Having fought twice last year in Belgium Randall Bailey is headed back for a third occasion on the 18 February according to his manager Si Stern. It is hoped that if all goes well the power punching Florida native will fight IBF Welterweight champion Jan Zaveck in June, most likely in Europe.
The love affair for Bailey started last March when he headed into unfamiliar surroundings to fight former European Welterweight champion Jackson Osei Bonsu in an IBF title eliminator. Bonsu originally from Ghana had made his home in Belgium and was extremely popular fighting for his adopted country for his whole career. Bailey didn’t read the script and stunned the 7,000 in attendance stopping Bonsu in a single round, dropping him hard twice with devastating left hooks before the fight was called off. Like Rocky 4 the boo’s turned to cheers and Belgium greeted a new hero.
So much so they asked him to come back and fight again. He returned last December to fight Roger Mayweather protege Said Ouali 27-3(19) who also had a certain Floyd Mayweather Jnr in attendance to cheer him on. Once again Bailey started fast dropping Ouali in the first, some how Ouali got through the round. On this night Ouali needed to transform into one of the Mayweather’s as he was no match for Bailey stunning power. The fight wasn’t to end there though, it had a bizarre ending when Bailey and Ouali came together some how Ouali ended up falling over the top rope. He was unable to continue and the fight was called a No contest
It’s an unlikely alliance but if Bailey can keep coming up with the highlight reel knock outs he may just be able to give the Belgian’s what they want…a world champion.