Upcoming Week's Action

The big fight of the week sees newly crowned Commonwealth champ Obodai Sai of Ghana traveling into the lion's den to defend against fellow unbeaten Jamie Cox of England. Both Super Welters are evenly matched at fifteen bouts a piece and although southpaw Cox has tasted the more experienced opposition, the latest sensation from the Bukom battlegrounds of Ghana has had to get by two tough local fighters, Joseph Lamptey and Isaac Selom. Couple in the fact that Sai has been twelve rounds three times while Cox hasn't seen any round cards past the eighth, and the Brit's hometown advantage is suddenly leveled.

In Saint-Denis, on Reunion Island, France's Myriam Lamare takes on Colombia's Lely Luz Flores for the WBF Female Super Lightweight belt. Lamare, the defending champ, sports eighteen wins against three losses while Flores at 16-5, comes off a tough January loss in Zambia to local star Esther Phiri for the WIBA and IBO titles.

WBO Cruiserweight challenger Ola Afolabi is still looking for a replacement for his injured opponent on the undercard of Vitali Klitschko's WBC Heavyweight title defense against former Light Heavy and Cruiserweight champion Tomas Adamek in Poland. The Britain-born Nigerian is expecting to defend his WBO Inter-Continental belt over twelve rounds.

Another world rated Nigerian Cruiserweight also sees action when unbeaten US-based Lateef Kayode takes on former top contender Felix Cora, 22-5, while honing his skills under the guidance of trainer Freddie Roach of Manny Pacquiao fame. The big-punching former Nigerian Olympian will be seeking his fifteenth kayo in eighteen fights but will not have his NABA, NABO or NABF titles on the line in this ten rounder.

Also under the guidance of Freddie Roach, yet another Nigerian, this one being Welterweight Wale Omotoso, recently of Australia but now based in the US, takes on American Calvin Odom in his first fight Stateside on the undercard of the Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Daniel Ponce DeLeon championship match. The former amateur star should have no problem extending his undefeated record to nineteen straight wins against his journeyman opponent who sports a tough 15-10 ledger.