Major heavyweight contender wants to make sure British fight fans never forget him

Justis Huni wants to make a lasting impression when he visits England this week for the biggest fight of his life so far . 

Huni will be the opponent when Fabio Wardley headlines at Portman Road, the home of Ipswich Town, and it is a fight that will see the victor become a big player at heavyweight immediately. 

Wardley was originally meant to be facing Jarrell Miller, but Huni was brought in as a replacement after the brash New Yorker was injured in training . 

Huni enters the contest a significant underdog, but he is confident that he can cause an upset on away soil and use this fight as a platform for bigger contests. 

Both fighters are unbeaten, both carry huge power, and both have big aspirations to push on and compete for world titles in the near future.   

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Huni can expect a hostile reception when he walks through the curtain at Portman Road, but that is serving as his motivation, and he has no problems whatsoever spoiling Wardley’s big homecoming. 

“I want to go over there and make them never forget my name,” said Huni when speaking to  Sporting News . 

“Fighting over there in his hometown, I feel like there’s no pressure on me, all the pressure’s on him. 

“He has to come and perform for his people. At the end of the day, I don’t know anyone there and a lot of them might not even know me. They’ll know after, that’s it.”

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