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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>FORMER unified world champion Julius Indongo returns to the scene of his greatest triumph – the United Kingdom \u2013 hoping to revive a career in free fall.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Blue Machine (23-4, 12 KOs) faces Welsh favourite and former British and Commonwealth champion Chris ‘Rock ‘n’ Rolla’ Jenkins (22-4-3, 8 KOs) in Cardiff tomorrow.<\/p>\n

His last outing in the UK saw him dominate three-weight world champion Ricky Burns of Scotland, to become the unified IBF and WBA world champion in 2017.<\/p>\n

But that is as good as it got for the 38-year-old Namibian, who has suffered four losses, including three stoppages, in five fights since beating Burns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m ready for this fight, it means a lot to me. I can’t wait for Saturday night to happen,\u201d Indongo said.<\/p>\n

In Jenkins, he faces a boxer in a similar patch who also needs the victory to remain relevant, which makes the welterweight showdown a big deal for both men.<\/p>\n

Home turf and recent results mean that Jenkins, who has not faced noteworthy opposition to date, starts as the favourite, albeit marginally.<\/p>\n

The Swansea man lost his final combat \u2013 an eighth-round stoppage in opposition to Englishman Ekow Essuman \u2013 and needed to additionally accept a four-round technical draw in opposition to Liam Taylor within the combat earlier to that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m fighting in Cardiff, on a massive show for Wales, and I’m selling crazy amounts of tickets. I just have to repay them by putting on a fantastic performance now. I’m raring to go,\u201d Jenkins said.<\/p>\n

After outclassing Burns, and knocking out Eduard Troyanovsky in Russia prior to that, it appeared as though Indongo would go on to conquer the division.<\/p>\n

But he lost meekly to Terence Crawford, as the American walked away with all four major super-lightweight belts in the mega fight.<\/p>\n

Since then it has been all downhill for Indongo. His trademark wild and wide shots, which served him so well when dethroning Burns and Troyanovsky, have been his downfall.<\/p>\n

He appears bereft of confidence too and his rivals have picked him off at will, with his only success in the last five years being a TKO over little-known American Carltavius Johnson.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jenkins has not fought since November 2019 when he retained the British welterweight title with a technical draw against Liam Taylor. That bout was stopped in the fourth round after Jenkins was cut badly from an accidental clash of heads.<\/p>\n

One fight before that, Jenkins successfully defended his belt with a technical decision win over Paddy Gallagher, in a bout that was stopped in the ninth round due also to an accidental clash of heads.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Jenkins also won the WBC international super lightweight title in 2014 and is a former winner of the Prizefighter: Light Welterweight tournament.<\/p>\n

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