Richard Commey
Ghana’s Richard Commey believes he put up a spirited performance in his fight against Robert Easter Jnr to be crowned the new IBF Lightweight champion on Friday in Pennsylvania.
The undefeated Ghanaian expressed shock after his split decision loss to his American opponent having given his best shot in the vacant IBF title.
Commey succeeded in sending Easter Jnr to the canvas in round eight but what did the trick for the homeboy according to some observes was his masterful landings in round 12.
The judges scored the bout 114-113, 115-112 and 114-113, but Commey said that “I feel like I won this fight. I did everything that I could. I landed the more accurate shots. I come from very far and it’s hard to win here versus an American. I deserve a rematch.”
“I was very devastated when I heard the scores. I knew it was a close fight. He went down and I didn’t.
“I want to be a world champion. Even if he doesn’t want to fight me, I want another opportunity. I can fight at the highest level in the world. We worked so hard to get to this stage. I want to stay at this level. I’ll keep improving.”
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Richard Commey is a tough, tough competitor. He made me fight each and every round, but we did it,” Easter admitted.
By Kofi Owusu Aduonum