Demetrius Andrade gunning for Jermell and Jermall Charlo
Friday 10 June 2016 12:08, UK
Demetrius Andrade has world super-welterweight champion twins Jermell and Jermall Charlo in his sights and is adamant the division is his.
America's former World Championship gold medalist is set to end a frustrating period of inactivity when he faces Willie Nelson on Saturday night - live on Sky Sports 1 - and is already targeting those at the top.
The Charlo brothers, who hail from Texas, hold the WBC and IBF crowns and Andrade (22-0-KO15) sees stopping Nelson (25-2-1-KO15) as the perfect way to make his point.
Nelson earned his place in the WBC eliminator with victories over Tony Harrison and Jonathan Batista but Andrade said: "I think that I'm going to make history by beating two twins that hold title belts and it's going to be a legendary thing for me. So, I'm tuned in, I'm ready and I'm focused. This is my division, it's my war.
"Tony Harrison is definitely not Demetrius Andrade. Yes, he's probably a prospect and doing good things but everybody sounds good, everybody's a prospect until you get in there with somebody that knows how to fight.
"They can try to bring the will out of you and that's what Willie did is bring the will out of himself to beat somebody like Tony Harrison, but Tony Harrison's definitely not me.
"Willie Nelson, yeah he's tall, they say he's strong but I'm all that too. My IQ is greater, smarter and this is my time. This is it. This is something that either makes or breaks me. It's a good challenge so the people get to see that, due to the layoff and everything. I came back to fight a guy like this and I came back to win the 154 division.
"I came here, chewing bubble gum and kicking a**. I ran out of bubble gum so come June 11, I will be kicking some a**. I am happy that Showtime gave me this opportunity and put me back on the network, put me back on prime TV.
"There's definitely going to be violence to open up the main event show with Provodnikov and John Molina, which is going to be a tremendous fight. Thanks for everybody coming out... and I am the greatest alive."
Watch Andrade v Nelson, Ruslan Provodnikov v John Molina Jr and Dejan Zlaticanin v Franklin Mamani
