marcelt
23-09-2009, 00:16
Serge TREFEU: Hello Andy, thank you for grant us for this interview. You have just beaten in July Artur Kyshenko, you win with an extra-round, the fight was thus very close. Had you set up a strategy of fight to face Kyshenko who is one of the rare boxers to have beaten you?
ANDY SOUWER : We knew that Kyshenko is a tuff fighter with a lot of strength. His weakness is in his stamina. We expected this fight to go 4 rounds and I knew I had to go over Kyshenko in the 3rd and 4th round. The fight went as we thought it would be.
S.T: With this victory you are qualify for Final of K1-Max which will take place on October 26th. Your opponent will be the Thai Buakaw, you are for a victory each. What techniques do you most think of using in front of Buakaw and that do you think of your opponent?
A.S. : Buakaw is very strong. After his loss against Sato, people started saying that Buakaw was not the same as he used to. I think Buakaw is still a very strong and smart fighter. I know what I have to do to beat him, because I know his strength and his weakness, but Buakaw also knows my strength and weaknesses. So it will be a tuff fight. I will do my best to win it.
S.T.: Buakaw is a very powerful boxer with his middles kicks and have a very good boxing with his fists, is that you are going to put in him the pressure also with your techniques of fists or to try to destabilize him with your powerful low kicks?
A.S. : We have our strategy. Buakaw also has people who read interviews. I will not tell you what I will do. You will see it in the fight.
S.T.: If you beat Buakaw on October 26th, there is of strong luck that you meet in the second tour Italian Giorgio Petrosyan. How do you see this revenge in front of this new fighter of the K1 Max and that do you think of him?
A.S. : That possibility is there. If I beat Buakaw then... If Petrosyan beats Yamamoto then... Let's wait for the 26th. There are 4 determined fighters. All fighters have the same chance to be champion. Petrosyan is a good fighter and very strong, just like the other three finalists.
S.T.: Petrosyan is a nakmuay pure which uses very well the techniques of the Muay Thai, what techniques do you think of adopting in front of him to disturb him?
A.S. : I am not thinking of Petrosyan. I first have to fight Buakaw. I am not coming to disturb anybody. I fight my own fight. It helped me, I won the tournament 2 times already!
S.T.: Your objective is to arrive in finale and to gain third time the title of "K1 World Max", do is this title is the most important at present for you?
A.S. : It is important, because I want to win every fight I am in. K1 world Max is an important title, just like the S-cup title. I want to show the world that I am the best, but I think that everybody wants that.
S.T.: You gained twice the title K1 World Max (2005,2007), you won six championships of the World in Kick boxing (A.R.D.D.D ., F.I.M.C ., W.P.K.A ., I.S.K.A ., W.K.A ., W.M.T.A.), and you were three times World champion in Shoot Boxing. As you practically gained everything, which is still your motivation? Which new title you would like to gain?
A.S. : As I already said, I want to win every fight. I will never say no to a title fight, because that is the best way to show what you're made of. My motivation is being the best in what I do.
S.T.: You discovered the boxing very early, can you say to us towards what age you began and what is attracted you in the boxing?
A.S. : I started Kick Boxing when I was seven years old. By then I started because my friends were there. After a while I started liking it and now I am addicted to it. It is the fight between two men, both determined to win.
S.T.: We can say that you are a true small prodigy of the kick boxing because in only 16 years you fights already in class A and in 18 years you already have a championship of the World, do you have always trusted you or is there a fight, a precise victory which was the triggering factor of your champion's career?
A.S. : Winning the S-cup in 2002 and 2004 really put me in the picture. After winning the K-1 Max 2005, people finally knew who I was. So my victory in 2005 over Buakaw Por Pramuk was my most important victory!
S.T.: When you began the boxing do there are boxers whom you liked seeing boxing, in your time the stars in Holland was Ramon Dekkers, Rob Kaman, Ernesto Hoost, Perry Ubeda, Orlando Wiet, Peter Aerts, this champions they influenced you in your style of boxing?
A.S. : I was a big fan of Ramon Dekkers. My way of fighting looked like the fighting of Ramon. After a while I developed my own style and that fitted me perfectly. I hope to become a legend like they are.
ANDY SOUWER : We knew that Kyshenko is a tuff fighter with a lot of strength. His weakness is in his stamina. We expected this fight to go 4 rounds and I knew I had to go over Kyshenko in the 3rd and 4th round. The fight went as we thought it would be.
S.T: With this victory you are qualify for Final of K1-Max which will take place on October 26th. Your opponent will be the Thai Buakaw, you are for a victory each. What techniques do you most think of using in front of Buakaw and that do you think of your opponent?
A.S. : Buakaw is very strong. After his loss against Sato, people started saying that Buakaw was not the same as he used to. I think Buakaw is still a very strong and smart fighter. I know what I have to do to beat him, because I know his strength and his weakness, but Buakaw also knows my strength and weaknesses. So it will be a tuff fight. I will do my best to win it.
S.T.: Buakaw is a very powerful boxer with his middles kicks and have a very good boxing with his fists, is that you are going to put in him the pressure also with your techniques of fists or to try to destabilize him with your powerful low kicks?
A.S. : We have our strategy. Buakaw also has people who read interviews. I will not tell you what I will do. You will see it in the fight.
S.T.: If you beat Buakaw on October 26th, there is of strong luck that you meet in the second tour Italian Giorgio Petrosyan. How do you see this revenge in front of this new fighter of the K1 Max and that do you think of him?
A.S. : That possibility is there. If I beat Buakaw then... If Petrosyan beats Yamamoto then... Let's wait for the 26th. There are 4 determined fighters. All fighters have the same chance to be champion. Petrosyan is a good fighter and very strong, just like the other three finalists.
S.T.: Petrosyan is a nakmuay pure which uses very well the techniques of the Muay Thai, what techniques do you think of adopting in front of him to disturb him?
A.S. : I am not thinking of Petrosyan. I first have to fight Buakaw. I am not coming to disturb anybody. I fight my own fight. It helped me, I won the tournament 2 times already!
S.T.: Your objective is to arrive in finale and to gain third time the title of "K1 World Max", do is this title is the most important at present for you?
A.S. : It is important, because I want to win every fight I am in. K1 world Max is an important title, just like the S-cup title. I want to show the world that I am the best, but I think that everybody wants that.
S.T.: You gained twice the title K1 World Max (2005,2007), you won six championships of the World in Kick boxing (A.R.D.D.D ., F.I.M.C ., W.P.K.A ., I.S.K.A ., W.K.A ., W.M.T.A.), and you were three times World champion in Shoot Boxing. As you practically gained everything, which is still your motivation? Which new title you would like to gain?
A.S. : As I already said, I want to win every fight. I will never say no to a title fight, because that is the best way to show what you're made of. My motivation is being the best in what I do.
S.T.: You discovered the boxing very early, can you say to us towards what age you began and what is attracted you in the boxing?
A.S. : I started Kick Boxing when I was seven years old. By then I started because my friends were there. After a while I started liking it and now I am addicted to it. It is the fight between two men, both determined to win.
S.T.: We can say that you are a true small prodigy of the kick boxing because in only 16 years you fights already in class A and in 18 years you already have a championship of the World, do you have always trusted you or is there a fight, a precise victory which was the triggering factor of your champion's career?
A.S. : Winning the S-cup in 2002 and 2004 really put me in the picture. After winning the K-1 Max 2005, people finally knew who I was. So my victory in 2005 over Buakaw Por Pramuk was my most important victory!
S.T.: When you began the boxing do there are boxers whom you liked seeing boxing, in your time the stars in Holland was Ramon Dekkers, Rob Kaman, Ernesto Hoost, Perry Ubeda, Orlando Wiet, Peter Aerts, this champions they influenced you in your style of boxing?
A.S. : I was a big fan of Ramon Dekkers. My way of fighting looked like the fighting of Ramon. After a while I developed my own style and that fitted me perfectly. I hope to become a legend like they are.