This Friday little known Andreas Seran, an Indonesian-born West Australian based Middleweight, will challenge the high profile former World Title challenger Shannan Taylor for the vacant PABA Middleweight Title. A potential WBA top 15 ranking could be up for grabs. The bout is the main event on Fox Sports and is promoted by former Australian boxer Jamie Myer. Seran has been dedicating himself and training hard for this bout. Serans trainer, West Australian Craig Christian states Andre has been working hard in the gym for a couple months now since his last fight in Indonesia. He will come into the ring fully fit, and prepared to go 12 hard rounds if necessary. Some impressive names appear on Serans resume, including spirited efforts with WBA Middleweight World Title challenger Jamie Pittman and current Australian Middleweight Champion Junior Talipeau. Seran prides himself on his heart, determination and fitness inside the boxing ring. Craig Christian goes on saying Andre is coming to give his all and I dont know whether Shannan Taylor has been training hard for the fight, but if he comes anything less than 100%, he is in for a rude shock. If this turns out to be the case I would expect Andre to stop Taylor in the late rounds. Shannan Taylors career has been littered with many famous names, both from home & abroad. However in recent times Taylor has been quite inactive, with his last boxing match taking place in early September last year, where he suffered a huge gash on the head against Sonni Michael Angelo in the very 1st round. Craig Christian believes this will be a key factor come Friday evening. Andre will by very busy, and Taylors inactivity will be something that affects him. Shannan will be relying heavily on his left hand to get him through this fight, but we have been preparing for it. In the recent days, Shannan Taylor has been touted as a potential opponent for Anthony Mundine as he is dropping down to Middleweight. In relation to this Craig Christian states Andre is coming to mess up these future plans. We would love to fight Mundine next, but at the moment we are not focusing on that, Taylor is our first target! If there ever was a time for Andreas Seran to spring a surprise this is surely it, so tune in this Friday Night on Fox Sports from 7.30pm EST, or head to the Broadbeach Convention Centre on the Gold Coast to find out.
yes big chance. taylor is chinny and is doing it for money only after caradona stole evrything he has!
If Andre makes it past the fourth he is in with a huge chance, has a huge work rate and plenty of power behind those punches. Has looked awesome in sparring from all accounts.
Dre has filled out into a strong and musclar middleweight. Taylor's punch resistance has been fading and he is exactly the kind of fighter who would be looking past Andreas. I think Seran is in with a huge shot of an upset. On the other hand Taylor isnt the inexperienced domestic fighters Seran has been giving hell, and he still has enough skills left not to be underestimated. He went the rounds with Abraham and manhandled Nonoy went no one expected him to. There was a time that Taylor was a special fighter, a true world class operator, I think there have only been a handful in oz since that time who qualify.
We'll see if he has tomorrow night. Say what you want about Taylor, but over the years he's had one of best jabs in Australian boxing. It's one thing to have done it in the gym, another on the night.
Andre has worked on a couple interesting techniques in the gym to combat Taylor.:yep Should be interesting to see how they come out tomorrow night.
