![]() I couldn’t forsake not living in Australia and I was also studying to be a lawyer at that time. I couldn’t take the offer because I had some personal issues. The only way you will win fights is by knockout.’ He made me an offer to come train with him. “In fact, I recall the day after the fight, I ran into the late, great Emanuel Steward and he said to me – ‘Lovemore, you know what, as long as I am based in Australia they are going to keep bringing you to America as an opponent. That’s an honor coming from a guy like him. Years later Cotto was interviewed and asked who his toughest fight was and he picked me – he said I was the toughest guy he ever fought. Miguel Cotto went on to become a great fighter so for me to lose to such a great fighter. “The Miguel Cotto fight was another fight I took on short notice. “In fact, I recall years later, when I won the same (IBF) title, Sharmba’s former promoter Gary Shaw, who had approached me about signing with him, he said to me ‘You know what Lovemore? When you fought Sharmba, had you been signed up with me, you would have walked away with the title.’ That tells you I pretty much won the fight.” At the end of the fight – I thought I won and a lot of people thought I won. Each time I switched to southpaw I pretty much confused him. He couldn’t handle my style with how I could switch from orthodox to southpaw. “I recall going into the fight with Sharmba and his team thinking it was going to be a walk in the park. Sharmba was supposed to fight Kostya Tszyu for the IBF title but Kostya suffered a shoulder injury and they needed a last minute opponent. “The biggest thing I remember about the fight with Sharmba Mitchell is that I took the fight on short notice. Former world champion Lovemore Ndou spoke to Peter Maniatis about his career in boxing and his autobiography “Tough Love.”
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