Andrew Cain discusses maiden title defence to Luis Moreno

Andrew Cain vs Luis Moreno fight camp quotes

Fearsome super-bantamweight Andrew Cain (9-0, 8KO), 25 from Liverpool, is back in action only five weeks after winning the WBC International Silver title in a blisteringly fast 19-second stoppage win. In his maiden title defence, he faces tough Mexican Luis Moreno (10-2, 6KO), 29 from Nuevo Leon.

The KO artist spoke exclusively to Danny Flexen from SecondsOut on the eve of his 10th professional contest:

 

On how he imagines his 10-round championship contest could go...

“I’m just gonna go out there and be me, and that’s all I can do. And I imagine that if I go out and perform the way I know I can and the way that I’m capable of performing then I don’t imagine it going the 10, no.”

 

On his rival Liam Davies pulling out of their title fight last month...

“It’s boxing; it’s disappointing, but I’ve said this before, my life and my career doesn’t revolve around one man, I’m looking to progress and move forward regardless of what’s happening behind the scenes.”

 

On what's next...

“It’s down to Warren and the Queensberry Promotions team, but I’m ready for whatever and I have been since I was a young man. All I have to do is focus on the fighting, the training, get myself right and fighting, and everything else comes along with it.”

 

On domestic rivals Brad Foster and European champion Jason Cunningham...

“I’m most definitely at that level, yeah. And I fought the likes of these fellas before in the amateurs and I’m most definitely ready for them now. I could be fighting any of them names on Friday and doing a proper job in against any of them. They’re on their path and I’m on my path. I don’t look at them and think they’re the enemy, I look at world champions and I think ‘I’ll have you’.”

 

On facing the World Champions...

“All of them. There’s not one of them that I’ve watched and think ‘I wouldn’t want to fight him’. I’m in the wrong game if that’s the case. Most definitely, anyone I look at I think that ive got the beating of them, and I believe if you’re a fighter and you haven’t got that attitude and you don’t look at them that way, you need to go home and do something else because this is not the right game for ya.”

 

On WBO World bantamweight champion Paul Butler...

“I’m looking to progress at bantamweight. Politics in careers, he’s a bit ahead of me; he’s not ahead of me in ability or in capability at all, so I’d look at someone like and think ‘Yeah, I’ve got the beating of them’, but is that fight going to get made next? The likelihood of it, probably not; but I’m ready for all of them now.”

 

On his ideal opponent in the near future...

“I’m not bothered, me; I’m a prizefighter, I’m fighting for my family, I’m fighting to progress, I’m fighting to make a better life for myself, so I don’t care who it is, I don’t care who the opponent is, I don’t care what the occasion is, all is to me is the ring and a fella in front of me that’s trying to take that away from me.”

 

On his Everton Red Triangle gym...

“We’re all coming, every one of us, and you’re gonna see that. These next few years are exciting for us, we’re gonna be progressing and moving forward. If you look at our performances of late, we’re not messing around, we’re coming to destroy, and we’re coming to state who we are, and the place we’re fighting out of, the Red Triangle, it’s a special place and its special in our hearts as well so we’ve also got that were fighting for.”

 

On why the gym is so successful right now...

“To be honest with you, [it's] Paul Stevenson. He’s the main man down there and he’s teaching us properly and he’s showing us proper boxing, our minds are on the job. Without Paul, it wouldn’t be the same, so firstly I would have to say Paul.

“We’re also helping each other, we’re all bouncing off each other, we’re all watching and learning things off each other, as every gym does but we’re all special fighters down there and we’re all coming, but if I have to say one main thing as to why, the reason for the success, would be Paul Stevenson.

“He’s always been like a mentor for me, I’ve been at the gym since I was 10. I think if it weren’t for the gym, I wouldn’t like to think about what would be going on in my life at the minute. But Paul Stevenson means a lot to me, he’s like a father to me, and all the lads in the gym, yeah I love Paul, he’s a great man.”

 

On who will be the first World Champion to emerge from his gym...

“It’s too hard to say! If I get the chance first then I’m gonna be the first one, but it’s down to who gets the chance first, and that’s out of our control, so it’s a hard question for me to answer that, cos we’re all able for it, all capable for it, so it’s who gets the chance first. It’s whoever gets the first lottery ticket.”

 

Trained by Paul Stevenson at the talent-laden Everton Red Triangle gym in Liverpool, Cain trains alongside WBC Silver featherweight champion Nick Ball (15-0, 8KOs), who stole the show at Wembley just before the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte fight last month; unbeaten super-bantamweight Brad Strand (7-0, 3KOs); Olympian Peter McGrail (4-0, 3KO), and his younger brother Joe (3-0, 2KO).

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