When boxing experts are talking about worthy upcoming challengers in the limit up to 160 pounds, Austrian Marcos Nader his name comes up with increasing frequency. Like his Sauerland Event stable mate Dominik Britsch, the 21-year old has beaten everyone who stepped in his way to date as he won all of his 14 bouts, with two coming by way of knockout.
His next challenge is calling on February 25 when the protégé of Otto Ramin is going to face Baker Barakat from Euskirchen, Germany. “I have watched some of his fights on video. Baker is a ring veteran, who just knows how to get it done inside the ropes. He has some good defensive moves and is very aggressive in his approach”, the Reichersberg-native said.
That is why Nader expects a tough fight to lie ahead of him. “It’s going to be my first 10-rounder, and though I have sparred over the distance a few times in training camp, I have to look out for my stamina and not over overspend it in the first stanzas. At the same time I have to be active and impose my strength and athletic to win – but my whole entourage shows me that I am ready for it”, states the prospect from his camp at the Sauerland Event facilities in Berlin.
