Steve Spark (16-2, 14 KOs) says he’s unsure if he’ll take a rematch with Montana Love (18-1-1, 9 KOs) after beating him by a sixth spherical disqualification final Saturday evening on the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland.
Spark, 26, could be prepared to take a rematch with Love if it is smart financially and relying on the combat’s location. It seems that Spark would possibly need the rematch to happen in his native Australia if it’s going to occur.
Love was disqualified for shoving Spark out of the ring through the sixth spherical after struggling a reduce over his left eye from a conflict of heads through the spherical.
Some would say that Love was pissed off on the path the combat was heading in and selected to shove purposefully Spark out of the ring to be disqualified to save lots of himself from being knocked out in entrance of his personal followers in Cleveland.
Two of the judges had the combat scored as a draw, and the third had Love up by two factors. It appeared that Spark was forward on the time of the DQ, as he’d knocked Love down within the second and had fought effectively sufficient to win three of the rounds.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’d love to do a rematch between Love and Spark, however he’ll should see. In the interim, Hearn is hoping the Ohio commissioner will change the ruling from a disqualification loss for Like to a no contest. The ruling may occur this week.
“Individuals go about Montana however can punch laborious, and he’s obtained good energy, and he was respectable on the market,” stated Steve Spark final Saturday evening, chatting with the media following his win over Montana Love.
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“I don’t know. It has to make sense,” stated Spark when requested if he’ll conform to a rematch with Montana. “It has to make sense monetarily and the venue. I come into his yard. There are lots of wealthy individuals in Australia proper now. Considered one of my mates simply received twenty grand in Australia.
“What I’m saying is, nobody gave me an opportunity on this combat. Nobody in my crew and some individuals again residence, and there have been individuals in Australia that didn’t give me an opportunity on this combat.
“I simply stated, ‘I informed you so. I informed all people I used to be going to win this combat,’ and I’ve. To be sincere, I’ve by no means even watched Richardson Hitchens combat.
“Secondly, there are some large names on the market, such as you stated, Teofimo, Jose Pedraza-Rodriguez combat; I used to be coaching alongside them in opposition to Regis Prograis in my camp right here.
“There are some good, good fights on the market, and I’m in place now, and I’ve obtained the perfect promoter, Eddie Hearn, main the way in which for me now and the perfect coach/supervisor Brendon Smith. So we’ll see what’s subsequent.
“There are limitless prospects. England, I need to go to England to combat. I’ve been away from residence for a bit now, and I can’t wait to get residence and have a beer.
“I assumed I used to be profitable, yeah,” stated Spark when informed that two of the judges had it even 47-47 and the third had Montana profitable 48-46. “With the 5 and the knockdown and one different spherical, I assumed I received. In order that’s three factors. I assumed I used to be up 3 to 2.
“I moved as much as combat at welterweight in opposition to Jack Brubaker as a result of, throughout Covid, there was nobody to combat, and he was the #1 welterweight in Australia on the time. I stepped up as a result of I couldn’t get a combat.
“For this one right here, I used to be considering, ‘I hate doing a weight reduce,’ however as soon as I get down, I’m nice. So I believe I’ll keep at 140 for now and see what occurs. 158 lbs,” stated Spark when requested how a lot he weighed for the Montana proper after rehydrating.
