Sam Noakes Refuses To Write Off Denys Berinchyk

“Keyshawn’s an anomaly. He’s different. We’ve got to observe and study the opposite fights. Not a lot that one,” Noakes said to Ring Magazine when asked how much weight he puts on Berinchyk’s loss to Davis. “He’s still a superb fighter. Losing to Keyshawn Davis don’t make him like, ‘Oh, he’s rubbish. It’s a straightforward fight for me now.’ There’s things to remove from that, but at the top I’m still entering into there considering he’s still a dangerous fight. He’s a live fighter, so I’m specializing in that.”

Noakes meets Berinchyk on the undercard of the Moses Itauma versus Filip Hrgovic heavyweight event. The previous WBO lightweight champion stays the most important name on Noakes’ resume since his unanimous decision loss to Abdullah Mason last November.

Berinchyk built his fame long before the Davis fight. The Ukrainian captured the WBO lightweight title with an upset victory over Emanuel Navarrete after an completed amateur profession. Noakes believes Berinchyk needs to be judged by his body of labor reasonably than one disappointing performance.

The English contender admitted Berinchyk presents a difficult task despite the recent criticism directed at the previous champion.

A victory would move Noakes closer to a different world title opportunity. He expects a demanding fight reasonably than the one-sided contest many individuals anticipate after Berinchyk’s defeat to Davis.