Alex Arthur hits back at his critics

Arthur is way out of his league here, and as the Guzman camp said, it will be easy money.

 

Edinburgh fighter Alex Arthur has dismissed suggestions he will be a "no-hoper" when he takes on Dominican Joan Guzman for the WBO super-featherweight title.

Arthur, who revealed the fight is likely to go ahead in Glasgow rather than his home city in May, is determined to prove his critics wrong when he gets into the ring with the current champion.

After claiming the interim title with victory over Manchester's Stephen Foster Jr in December, Arthur is building up towards the challenge of facing 31-year-old Guzman for the prized belt.

The fight had been expected to be staged at Meadowbank, where Arthur has fought regularly over the past four years.

But Arthur told the Edinburgh Evening News: "I honestly don't think that it would be fair to all Scottish boxing fans to stage such a big fight in such a low-capacity arena so I expect the fight to be switched to Glasgow, where there are venues which will accommodate the kind of crowd that befits a world-title fight."

The 29-year-old Scot is determined to be crowned a world champion in front of a home crowd, and knows few give him a chance against Guzman, who is unbeaten in his 28 career fights.

Arthur said: "Most of the Scottish and British boxing media have already written me off as a big underdog - almost a no-hoper.

"But, while I readily admit that I am the underdog, all those dismal Jimmies writing me off as a loser forget that, while Guzman is certainly a great fighter, so am I - as I aim to prove."

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=boxing/08/03/05/BOXING_Arthur.html

 

Damn!

I really wanted the fight to take place in Edinburgh! Really fancied going through there and making a proper night of it.

I don't particularly love the braehead arena

 

I think what AAA needs to realise is that this is no normal Sports Network WBO title fight - this guy is actually capable of hitting you back.

I like Alex, but feel he is out of his depth here.

 

Good luck to Alex, he is the undergog but he still has a decent chance.

What with Alex being so popular will he manage to get enough fans to fill the new venue?

 

Does he want writers to pretend he's a hot favourite :huh

AA is a huge underdog here; if he wins therfore its a greater achievement, most fighters like that position, not sure why he's complaining.

 

I'm pissed its not here in Edinburgher.

 

Im pissed off its not in Barnsley but what can you do?

 

i aint gonna say arthur has no chance but its about as thin as steve bunces bouf...arthur went stale years ago by not having the ambition to go to america when freddie roach wanted to take him for a few years...instead he stayed here and has been trained by part time amateur trainers for a few fights and it shows..like i always said arthur would rather be a big fish in a small pond than the opposite so i dont know what the coplaining is about now he is stepping up.

 

That is not the impression I have gotten from the coverage I have seen; in fact I doubt you could point to a refutable commentator who has called AA a 'no hope joke'. I think he's being justifiably represented as a huge underdog on the basis of ability and in-ring credentials.

 

i would rather it ba aired just for scottish viewers arthur is just total toss