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Tureano Johnson warns Quigley ahead of crossroads fight

Jason Quigley [16(120-0] will fail the toughest test of his career tomorrow night claims opponent Tureano Johnson [20(14)-2(2)-1].

The Bahamas native provides much sought after step up opposition for the Donegal prospect as the pair trade leather at Fantasy Springs on Thursday.

It’s seen as a chance for Golden Boy’s Quigley to put a serious name on his record and progress toward a world title shot, but the 2008 Olympian and Eamonn O’Kane defeater doesn’t see things transpiring that way.

The 35-year-old believes he defeat Quigley, put two disappointing results behind him and regain world title contender status.

“Jason is a nice kid and I have a lot of respect for him but if he is overlooking me he is making a massive mistake as I am not overlooking him by any stretch of the imagination. I am by far the biggest test of his career to date and I believe that I will emerge victoriously and move on to clashing for the world title eventually,” Johnson told Boxing Scene.

“Quigley is a dangerous opponent, he can really fight but I am excited about this fight as it’s going to be a great fight for the fans and one that I believe I will win in an entertaining fashion.”

Defeat to Sergiy Derevyanchenko saw the American based fighter take over a year break from action and when he returned he did so with a relatively disappointing draw with Fernando Castaneda.

Johnson claims he over looked the Mexican super middleweight and is adamant he takes a totally different approach into his clash with the Ingle Gym fighter.  

“I am very fit, I feel far better conditioned for this fight than I have in the past as I have taken a more scientific approach to training for this fight. I have felt a massive change and I feel that I will show a different and a far better version of myself on July 18.

“People still haven’t seen the best of Tureano Johnson and I believe they will see it against Jason Quigley.”

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Jonny Stapleton

Irish-boxing.com contributor for 15 years and editor for the past decade. Have been covering boxing for over 16 years and writing about sports for a living for over 20 years. Former Assistant Sports editor for the Gazette News Paper Group and former Tallaght Voice Sports Editor. Have had work published in publications around the world when working as a freelance journalist. Also co-founder of Junior Sports Media and Leinster Rugby PRO of the Year winner. email: editoririshboxing@gmail.com

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