On September 7, as part of the
big World Boxing Federation
Convention Championship Boxing
Night in Saarbruecken, Germany,
WBF Intercontinental Champion
Raja Amasheh (15-0-1, 4 KOs)
will be attempting to take her
career to the next level when
she fights Austrian Eva
Voraberger (16-2, 8 KOs) for the
vacant WBF Womens World Super
Flyweight title.
From Karlsruhe, 31-year-old
Amasheh recently joined Bill
Calogero on his famous
Talking Boxing With Billy C.
TV and Radio show, and the
following is a transcript of
their conversation:
Billy C.: She is a top-ranked
Super Flyweight and she is going
to be fighting for the world
title soon. Please welcome Raja
Amasheh. Good evening Raja!
Raja Amasheh: Good evening.
Hello!
B.C: How are you doing today?
R.A: Im fine, thank you. How are
you?
B.C: Not too bad. First and
foremost, we will talk about
your big fight coming up in a
minute, but let me ask you…your
undefeated, and your in a
division that seems to be pretty
hot right now in women’s boxing.
What’s your thoughts on that?
R.A: Yeah, its pretty hot. There
are some good fighters, but I am
ranked pretty good.
B.C.: Yes, you are definitely
ranked up there, and for all of
our listeners and viewers out
there who has never seen you
fight, how would you describe
yourself, what’s your style?
R.A: My style is very
aggressive. I'm going forward and
forward, and I am fighting my
heart out, like a whirl wind.
B.C: I have seen some videos of
you fight, and you like to throw
lots of punches and you come
right at your opponent. You are
getting a shot at a world title,
you are going to be fighting
September 7 for the vacant World
Boxing Federation Super
Flyweight belt. Do you have a
gameplan going into that fight?
You are are arguably fighting
the most experienced fighter of
your career in Eva Voraberger.
Do you have a specific gameplan
set for her?
R.A: Yes. The gameplan for Eva
is to put pressure on her, and
don’t let her fight and come
into the fight. She should fight
me, and the gameplan is to just
put as much pressure we can on
her. And then I just think she
will lose it.
B.C: You know, during your
career you have only gone ten
rounds one time. And this is for
a world title so it is scheduled
for ten rounds. Do you have to
do anything special in your
conditioning and preparations to
make sure you are going to have
the energy to go full force for
all ten rounds?
R.A: Yes, its very hard
preparations this time and we
started two weeks earlier than
usual. Especially conditioning
and fitness we did a lot of hard
work this time, much harder than
the last fight.
B.C: Tell me, do you follow the
sport? A lot of time I talk to
fighters and they are just in it
as professionals but they don’t
follow the sport of boxing. Are
you a fan of the sport?
R.A: Yes, of course. I wake up
in the middle of the night to
watch the HBO fights and fights
from the UK. I am a fighter and
a fan as well.
B.C: Since you have to wake up
in the middle of the night, you
are not out partying at the
clubs…
R.A: No…not at this time just
before a fight…
B.C: Oh, I see, I see. Okay, so
when you are preparing for a
fight you are very disciplined,
buuuut when its not time for a
fight there is nothing wrong
with going out and having…
R.A: No, there is time for party
and there is time for
discipline. For everything you
have a timeframe.
B.C: That’s right. Well, you
know I am lucky. I don’t have to
worry about training for fights,
so I can go out and party
whenever I want, so…
R.A: Lucky guy…
B.C: So you stay in pretty good
shape all the time, I mean your
not one of those fighters that
totally get crazy in between
fights and then you really got
to struggle during your
preparations. Your always in
good shape right? What do you do
on a regular basis?
R.A: We are always in training.
We always try to keep the good
shape and to keep the minimum of
condition and fitness and
boxing. I am in training between
the fights as well. We work
harder up to a fight, but I am
always in training.
B.C: When are we going to see
you here in the states? You
never fought outside of Germany,
and we need quality womens
fighters such as yourself to
fight herein the states, because
although we have a lot of
talented women it just seems
that they are not exiting enough
to get put on the shows. Do you
see yourself fighting here in
the states soon?
R.A: It depends on if we get an
offer from the states, sometimes
its not your decision but I am
open to that and wish to fight
in the states. But I have to
wait until we get a good offer
or something.
B.C: Well I will tell you right
now you put on a good show, and
you stay up late to watch HBO.
That’s something that has never
been done, there has never been
a female on a main event on HBO,
and that would be great to see,
you being the first one doing
that.
R.A: Yeah, that would be great,
it would be a dream come true,
you know.
B.C: One last thing, I know you
are busy. How do you see the
fight with Eva going, do you
have a prediction, obviously you
have studied her, how do you see
this fight going if everything
goes according to your plan and
your teams plan, how is it going
to unfold on September 7?
R.A: I think it will be a very
hard fight, and it will be a
world class fight between two
top fighters. But if our
gameplan does come true, and
everything works out as we
trained for, I think I have to
win this fight. It’s a dream to
be world champion and I have to
win it. And I have to beat Eva
if I want to be world champion,
so there is no doubt of that.
B.C: Pretty cut and dry. You
know, you wanna be a world
champion and you gotta come out
with the W on September 7,
right?
R.A: Yeah, if you want to be
world champion you have to beat
everybody.
B.C: Well Raja, I appreciate
your time and I hope I get to
see you here in the states. And
I hope you can come back on the
show after you win this world
title. Please reach out to me,
we would love to have you come
on and hear how you feel about
finally becoming a world
champion. You know, you have
been in this sport not that
long, only sixteen pro fights so
you are right around the perfect
time to be a world champion so I
wish you all the luck in the
world.
R.A: Thank you, thank you, and I
will come back to you.
B.C: Alright, sounds good…
To listen to the interview, go
to this
link
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