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Ibrahim “Firearm” Returns to the Mississauga Hershey Centre on February 11, 2012

Ibrahim “Firearm” Kamal (6-0, 5 KO’s) looks forward to returning to the Mississauga Hershey Centre next Saturday night to fight TOMMI SCHMIDT (6-4, 3 KO’s) of Denmark in a scheduled 8 round bout.

When asked about his next opponent, Kamal said, “I don’t know a lot about this guy other than the fact that he is tall for a lightweight, and in his last fight he went 12 rounds with a guy that was 27-2, trained by Emmanuel Steward”.

According to Kamal, the fact that his opponent survived the distance in his last fight cannot be allowed to continue:

“I have not fought since last September in Mexico and I have been training very hard for this fight, with the help of my trainer/manager, Rey Morales. I have had excellent sparring with Stephan Boyd, who is tall like my opponent. I am ready and I want to stop this guy and make another statement in front of my Toronto area fans.”

Regarding fighting another opponent from overseas, instead of a Canadian fighter, Kamal had this to say, “My goal was to finish the year at 6-0 and I achieved that. What I really want next is a Canadian title. My promoter, Gary Freedman, has tried very hard to match me against 135-140 pound fighters in Canada, but no one is willing to fight me. Both the 135 and 140 pound Canadian titles are vacant, but a lot of guys have refused to fight me over the next couple of fights, even if it’s for the opportunity to become a Canadian champion. Nevertheless, I am sure that I will achieve this goal in 2012.”

In the meantime, the boxer that many consider to be the most feared lightweight in Canada is biding his time and fighting increasingly difficult opposition, even if the fighters are unknown to Canadian boxing fans.

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