George Liddard plans to arrange a “huge 2025” when he and Derrick Osaze struggle on Friday at London’s Indigo on the O2.
Liddard-Osaze headlines Matchroom’s NXTGEN card, which additionally options the promising Junaid Bostan’s English middleweight title struggle with Bilal Fawaz. The middleweight Liddard (10-0, 6 KOs) has confronts his hardest check but in British title challenger Osaze.
“Thanks to Matchroom, my first headline [with Matchroom] – I’m excited,” mentioned Liddard, 22. “I by no means shrink back from a check, Derrick is an efficient check and I plan to go it.
“My final 4, 5 fights have all been a step up and so they’ve all come to flip the script. I’m able to placed on a giant efficiency and push on for giant fights in 2025.
“We’re going to see who’s obtained the larger canine within them come Friday evening.”
Osaze (13-2 3KOs) final fought towards Denzel Bentley for the British middleweight title, when shedding through a vicious second-round knockout. Osaze, 31, returns towards a prospect in Liddard however has no plans on being a “stepping stone”.
“George is an efficient fighter, you’re not going to be sitting on this seat and topping a Matchroom invoice in the event you’re not a superb fighter,” he mentioned.
“[But] I didn’t get into this sport to develop into some form of gate keeper or some form of stepping stone. Come Friday he has obtained a critical, critical process on his palms.”
Liddard’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has been impressed with Liddard’s improvement underneath the skilled Tony Sims.
“George Liddard, the best way he’s come on within the final 4, 5 fights has been nice,” mentioned Hearn. “We at all times knew he would get to British title stage however the best way he’s been coping with folks…”
Hearn additionally insisted the winner of the bout would go on to problem for the British title sooner or later. “Winner stays on,” he mentioned
