KARACHI – Pakistan’s former WBC champion Muhammad Waseem will be in actiontomorrow as he faces Colombian fighter Rober Barrera in the world titleeliminator in Dubai.
Pakistani fighter, who earlier fought for the IBF world title, has advancedin the rankings following three consecutive wins after losing to thetwo-time IBF flyweight champion Mthalane.
Waseem has bagged 12 fights, in which he clinched 8 by knockout whilelosing only one. He played his last bout in December 2020, which he baggedagainst the Philippine athlete.
The Pakistani boxer, also known as Falcon Khan, was training under MTKGlobal in Scotland and moved from Dubai to Glasgow a week ago. He began hisprofessional career in South Korea in 2016 and won the Korean Bantamweighttitle on debut.
Speaking with a Pakistani news outlet, Waseem said he’s fully optimisticand will knock out the Colombian boxer. “I am training hard and I am 80percent sure that I will beat Barera,” he said, adding that “Barrera is atough fighter, having played world title bout twice but I am working hardand will prevail over him”.
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Delving into details about his hardcore training, he said I have workedvery hard and giving finishing touches to my preparations.
Waseem has so far won 11 bouts during his career with eight knockouts. Helost just one. During his excellent career Waseem has won the WBC flyweightworld silver title two times. He also remained WBC No1 for quite some time.He won the WBC world silver title only in his fourth professional bout.
Barrera is said to be more experienced, as he competed in 26 fights andlost 3. The foreign fighter, who has a record of 13 knockouts, will try hisbest to obtain a triumph that will catapult him to a greater projection atworld level.
