Manchester’s Michael Gomez promises an upset this saturday when he fights Bolton’s Amir Khan. During every fight build up there are always promises made about how the fight is going to go, and Amir Khan should certainly be use to it as everyone wants to be the first person to add a loss to his record. However, Michael Gomez is definitely a tough match up. He has fought many a tough Mexican in the past, and his seemingly erratic career makes him a dangerous opponent as he showed when he fought Alex Arthur and shocked everyone by knocking him out.
Gomez claims that his career has been erratic because he didn’t train hard enough for his fights, because opponents didn’t ‘scare him’ enough. But, when he knew he was fighting good fighters like Arthur the fear was motivation to make him train hard and rise to the challenge. That fear is what is driving him to train harder than ever for this fight, especially as he is now trying to be a provider for his kids.
The bookies however see Gomez as a journeyman, with the odds stacked heavily in Khan’s favour. I just hope that Gomez has trained as hard as he and his trainers have made out so he can give Amir a tough test. Another factor is that this is Amir’s first fight since changing trainers so I will be watching the fight with interest.
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