Iwasa In Bristol Five Days Away From Haskins Fight

ByBoxing Press

There are only five days left before Bristol Boy Lee Haskins gets his shot at the World title! Tickets are still available for Lee Haskins World Title fight at the Action Indoor Sports Arena in Whitchurch, Bristol on Saturday June 13.

Haskins’ opponent Ryosuke Iwasa landed in the UK on Saturday and is putting his final preparations in place this week at the Bristol Boxing Gym before taking on the home town hero this weekend. The fight promises to be an intriguing match up with both boxers on a fantastic run of form.

Iwasa has only between defeated once in his career and that was a technical knock out at the hands of the current WBC champion Shinsuke Yamanaka.

Haskins is also in a rich vein of form, having won each of his last five fights, three inside schedule, and last time out lifted the European bantamweight title with a dominant eighth round points win over Omar Lamiri.

This shot at a world title means more to Haskins than most, of course, given the fact he’s had to watch the likes of Jamie McDonnell and Stuart Hall, two men he has previously defeated, go on to claim world championships of their own in the last two years.

“It’s amazing to finally land this world title shot,” he said. “It means so much to me that the fight is going to be in Bristol with a home crowd and I hope that the Bristol public turn out in force to support me!”

“I know this is going to be a tough fight, but I’ve never lost in Bristol and, with that massive West Country support behind me, we can make history on June 13.”

Tickets priced at £35, £75 and £100 are available from Sanigar Events on 0117 949 6699.