Canadian Heavyweight Title Fight Tops Molitor-Caballeros Undercard

Posted on | November 8, 2008 | No Comments

Raymond Olubowale Defends Crown Against Greg Kielsa

TORONTO, ON – November 6, 2008 – While IBF Junior Featherweight champion Steve Molitor makes his last second preparations for WBA champion Celestino Caballeros on November 21, in the most important Canadian fight in over a quarter century, two of Canada’s best heavyweights will be fighting for their own piece of national boxing history.

In the most significant Canadian heavyweight title fight in years, Raymond “Mount Kilimanjaro” Olubowale (7-2-1, 4 KO’s) defends his crown against undefeated 2000 Polish Olympian Greg Kielsa (7-0, 3 KO’s) in the co-feature to Molitor-Caballero at Rumble at Rama VI, at Casino Rama, in Rama, Ontario.

“This is easily the most important Canadian Heavyweight title fight since the days of George Chuvalo,” Kielsa’s manager, James Jardine, said.

“These guys aren’t club fighters who have no business being called champions. These are true, legit contenders, whose careers will be greatly affected by the outcome.”

Kielsa, who was born in Bialystok, Poland, but now resides in Brampton, ON, is coming off an eight round unanimous decision win over iron-fisted Jerry Butler at Rumble at Rama V this past August.

“This is my biggest fight as a pro, without question. It’s all I’ve been thinking about,” Kielsa said of his showdown with Olubowale.

“Once the fight hits rounds 7, 8, or 9, I know Ray will get tired, no question about that.”

The six foot seven, 270 lb. Olubowale who once trained along side Kielsa, pays only passing respect to his former stablemate,

“Greg is only a decent fighter, nothing more or less. There’s nothing impressive about him what so ever.”

“When we sparred together years ago, I was holding my own against him, and that was without a coach, without the same amateur background, and without a fight to train for.”

“And after seeing him fight a couple of times, he’s no better now than he was back then.”

“He says a lot,” Kielsa said of Olubowale, “but he’s blind.”

“I’m a much better fighter now than I was when we sparred, but he’s just trying to build up his own confidence.”

“He knows what he’s in for.”

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