The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Lazzerini says gold is definite possibility
Scottish boxer Sean Lazzerini will be aiming high when he flies to Australia for the Commonwealth Games.
The 20-year-old Glaswegian won gold at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in 2015 and is looking to emulate that feat in Australia in April.
Lazzerini, of Bellahouston Boxing Club, insists he will be in the best possible shape in preparation for the best possible outcome.
“I know quite a few of the opponents and they are definitely all beatable, 100%. A gold medal is definitely a shout and a medal is a shout.
“But I won’t be thinking about a gold medal, I will be thinking of who I need to fight first and take it from there.”
Lazzerini had to come through a nervy and pressurised boxoff against Boris Crighton for the -81kg place last month in order to be able to make his Commonwealth Games debut, but it left him vindicated.
“I was really nervous when I was first told about it,” he said.
“I thought I deserved to go already but I had to deal with it.
“I used it as an opportunity to show what I could do and prove completely that I was the one who should be going and I did.”
Lazzerini has plenty of Scottish inspiration to drive him on in the coming months, although his influences also lie further afield.
World title prospect Josh Taylor won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as did Charlie Flynn in the lightweight division.
Lazzerini said: “Josh Taylor, he will be a world champion and he has taken the same route, Commonwealth Games and all that stuff.”