August under no illusions about facing ‘slick, very good’ Bank

August under no illusions about facing ‘slick, very good’ Bank

Three months later, it definitely has however maybe not what it may have been.

In line to face WBO tremendous middleweight champion Hamzah Sheeraz, that chance ultimately went to the person he beat in his final battle.
“It’s out of my control that [Simon] Zachenhuber is fighting for the world title and I beat him three months ago,” August (18-0, 7 KOs) informed The Ring.

“It’s a bit unfair but that’s how boxing works, that’s politics in the sport. I just have to keep going and winning,” the Polish-born contender insisted.

Instead, the 31-year-old will face gifted Danish contender Jacob Bank on Saturday over eight rounds at a 170-pound catchweight on the Joshua-Prenga undercard on the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“It’s a good fight, he’s very good and very high in the rankings,” he remarked. “He’s gonna be a completely different fighter from Zachenhuber, gonna be slicker, he drops his hands down and could be harder to hit.”

Elsewhere, he expects Sheeraz to make a snug first protection of his title in opposition to Zachenhuber.

“Hamzah is a world-class fighter, I think he will win and a stoppage too. I don’t know if it’s going to be early but definitely within the middle-to-late rounds.”

August’s profession had been a sluggish burn till very just lately. The decade-long professional had been preventing on small corridor exhibits within the south of England close to Taunton the place he lives, under the watchful eye of coach Dean Lewis.

As nicely as working a day job for a transportation firm, he is needed to depend on his sponsors to assist make ends meet. At two weeks’ discover, he stepped in to defeat Zachenhuber and naturally knew extra alternatives had been forthcoming.

“It has finally opened up the doors,” he mentioned. “I fought on a small hall show in February, hoping for that big fight to come which it did in April. I’m back on the Anthony Joshua show in Saudi, it’s a good experience and good exposure.

“If I win this one there’s positively going to be a world title battle and a nicely deserved one as nicely.”

Bank (19-0, 11 KOs), The Ring’s No. 8 super middleweight, turned professional in September 2020. He worked his way up at home in Denmark while claiming various WBO regional titles along the way.

The 25-year-old holds wins over previously-unbeaten trio Ralfs Vilcans (UD10), Ibo Maier (RTD4), Damian Biacho (UD10). He stopped veteran Tyron Zeuge (TKO5) but really caught the eye with the manner he picked apart former IBF titleholder William Scull on January 31, stopping him in the final round.

He returned three months later with a fifth-round finish of Paulinus Ndjolonimu and believes a world championship challenge is inevitable.

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