chop
05-01-2007, 02:16 AM
By Mark Vester
According to Brazilian newspaper A Tarde, former champion Acelino Freitas will continue to fight. This past Saturday, Freitas suffered the second loss of his career when he quit on his stool before the start of the ninth round of his unification bout with Juan Diaz. The fight was televised on HBO.
Freitas claims that it was his trainer, Oscar Suarez, that stopped the fight. Suarez did tell various member of the media at the post-fight press conference that he was the one who made the final call on stopping the fight because he felt that Freitas was taking too much punishment. Freitas wants to land a fight against the winner of the upcoming lightweight title clash between champion David Diaz and Erik Morales.
"Suarez asked me if I was alright and wanted to know if I wanted him to stop the fight. I left him in charge of it, because he is experienced and knows what is better for me. I am not going to stop. I want to challenge the winner of the fight between David Diaz and Erik Morales [in August] and claim the lightweight title," Freitas said.
Freitas also has promotional company in Brazil, and hopes to secure a deal with Arthur Pelullo, Don King or Oscar De La Hoya in order to send his fighters to the United States for bigger game.
According to Brazilian newspaper A Tarde, former champion Acelino Freitas will continue to fight. This past Saturday, Freitas suffered the second loss of his career when he quit on his stool before the start of the ninth round of his unification bout with Juan Diaz. The fight was televised on HBO.
Freitas claims that it was his trainer, Oscar Suarez, that stopped the fight. Suarez did tell various member of the media at the post-fight press conference that he was the one who made the final call on stopping the fight because he felt that Freitas was taking too much punishment. Freitas wants to land a fight against the winner of the upcoming lightweight title clash between champion David Diaz and Erik Morales.
"Suarez asked me if I was alright and wanted to know if I wanted him to stop the fight. I left him in charge of it, because he is experienced and knows what is better for me. I am not going to stop. I want to challenge the winner of the fight between David Diaz and Erik Morales [in August] and claim the lightweight title," Freitas said.
Freitas also has promotional company in Brazil, and hopes to secure a deal with Arthur Pelullo, Don King or Oscar De La Hoya in order to send his fighters to the United States for bigger game.