams (40-7) risks his British heavyweight title in a rematch against John McDermott (25-4). The special attraction for Wearside fans is the homecoming of Olympic bronze medallist Tony Jeffries who has his second professional contest.
All tickets for the show have been sold, but Sky Box Office will be screening the championship fights and Jeffries bout live as part of their blockbuster night of action which includes Ricky Hatton's big fight with Manny Pacquiao.
There are currently 0 comments on this article.