I'm Tony Bellou and you're listening to the toll to toll podcast. Oh, Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Ringside To To To a boxing podcast exclusive to Sky Sports. I'm Andy Scott and this week I'm joining to with a small crowd in attendance in Newcastle, but the current COVID restrictions mean that

will be at the east of England arena with a host of Northeast boxing talent on show.

Lewis Ritzen tops the bill and will be looking to edge closer towards a world title shot

as he faces Mexican Miguel Vasquez. Ritzen's full of confidence after beating Robbie Davis

Jr. 12 months ago but knows his lofty world ranking with the

WBA will disappear if he comes unstuck against the former world champion who has

been a pro 14 years and made his professional debut against a certain Saoul Canello Alvarez. I caught up with

Lewis earlier on today.

Lewis, great to see you. It feels like an absolute lifetime ago that we came up and did that press

conference in Newcastle with Vasquez.

If I'd have told you then everything that was going to happen in between now and then,

what would you have said?

Wouldn't have believed you, that's for one, but it's been a mad role for everybody and I think we're just

relieved that it's eventually going to be here we're going to be fighting on Saturday.

How has the whole preparation been it's surely been different? Doesn't mean that hasn't been effective.

How have you managed with I don't know all the limitations that are in place especially

up in Newcastle? Yeah looking for us Neil's gems on land, so we haven't really had enough go to the gym and

the flats went.

I stay is only five minutes away from his house, so it's just being like a normal camp, even

when there had been canceled the first place just two normal

camps and we've benefited off that. Well I think there's been sensitive to people is

it feels like times moved quickly but slowly at the same time it feels like a lifetime ago that you box Robbie

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