Light-weight Jeremiah Nakathila. Photograph from Jeremiah Nakathila’s Instagram
Huge-punching Jeremiah Nakathila gave former junior light-weight titlist Miguel Berchelt a beatdown for six rounds final March. The Namibian hoped that may be the springboard to even larger fights within the white-hot light-weight division.
Sadly the 33-year-old African wasn’t in a position to capitalize on his career-best win and was left exterior wanting in.
“I’m a bit disenchanted that I’ve not been within the ring since defeating Berchelt however I additionally perceive that issues within the light-weight division are a bit tense proper now,” Nakathila (23-2, 19 knockouts) advised The Ring. “We needed to watch for [Devin] Haney [and George] Kambosos to combat twice.
“I might have preferred to step within the ring towards [Isaac] ‘Pitbull’ [Cruz] within the meantime to deal with enterprise however that didn’t materialize however I’m hoping to be again within the ring within the first quarter of this 12 months.”
Rising younger fighter Raymond Muratalla (16-0, 13 KOs) lately talked about Nakathila. Whereas it’s not the high-profile combat Nakathila is on the lookout for, he admits it might assist him get one thing larger.
“I heard Raymond calling me out and I need to admit that was very courageous of him to do this,” he stated. “Generally these guys simply point out your identify to present themselves relevance and make the information however they don’t have any intention to combat you.
“I’m prepared for Raymond and [will] give him a boxing lesson that he’ll always remember. As soon as I’m carried out with him, I can hopefully transfer onto larger fights towards the likes of Cruz, Kambosos, Haney, [Vasiliy] ‘Loma[chenko]’ and [Gervonta] ‘Tank’ Davis.”
Nakathila’s handler Nestor Tobias has relationship with Prime Rank, having beforehand twice labored with the powerhouse promoter, and hopes to precure one thing quickly for his hungry fighter.
“[We are] grateful that Nakathila had two large fights versus [Shakur] Stevenson and Berchelt [on Top Rank shows],” stated Tobias. “We’re continuously in talks with Prime Rank and are optimistic that they’ll make something occur and we will hopefully make a giant announcement quickly on Nakathila’s subsequent combat – so keep tuned.”
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