Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\nCurrently, the 130kg Aussie powerhouse is a $1.04 favourite against Savage (11-1).<\/p>\n
The American, meanwhile, has been wound right out to $14, and despite having previously been world ranked and also worked as a sparring partner for the likes of Jarrell Miller and Andy Ruiz Jnr. <\/p>\n
Yet while he may have already fought, and beat, several international rivals, Teremoana remains determined to become the Australian heavyweight champion \u2013 and as soon as this year.<\/p>\n
However, the towering heavyweight insists current domestic king Stevan Ivic is \u201cscared\u201d to face him.<\/p>\n
Which is why later this month, Teremoana will be hoping Brandon \u2018The Bull\u2019 Grach takes the title from Ivic when the pair square off on the undercard of Nikita Tszyu\u2019s IBF super welterweight eliminator against Ben Mahoney.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, absolutely I hope Brandon Grach wins,\u201d Teremoana told Fox Sports Australia over the weekend. \u201cBecause I know the guy really is a fighter, and I know he\u2019ll take a title fight with me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Ivic? We\u2019ve asked for that fight so many times. I\u2019m actually sick of repeating myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when you ask me about [sitting ringside later this month] and letting them know I\u2019m available, I\u2019ve already made that really clear.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery single time after my past five or six fights, I\u2019ve called out Stefan Ivic.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd while nobody [from Team Ivic] has said anything to me directly, Eddie Hearn has been saying they\u2019re scared to take that fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I don\u2019t blame them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know every heavyweight in Australia would love to fight me, because it\u2019ll build their brand.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they also know the outcome. They know who is going to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause while everyone has their goals in this sport, when you come up against me it\u2019s a brick wall. You\u2019re not getting past that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only last month, Grach stepped up on roughly 24 hours\u2019 notice to fight, and beat, Ike Pluto on the same Sydney blockbuster event that saw Tim Tszyu upset American superstar Errol Spence Jnr.<\/p>\n
Teremoana Teremoana poses during a media call at the Opetaia Boxing Club on July 21, 2026 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Despite being only weeks out from his domestic title event, Grach fought and beat Pluto, who usually competes as a cruiserweight, before then heading out to the United States for some sparring work.<\/p>\n
So as for how an all-Australian title fight between the pair goes?<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, I don\u2019t like talking about other fighters too much,\u201d Teremoana continued. \u201cEveryone is doing their thing and good for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Grach couldn\u2019t even put out a cruiserweight the other week. So what does he expect getting in the ring with me?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not some 105kg heavyweight. I\u2019m six foot, six. A fit 120 kilos.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019ve got a lot of attributes made for this sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, I\u2019m only proclaiming to be the best in Australia because I know that for a fact.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo put anyone in front of me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever wants a fight, speak with my management and they\u2019ll line \u2018em all up. I\u2019m on a path to becoming world champion.<\/p>\n
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\u201cRight now, that\u2019s DeAndre Savage. A strong American coming out here from the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut nobody is handling the Thunder from Down Under.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soon after, Grach continued: \u201cAll these fellas should\u2019ve got into this fight against me earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the longer they wait, the quicker the end is going to come. They didn\u2019t even have a chance with me at the start.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it might\u2019ve gone past two rounds early on. It won\u2019t be going beyond two if they continue to wait \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Teremoana said that after the Savage fight, there are talks for him to head across to the United States and Europe for sparring.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve heard talks that we are planning to go overseas after this fight,\u201d he said. \u201cGo to the United States and maybe Germany to get a good camp in and then a good fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like looking too far ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I also have said that I want to become world champion and, when you are looking at the greater scheme of things, you do look at some things.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd there are a lot more good heavyweights overseas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Australia, we only have a small pool of fighters. And even then, some of them won\u2019t want to spar because there is a chance we could clash in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe personally, I can spar you today and fight tomorrow. The two things are completely different.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I know I bring a whole new level when I fight, as people have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teremoana Teremoana isn\u2019t sure if he will sit ringside when the Australian heavyweight title is contested later this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-849646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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