Gifted Cole Set for World Title Fight on May 12

World Boxing Federation Junior Middleweight champion and Global Boxing Federation World Super Middleweight title holder, Nigeria’s Gifted Cole Chiori, will on May 12, in Atlanta Georgia defend his title against Teemu Touminen of Finland in a 10-round bout.

Cole, whose record stands at 13-0, in a telephone chat with THISDAY from his base in the United States, said he was not intimidated by his opponent, promising to come out victorious at the end of the bout.

The fight being promoted by E Butt Promotions and Bishop Enter- tainment is powered by Achievas Entertainment will also have nine under cards, while Cole would be headlining his first title fight of his boxing career.

With the City of Atlanta known for its huge presence of Africans and indeed Nigerians, Cole has promised to put a good show.

“After being out of the ring for almost two years now, I can't wait to bring back the fire come May 12,” the United States-based Nigerian-born boxer promised. With the kind of rigorous training I have gone through, I should be able to stop him in the third round. I’m not underrating my opponent or being overconfident, but I had perfected the strategy to stop him early after watching some of the tapes of his previous fights,” he stated. Cole, however, admitted that defeating the Finnish would not be a walk in park.

“Touminen is a tested boxer and a worthy opponent any day and could be very tricky,” he said

Cole defeated German opponent, Tom Reiche to retain his Junior Middleweight WBF title after he stopped him in the fourth round.