Barashyan ready for Garay!

Thursday, July 3 2008

By Dima Mossienko / Photo: D. Mossienko

Acting European light heavyweight champion Ukrainian southpaw Yury "Big Octopus" Barashyan steps into the ring tonight in Buenos Aires to challenge local hero Hugo Garay for the vacant WBA light heavyweight belt. Despite some European sceptics' opinions, he easily made weight on light heavyweight 175lb limit. Barashyan won the European light heavy belt on February 23 with an eight round KO of Thomas Ulrich to earn the fight for WBA belt. Barashyan told Fightnews, that his camp was the toughest in his life. Having being asked before departure to Buenos Aires about his feeling of always fighting on foreign turf, Barashyan said, "For this belt I would fly to the moon! I had the toughest camp in my life with several classy cruiserweights and I don't care what those guys will shout in Spanish. I respect Diego Maradona (Argentinean soccer star), but that will not help my Argentinean opponent. I'm coming for this WBA belt. It's mine!" (Photo: Barashyan during sparring session in Kiev with his coach Victor Demchenko.)

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