Brad Scott and Kevin Greenwood battle for the British cruiserweight championship at BKB 33 on July 29th.
The fistic fireworks emanate from Indigo at the O2 in London, England and the pugilistic proceedings are set to broadcast on Fite TV.
Greenwood spoke to Dylan Bowker of Bare Knuckle News before the championship bout. Excerpts from the chat are below.
Kevin Greenwood
Your opponent is a former UFC veteran with a 2-0 bare-knuckle boxing record and are the British BKB champ after a pair of finishes. What are your thoughts on his resume and stylistic attributes overall?
“Yeah I mean look, he’s got a good resume. He’s been in the UFC. You’ve got to be something to be there. He’s already looking up at heavyweight titles, I hope he’s not overlooking me. Because he’s going to have to do his best to hold on to that belt. With me like these are the fights I want. I want to slay dragons, Dylan. Do you know what I mean by that? This is what I love about the BKB, there’s good talent. To be consistent here, you’ve got to beat good talent. For me, this is the perfect fight for me.”
“I believe every one of these fights probably takes about five years off your life, do you know what I mean? (laughs). So like you might as well fight these guys for something. You might as well fight the top guys or the guys with the good resume because when I beat Bradley, UFC veteran, a British champion. I want to slay dragons. Don’t want to be fighting guys that my friends in the audience could say oh you know what, I could fight him. I want these guys with the big resumes because I’m building my own.”
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Did you immerse yourself in tape study for this one or did you have a good foundational knowledge of Scott before this cruiserweight championship clash?
“Yeah, I mean see what I do; what I had done for the (Lawrence) Tracey fight was, I don’t look too much on them. There’s a lot of footage out there on opponents isn’t there? So I’ll have a quick look. I’ll watch a couple fights, all the latest fights they’ve had and I’ll see for any repetitions. If there’s things that are repeating and things they like to do, I’ll work with them, do you know what I mean? Look for counters and how to deal with them. Also, I just want a visual presence in my mind of them being in front of me.”
“Because what I do then is I’ll immerse myself as if I’m actually in this fight. I’ll go over certain things that I want to do to them over and over and over again. Then I’ll do things I think they’re going to try and do to me. I’ll go over that in my mind. So then by the time I get to fight night, in my mind, I’ve already had this fight a hundred times. That worked for the Tracey fight. I was very calm because in my mind I’d already been there. I’d gone over so many different things.”
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“So many different things that could happen or that I wanted to happen. So by the time I got there, I was nice and relaxed. I believe once you visualize things like that, your mind’s ultra-sensitive and picks up on anything. You react to it a lot quicker. So yeah that’s what I tend to do. I immerse myself with one person at a time. So I’ve got that visual of Bradley Scott now.”
“I spend half an hour- hour every day in my own mind. Actually throughout the day in spells but then there’ll be a dedicated half an hour before I go to sleep. That will just be going over things on my mind that I’d like to get off or things I’d like to counter.”
Kevin Greenwood vs Brad Scott
It seems like you’ve had a whirlwind run with you fighting for a British title in your sophomore bare-knuckle boxing bout. What are your feelings on being in this moment and what were the thoughts when the bout offer initially came your way?
“Oh yeah definitely. I mean I didn’t expect after just one fight to be contending for the British title. I’m over the moon by it, do you know what I mean, the opportunities that have been given to me. I’m really happy about it but yeah I definitely didn’t expect it. Because in gloved boxing, you know, it takes at least sort of like ten, maybe even sometimes fifteen, twenty fights before you get to even look at any titles. So getting the opportunity now for a British title, I’m over the moon with it, you know. I really am.”
