By Prince Dornu-Leiku
Unwavering world title hopeful Ray Narh hopes to once again press his case for a crack at a world title shot when he fights Prawet Singwancha of Thailand in China mainland of Macau on July 30 for the WBC International Light welterweight belt at the Venetian Macau Casino, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.
Narh, (25-2, 21 KOs), famously known to his fans as the Emperor is smarting from his second career loss in his last fight against American Mike Alvarado last May 7. It is a defeat he blamed on an illness hours before entering the ring, and is counting on victory against the experienced Singwancha (46-3-2, 26 KOs) to authenticate his claim for bragging rights among the big boys of the light welterweight division of world boxing.
But 34 year old Singwancha will not come cheap as his experience of 51 professional fights indicate. The Thailand boxer has held the WBC International Light welterweight belt since taking it via a unanimous points decision victory over Heri Andriyato in April 2009 and has previously also twice challenged for the WBA Lightweight world title.
But 32 year old Raymond Narh who remains unrelenting in his pursuit of the elusive world title he so craves, has vowed to silence Singwancha, take the WBC International Light Welterweight crown, add it to the WBC / USNBC Light welterweight title he already holds and up his ratings in the quest for a crack at any of the world titles.
“I am glad for this opportunity and the experience of the opponent is one that I have to cope with because this is my chance to break through and put myself back on the frontline.
“I have prepared very well and I promise my fans and Ghanaians all over the world that I will not disappoint them. Everyone should pray for me and we shall all celebrate big,” Narh told SportsInGhana.com from his US base.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
