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Joe Schilling talks about Barret's comments about the Dutch style of kickboxing and talks about their fight:
Link to the full article:
http://www.gloryworldseries.com/en/news/view/540
"I would say I am more of a speed guy than anything. The fight we had was one of the worst performances of my career and so if you based your opinion on that maybe you would say I was a power guy,” he says.
"I was looking for that one big shot because early in the fight I saw a giant hole in his defense and really went chasing after that. And I got frustrated with him running away.
"I bought into a lot of the talk that went on before the fight so I was expecting him to actually fight me.
“The sparring partners I had for that fight had been putting it on me, in preparation for what I expected from Barrett. But instead he was literally running away from me and avoiding the exchanges.
"I got frustrated and lost my cool. I went to shit for two rounds and got sloppy. I kind of got it back together for the final round. I was awful but I still managed to drop him and break his nose.
"So I guess if you were assessing me based on that fight alone you could say I was a power fighter or not very intelligent. But I disagree with Wayne’s statement.
"In fact I generally disagree with about 90 per cent of what Wayne Barrett says. His ability to say arrogant s--t and still be perceived as humble is absolutely astonishing to me.
"Some of the things he came out with in his latest interview were astronomically stupid. To talk about the Dutch kickboxing style and actually bring Ramon Dekkers’ name into it, and say the things he said…
"Did he really compare Artem Levin to Ricky Hatton and himself to Floyd f--king Mayweather, is that what he did?
“Wayne, I am really sorry that I had such a terrible performance and allowed your ego to get even larger but please try to remember you have only had four professional fights.”
Several weeks out from the biggest tournament of the year, Schilling says he is not going to be drawn into the same kind of exchanges that preceded his fight with Barrett last year.
“In the last fight I got into all the back and forth banter and got into a certain mindset but this time I am not at all concerned with what Wayne Barrett thinks about…hmm… anything, really,” he says.
“I don’t believe Wayne Barrett beat me and is a better fighter. My performance was more detrimental to me in that fight than his performance was effective, if you know what I mean.
"I am not worried about what anyone thinks, only about being the best Joe Schilling I can be on June 21. The only person who can beat me is myself. That’s the only person who has ever beat me in a fight.”
Link to the full article:
http://www.gloryworldseries.com/en/news/view/540