“Unfortunately, we didn’t expect this end to this fight, but we started very well,” he recalled. “We did a really great camp for Tom Aspinall, so we were really happy about the first round. Unfortunately, yeah, I was a little bit sad, a little bit confused, a little bit angry. But yeah, just after the fight, I was happy about my performance.”
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An immediate rematch looked the likely outcome, but with Aspinall’s injuries worse than first thought, the Englishman was forced out of action as he underwent double eye surgery. And with the heavyweight division needing to keep moving, Gane was matched against Pereira, who had already announced his intention to move up to heavyweight.
Now the pair will meet on the White House lawn for the interim heavyweight crown, as Gane welcomes Pereira to the heavyweight division. When asked about the possible challenges Pereira might face in making the move up, Gane quickly dismissed any thoughts of difficulty for the Brazilian, especially having already sized up the towering Brazilian at the pre-event faceoffs.
