{"id":431346,"date":"2017-10-23T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/23\/training-with-mayweather-de-la-hoya-helped-me-beat-banku-samir-bastie\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:00:28","slug":"training-with-mayweather-de-la-hoya-helped-me-beat-banku-samir-bastie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/23\/training-with-mayweather-de-la-hoya-helped-me-beat-banku-samir-bastie\/","title":{"rendered":"Training with Mayweather, De La Hoya helped me beat Banku \u2013 Samir Bastie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 23 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/64961533.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bastie Samir Box2\" title=\"Bastie Samir Box2\" width=\"295\" height=\"258\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samir Bastie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508760027_778_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Samir Bastie, the man who silenced the talkative and one-time undefeated Bukom Banku says he is healed and ready to fight again.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his exposure to the camps of renowned boxers Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, earned him enough experience to beat the talkative Bukom Banku.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Beast&#8217; as he is known, said on the Joy FM Super Morning Show that he spent some time training with Floyd Mayweather which gave him the opportunity to learn &#8220;when you are supposed to attack, open fire and the time when you have to box.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [Mayweather] taught me that you need to learn to work hard in the gym\u2026I thank God that I met a good boxer like that who will make me be like him,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Samir Bastie told the host, Kojo Yankson, he is fully healed and ready to enter the ring again. <\/p>\n<p>When asked how long it takes for him to recover from a fight, he said it depends on the opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt depends on who I fought, it could take days or sometimes weeks, but I am fine now and ready to fight&#8221;, he told the host two days after the famous bout.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he thought he will defeat Bukom Banku before the fight since public opinion was against him, Bastie confidently said yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I have got a lot of exposure, I have also been the captain of the Ghana Olympics team and won gold,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that he faced problems in the two opening rounds but bounced back in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first two rounds, I didn\u2019t listen to my coach so I faced some problems but from round three, I used the game plan my coach and I discussed and it produced the results\u201d, he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The fight, titled \u201cMake or Break\u201d leaves Bastie still undefeated and \u00a2100,000 richer.<\/p>\n<p>He says he is ready to give Bukom Banku a rematch.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the video:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ogqs9HtQPKI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96566925.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; 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