Stephen Ormond aims at world champion ahead of Ashie clash

Stephen Ormond aims at world champion ahead of Ashie clash

Stephen Ormond believes the sky’s the limit ahead of Friday’s mouth-watering clash with world-ranked George Ashie and has his sights trained on a world champion.

‘The Rock’ – a former European lightweight champion – knows he faces a tough task in Ghana’s Ashie on the MTK Global show at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena but is mapping a course to a big title shot.

Ormond (25-5-KO13) was last seen dishing out a schooling to Nelson Altamirano in June and believes he can overcome Ashie (28-4-1-KO20) on his way to a clash with WBO world champion Raymundo Beltran.

Ormond said: “It was nice to get the rounds in in my last fight. It was more about that than bouncing back and I thought it went well because the opponent was a light-middleweight in there.

“I’ve seen Ashie’s fights. He’s got a great record and he’s obviously very tough. He’s highly ranked for a reason but I’m going to take that ranking off him when I face him.

“It’s clear that Ashie is very durable – he took Kevin Mitchell the full distance when they fought for the Commonwealth title. This will be a fantastic win for me because Ashie is a really high-class opponent.

“Raymundo Beltran is the end goal for me. That’s who I want to fight. He’s got the WBO world lightweight title and I plan to challenge him for it.”

Ormond v Ashie features on a stacked card that also includes Darragh Foley v Chris Jenkins, Davey Oliver Joyce, David Brophy, Kieran Smith and many more.

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Source: MTK Global Press Release