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SINGAPORE: Indonesia's world featherweight boxing champion ChrisJohn vowed to knock out Japanese challenger Shoji Kimura with thenew "dragon fire punch" he claims to have been working on when thetwo fighters meet this weekend. "I am targetting a KO or at least a TKO (technical knockout)victory against Kimura," John said ahead of Saturday's bout at theMarina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. "I've been practising a special punch with my trainer... that Icall the dragon fire punch, which will surely knock Kimura out,"added the 32-year-old undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA)featherweight champion and WBA Fighter of the Decade. "This is the Year of the Dragon... and I am the Dragon." Nicknamed "The Dragon", John boasts 46 wins, including 22knockouts, with two draws. But the hard-punching Kimura, a veteran with 24 wins, includingnine knockouts, promised a tough fight. "Chris John's people want a war, they want a fighter who will cometo fight. I am that fighter," said the 34-year-old. "One of us will be knocked out, this fight will not go thedistance. I will be the new champion." Meanwhile, John said he was willing to fight outside Asia for theright price, but promoters think it makes more business sense tobring his opponents to the region. The Indonesian has fought mostly in Asia, where he has a huge fanbase especially in his home country. "For me... as long as my manager is all right, no problem to fightfor me anywhere," he said at a news conference on Thursday. His trainer, Craig Christian, said John would fight "anywhere inthe world as long as the deal is right". "For an offer of more money to go there and fight, (it) doesn'tmatter who we fight, we'll go there," he said. Indonesia is the biggest country in Southeast Asia, a region ofnearly 600 million people. On the same card on Saturday, Indonesia's Daud Yordan will take onthe Philippines' Lorenzo "Thunderbolt" Villanueva for the vacantInternational Boxing Organisation featherweight belt. - AFP/de. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Flammable Storage Cabinet , Fire Resistant Safes Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Chemical Fume Hood.
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