
YAP : "I'M GOING TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS !!"
Mark John Yap, pictured steep in the mountains of Cagayan de Oro earlier today, seems as EVERGREEN as his surrounds !
The "Journey Man" heads off to Cebu this afternoon, in readiness for tomorrow's weigh in for the Omega show this coming Friday.
"I feel very good, I haven't been doing much boxing, but running has kept me fit."
Yap is resuming from a loss in Surigao to unbeaten prospect Jerald Into, a hell fight that tortured both boxers to the point of failure.
Into has since jumped in weight class to 140lb, and was dominant in winning at the WBC tournament in Saudi Arabia.
"That fight was very hard. Jerald is a good boxer and above my weight class, but I was confident in my ability to win. But he was stronger than I expected, and my team didn't see that he had collapsed on his stool. So maybe if we saw that, the result is different, but I also felt ready to die "
quipped Yap.
About his upcoming bout with rising star Alexander Fredrikkson, Yap is equal parts excited and very relaxed.
"This was the boy I was meant to fight earlier this year, but GAB canceled. Thankfully we have another chance.
This is a good boxer, and I can see he has two knockouts in two fights. He has a lot of wins to come. But not on Friday !
Professional boxing is a hard game, and very different to the amateurs that he comes from.
It takes time to learn the tricks.
On Friday, we will get to see if Fredrikkson can be a good boxer when I am landing shots on him.
This will be his exam - and I will ask him hard questions.
Some I know for sure, he won't be able to answer !"
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