That's a lot of confidence to hold in a fighters who hasn't even fought at European level, nevermind fringe World level. To be sure he could step up to World level without going through those phases means you obviously have huge admiration for him. My opinion is more like others on this thread. He's good, and very tricky but I don't think he'll cut it at the top and he'll probably never get the chance because his team go around acting like everyone is avoiding him instead of getting down to business and getting fights with fighters just below World level.
I do agree with alot of the things your saying mate... He is yet to prove it against world level opposition but i do feel he has got something!!! He really does need to get a move on!!! The only thing is to win a title he'll have to travel!!!
I actually think Ajose would handle McCloskey fairly easily, if anyone is a bit over-rated its him, dont get me wrong he is good but think he loses this one
A few people on here are saying some rather disparaging things about Olusegun. Why has he got no fanbase? Isn't that what his promoter / manager is supposed to create in the media? Like I've said before, Maloney's 'skills' in management are minimal - just check out his appalling whole page 'adverts' in Boxing News every week. Half the time he spells his own boxers' names wrong, the ****ing idiot. Olusegun needs to extricate himself from his contract PDQ, and get his butt over to Hennessy / Warren or Hearn. Otherwise he'll find himself still fighting for Southern Area titles when he's 40. It's an absolute disgrace.
Naseem Hamed wasn't likeable. Didn't stop the little twat becoming known worldwide, and retiring a multi millionaire, did it?!
Another one of the 'too high risk, too little to gain' fighters im afraid but the guy is talented & a former olympian with Samuel Peter back in the day. There are so many far worse fighters that have had far better opportunities than him. Best Olusegun can do is to keep training hard, every fighter with an '0' gets a shot against somebody decent with something to bring to the table one day. Why has no big name wanted to fight him if he aint a good boxer, easy undefeated fighters are always good for the cv. Especially ones like Witter that need it build up again....
Olusegun is an African fighter in the UK, he doesn't speak much, hasn't got an exciting style = not exactly a great fighter to promote is it? And you wonder why he hasn't got the popularity of Naseem Hamed???
Naseem Hamed was an entertaining twat. In boxing you've either gotta be a good good guy or a good bad guy to make it as a worldwide star. Olusegun is a boring personality in interviews, but the biggest problem is he hasn't fought anybody to get us excited.
He's #3 for the title not a mandatory...isn't that pretty much self-explanatory as to why he wouldn't have got a title shot? If he was a good name that brought money to the table of course he'd be more likely to get one, but he isn't, therefore he needs to force it. I think the winner of him and the Romanian was supposed to be an eliminator but it fell through. **** me if Olusegun's #3 in the world and his best win is Nigel Wright his promoter ain't all that awful...they've been taking him down a route that has obviously got him credit from the WBC somehow. Eventually he'll get his shot if he doesn't lose. This is how it is in boxing, if you've got something to offer you get opportunities others don't, if you havn't you have to do it the hard way.
Calzaghe was a highly rated amateur, so there was already a buzz about him from the start - he also had that arrogance about him which made him get in the press. Plus the fact he is a BRITISH fighter.