10.09.06: Risum
Boxing’s promotion on Friday September 8 in Vejle, Denmark was
a success from a sporting point of view, while not many
spectators showed up at Idraettens Hus. The ones who were in
attendance saw some entertaining fights, and five wins for the
“home boxers”.
Among
them, middleweight Fawaz Nasir, now 10-0 (5 KO’s),
returned after an eleven-month lay-off and looked good in the
first four rounds, even scoring a dubious knockdown of former
WBF Intercontinental champion Andrzej Butowicz from
Poland. But the Dane then tired, and surrendered the last two
rounds to Butowicz, proving that more gym-time is crucial if he
wants to go further. Edging the first four was however enough
for Nasir, who won 58-54 on Frank Michael Maass’ scorecard.
“Fawaz
did well for four rounds, but now its time for him to realise
that looking good in four rounds is not enough if you want to go
somewhere. He has the talent, but now its time for him to show
the right attitude and desire, or go concentrate on his
modelling jobs instead (Nasir is also a part-time model). I have
a soft spot in my heart for Fawaz, and care for him a lot, but
he must shape up now, or stop wasting his own time, his trainers’
time, and his managers’ time. Doing things half-heartedly is
not doing anything at all. And I think he knows that too…”,
said promoter Henrik Risum, who jointly manages the 26-year old
Nasir with his German partner Olaf Schroeder of Fight Production.
Schroeder also acted as technical supervisor and matchmaker for
this show.
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