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SAKIO BIKA: "I CAN HANDLE THE BIG BULL...I CAN BEAT ADONIS STEVENSON ON APRIL 4"

By Press Release | March 30, 2015
SAKIO BIKA:

"Adonis is a great champion and I want to become the world champion in life. I'm very sure I can handle him. And come April 4, because I have a good preparation, a great sparing partner, I just looking for you to see how I can handle the big bull. Adonis is the first one for me at this weight, but I just feel confident, I feel positive. I'm ready, you know, to go there and show the people in the world I can beat Adonis Stevenson on April 4. I want to tell the big bull. I want to move up in light heavyweight division, and April 4 people are going to be see it," stated former super middleweight champion Sakio Bika, who recently held a conference call to talk about his upcoming clash this Saturday with WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson. Check out what else he had to say!

Sakio Bika: All right, first of all, I want to thank everybody for giving me this big opportunity at the world title. . My training camp is going really well. I want to thank God, you know, to give me this opportunity. Again, we have a good training camp here. Everyone is happy. I'm happy, and my coach is happy. All my kingdom is happy. I'm just looking for on April the 4th, to become three time world champion.

Kevin Cunningham: Yes. To piggyback on what Sakio has just said, we've had a tremendous training camp, great sparing. Everything is going well. Sakio understands the opportunity that's before him, and we look to come to Canada and Montreal. And we're going to into Adonis' hometown. So, I've been there, done that. You got to go into the lion's den and take the title. So that's what we're working on doing and that's what we plan on doing.

Q: Sakio, what do you think about that?

S. Bika: I think it is very, very good because I have [unintelligible] since I've been here. I think it's good for the new generation. It goes for this sport. For me, I think it is perfect. It's perfect because, so many people [unintelligible] retire [unintelligible] drug and they never get tested. And now with new generation, I think it's very good, you know, for younger kids to try to see if they want to win. Once you come in this sport you have to have been clean. It's a perfect organization to get people involved in and test them. It's the perfect thing to do.

Q: So both of you will be tested three times, two times during the training camp, one time before the fight? Is that correct, guys?

S. Bika: Yeah, for me it was three time. Then two blood test--like blood test and piss test. This is the third time them testing me since I was here.

Q: Sakio, I just want to know, how does it feel for you in this training camp to train for a light heavyweight fight after having spent pretty much your entire career at a super middleweight?

S. Bika: I feel it was a new challenge to go up and try to fight the big bull. When you see my regimen, nobody ever wants to fight me. It was always a little bit difficult because people don't want to fight me. For me it's a big challenge because Stevenson, Adonis is a great champion and I want to become the world champion in life. I'm very sure I can handle him. And come April 4, because I have a good preparation, a great sparing partner, I just looking for you to see how I can handle the big bull. Adonis is the first one for me at this weight, but I just feel confident, I feel positive. I'm ready, you know, to go there and show the people in the world I can beat Adonis Stevenson on April 4. I want to tell the big bull. I want to move up in light heavyweight division, and April 4 people are going to be see it.

Q: Does the weight feel better for you? Do you see yourself staying at light heavyweight?

S. Bika: I see myself like a light heavyweight. I see myself at light heavyweight because you see so many world champions. For me just it's just a challenge. I want to challenge myself. I can do light heavy easy. It would be a struggle to do super middleweight. You know, I can do light heavyweight really easily. I can handle the big bull, because I handle everyone. This is a big opportunity for me to try to see if can I handle the big bull. I can handle Adonis. come April 4, I will try to test myself. You all ready? I'm ready. I have a good preparation,. We train very hard for this fight. I'm just looking to come to Quebec and take care of business.

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PBC on CBS, headlined by the light heavyweight world championship fight between Stevenson and Bika, is promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and presented by Videotron and in association with Mise-O-Jeu. Tickets are on sale now at the Pepsi Coliseum box office in Quebec, by calling (418) 691-7211 or (800) 900-7469, online at www.billetech.com, at GYM (514) 383-0666 and Champion Boxing Club (514) 376-0980. Ticket prices range from $25 to $250 on the floor.

For more information visit www.sports.sho.com and www.groupeyvonmichel.ca, follow on Twitter at @SHOSports, @yvonmichelgym, @AdonisSuperman and @Sakio_Bika, follow the conversation using #StevensonBika, become a fan on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/SHOBoxing or visit the SHOWTIME Boxing Blog at http://theboxingblog.sho.com.

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