Isaac Chamberlain issues warning to Viddal Riley: ‘If he fights me like that, I’ll break him’ | Boxing News
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British cruiserweight champion Isaac Chamberlain has thrown down the gauntlet to Viddal Riley.
Riley, the English titlist, has publicly called for a shot at Chamberlain. On Sunday he fought the last man to box Chamberlain, Mikael Lawal, winning a points decision at the O2 Arena.
Chamberlain condemned Riley for that performance. « You’re just running and peppering, trying to pepper and using some fake double jab to get away. Bro, at least just plant your feet once and lamp him, » he told Sky Sports.
« This is professional boxing, this is not the amateurs. You can’t just be doing some dancing thing and thinking people are going to enjoy that. »
Chamberlain compared that with his own showing against Lawal, when he won by unanimous decision at York Hall.
« I literally tried to negate everything. I shut him down up close, I pushed him back, » Chamberlain said.
« [Riley] was just running and going backwards, backwards the whole time. Me, I was forcing it on Lawal, pushing the pace, pushing the pace, feinting all of that.
« He thought he could do that but he probably couldn’t. »
Chamberlain had a warning for Riley too.
« If he fights me like that, I’ll break him, » Chamberlain said.
« That’s what you’ve been calling for. It’s a big fight, big hype, » he continued.
« Let’s go now. You’ve had your little comparison, which failed, miserably. Let’s go. Let’s go now. That’s it. »
He’s not necessarily convinced that fight will happen next.
« It makes me wonder, you lot are flaky, you lot are weird, » Chamberlain said.
« I can always go and fight Chev Clarke [his mandatory]. They haven’t sent an offer yet. They’ll probably send it one day before the purse bids or something. The [European champion, Michal] Cieslak option is already there. »
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