Aberdeen Assassin Lee McAllister has warned Ghanaian Justice Addy that nothing will prevent him from completing his aim of winning titles at four separate weight divisions.
The 35-year-old faces Addy at the Aberdeen Beach Ballroom on Friday night with two Professional Boxing Council titles at stake – the Commonwealth and international super-welterweight titles.
If successful, McAllister will have won titles at four weights, having previously enjoyed success at lightweight, super-lightweight and welterweight.
McAllister – a former two-weight WBU and Commonwealth champion – has won all four bouts since stepping out of retirement last November after more than three years out of the ring.
He lifted the World Boxing Federation welterweight world championship title in June with a third-round stoppage against Frank Dodzi from Ghana.
The Aberdonian had originally hoped this week’s fight would be for an IBF welterweight title. That plan has been placed on the back-burner, but McAllister remains hopeful he can follow up success this Friday with an IBF title fight.
He said: “It is a massive achievement to win a title at one weight.
“If you set out in life to pursue a professional career and win a belt, no one can take that achievement away from you.
“I have won 10 belts and I’m trying to add another two to that.
“The IBF were looking for me to fight at welterweight, but there were no titles available and none of their champions wanted to come to Aberdeen.
“The PBC are working alongside the IBF and being a PBC champion will push me further up the IBF rankings.
“It will work in my favour and within the next year or two I will have more belts than Primark.”
McAllister’s opponent travels to Scotland with a record of 15 wins from 20 contests – 14 by knockout.
But the Aberdeen Assassin is unconcerned by the Accra fighter, a former national champion and West African Boxing Union title holder.
He said: “I don’t know anything about him and I don’t care.
“As normal, I will let him worry about me.
“I haven’t even watched a video of him, I’m not interested. It will be what it will be.
“I am excited the fight is finally here.
“It has felt like a long training camp and I am buzzing to get in the ring and make history by becoming the four-weight champion.”
Fellow Aberdeen fighter Nathan Beattie will be on the undercard as he takes on Tackie Annan, also from Ghana, for the PDC silver international lightweight championship.
There will be an all-Ghana contest when Isaac Quaye faces Ekow Wilson for the PBC silver international super flyweight championship, while Nairn cruiserweight Sandy Robb will also be in action on the undercard.