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He pointed to the recent performance of Fisher’s gym-mate, Conor Benn, who was defeated by Ryan Garcia in just two rounds. The Belgian fighter is hoping for a similar outcome when he steps into the ring with Fisher.
“His trainer is Conor Benn’s trainer,” Pirotton said. “Did you see the fight? I hope the same thing as Conor [for Fisher].
“I guess he’s going to show me some different stuff, like maybe use more of his jab, maybe more feints, maybe more moving, maybe, maybe, maybe, I don’t care.
“He’s used to the big stage, I’m not. So my mind needs to stay cold. I need to stay focused and be able to use my IQ because I think that’s the way I’m going to beat him.”
Although Fisher faced challenges during his bouts with David Allen, he is committed to his development. He credits his progress to the influence of Sims and assistant trainer John Ryder, who previously trained under Sims.
“He [Ryder] went from getting beat for the British title to fighting in front of 100,000 people in Guadalajara in Mexico and he’s just a normal bloke,” Fisher told Sky Sports.
“So Tony Sims has got that ability to turn normal blokes into people that can compete at levels that they could never dream of and that’s because he gives you self-belief, he gives you great tactics and he makes you super fit. Tony’s a great man.”
Fisher is <a I think he's got a high workrate. He's never been stopped. He's going to be durable, he's going to have ambition coming into it. He throws a lot of body shots," Fisher said of his opponent.
“But there’s certain things there I’m looking at just from my perspective and what Tony’s told me and thinking I can exploit a few of them things. He’s a big tall unit but he’s not got a lot of flesh on the bone sort of thing.”
However, the Belgian challenger plans to turn the crowd’s intense support for Fisher against him.
Pirotton warned: “When he starts to realise I’m not the easy first fight of his contract he was promised, he’s going to say: ‘Oh, I’m going to get beat in front of all these people.’ And the pressure’s going to flip in his head.
“He’s going to say: ‘Oh this guy is faster than me, this guy can do some stuff that I didn’t see in this fight.’
“I think I have the talent to surprise people,” Pirotton maintained. “The odds are really against me, but don’t discourage me.”
Fisher acknowledges that his willingness to take risks can sometimes leave him exposed.
“My tale of adversity is one that’s been done many times before. People who have gone through hardships. And that’s what makes a story,” he said.
“People want to see the ups and downs of a story. Nobody’s tuning into a fight and thinking it’s going to go all swimmingly and it’s going to be great.
“People want twists and turns. I’ve given them a few of them already.”
Watch Fisher vs Pirotton this Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
