WHEN asked about being this close to fighting for a WBA heavyweight title against Daniel Dubois this Saturday in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Kevin Lerena laughs. “It’s pretty surreal, isn’t it?” Oh, it is.
Forget that the WBA title up for grabs is a spurious one at best, with the “real” champions among the big boys being Oleksandar Usyk and the man headlining this weekend’s event against Derek Chisora, Tyson Fury. But the surreal part of this matchup is that a year ago, South Africa’s Lerena had just announced that he was leaving the cruiserweight division to compete with the big boys.
Two wins later, here he is.
