“I’m looking to impress the US fans. They will love my style and that’s why I am looking to get in there and ruin Montana’s homecoming and getting that belt in his backyard,” Steve Spark ahead of his fight with Montana Love, taking place this Saturday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, live worldwide on DAZN.
Spark is making his U.S. debut, at 26-years-old, and now will look to defeat Montana Love at home, to make a name for himself on a global stage.
“I’ve been known as someone that takes the hard fights,” said Spark. “I’ve had 14 KOs in 15 wins, you don’t get paid for overtime in this business, I always look for that.”
Spark, who moved up two weight classes to fight Tim Tszyu, which didn’t go his way, is not wavering in his confidence for this bout.
“I guess people have me as the underdog, this is my first step-up so rightly so, but in my mind, I’m not the underdog and I wouldn’t have taken the fight if I didn’t believe I could win. Not many people get this type of opportunity in their life, so I am taking it with both hands, in my stride and smiling when I do it because it is exciting, it’s a special moment in my life and I want to be known for putting entertaining fights,” said Spark. “Pressure is a funny thing. We all feel it, the hometown pressure is on him, he must perform well in front of them. I’m going there with an ‘everything to gain, nothing to lose’ mentality.”
Spark feels a silent confidence and though he respects his opponent, Montana Love, he also is not going to give him too much respect, as Love stands in between himself and his dream of one day fighting for a world title.
“I said I wanted to be 27 when I fight for my first World title and that’s next year. I am not looking past Montana, but I like to look through at what possibilities there are when I when and it’s motivating for me that it’s only a few steps from the world title.”
