Sakio Bika talks Adonis Stevenson – “I have to put everything on the line,”

 
AUSTRALIA’s Sakio Bika will return to the ring on April 4th to challenge the reigning WBC light heavyweight titleholder and lineal champion Adonis Stevenson in Quebec, Canada.

 
Stevenson, 37, has not been beaten for the past five years and boasts an impressive record of 25 wins (21 by knockout) and only one loss.

 
The bout will be televised on Al Haymon’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ series and will feature rising light heavyweight star Artur Beterbiev who will face former WBA champion Gabriel Campillo.

 
“I want to thank Al Haymon and my team for all their support for securing me the opportunity to become a two division world champion,” said Bika.

 
Sakio has not been active in the ring since relinquishing his WBC title to Anthony Dirrell last August and is hungry to again become a world champion.

 
“It is a big opportunity; I have to put everything on the line,” Bika continued. “I’m focussed, fit and pushing myself to become a champion again,”

 
“Adonis is nothing special to me – I have fought the best southpaws in world – he has never fought someone like me. I’m relentless, I will work very hard and strip that belt from him,”

 
Sakio has recently returned from his country of birth Cameroon where he was accompanied by filmmakers Ben Damon and Calum Stewart who have been following Sakio around the globe over the past twelve months filming a feature documentary about the Australian’s amazing life from poverty in Africa to becoming the world champion.

 
The first half of 2015 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Australia’s elite boxers.

 
Talented Victorian Will Tomlinson will face the formidable Franciso Vargas on the 12th March 2015 to earn the right to contend for the WBC and WBO super featherweight straps.

 
In addition to this, Anthony Mundine is days away from signing a contract to contest a for a world title in the US while heavyweight Lucas Browne is closing in on a shot at the heavyweight championship of the world

 
 
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