Casey bang on form for world title shot

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey has pushed his body to the limits of human endurance in preparation for next Saturday’s WBA world title fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux at Citywest Conference Centre.

Casey bang on form for world title shot

Yesterday he demonstrated his progress before some of his fans with a public workout at Crumlin Boxing Club, where he has spent the last 10 weeks training, and revealed he was so far advanced in his preparations last month that they had to reel him in.

“Three or four weeks ago in the training camp we were sparring 12 rounds a day and Phil just saw the level of fitness that I had — I mean I had a fresh sparring partner coming in on me every round — Phil saw that I just wasn’t tiring,” he said.

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