Yet, judging by the pre-fight weigh-in, you'd be hard-pressed to figure Huni was fighting anybody but Gallen.<\/p>\n
It came to a head when Tsoy's trainer, Christian Ennor, refused to let his fighter face-off in front of the Gallen backdrop.<\/p>\n
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Ennor interjected as awaiting media were ready to capture the two heavyweights stare each other down, forcing the pair to face off left of stage in front of a black curtain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
"They're not happy about facing off in front of the Gallen v Huni banner, they want to take it off to the side," MC Ben Damon said amid the confusion.<\/p>\n
Ennor was incensed at the oversight for his fighter.<\/p>\n
"Well, Justis is fighting Christian tomorrow, not Gallen. I find that disrespectful to my fighter, you know what I mean?" Ennor told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n
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"Like, we're coming in here to knock him out we're not coming here to just step aside.<\/p>\n
"No, [there were no talks about what banner would be here].<\/p>\n
"Christian [Tsoye] doesn't care, he's just here to fight. He's not worried about that. But to me, that's not right."<\/p>\n
Responding to the drama, Huni's manager Dean Lonergan said Tsoye's camp "shouldn't sweat the small stuff" and instead focus on making a statement tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
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"He shouldn't be too concerned," Lonergan told Wide World of Sports. "We've got enough respect for him to, one, contract him for this fight, two, he's going to get paid pretty well. He shouldn't be worrying too much about these little things.<\/p>\n
"Don't sweat the small stuff. It certainly wasn't intended to be a slight toward Christian Tsoye.<\/p>\n
"I've just had my head down ass up trying to get two fights going in a very short space of time. It's just one of those things that happened.<\/p>\n
"I can also understand from his point of view that it's his time to shine in the spotlight. But if he fights incredibly well tomorrow night, he's going to be in front of the media in Sydney and he can put his name in the public eye.<\/p>\n
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"At the end of the day, a little histrionics a day before the fight are irrelevant. It's what happens on the night.<\/p>\n
"What I'd suggest, if I were Christian Tsoye, I would be concentrating very hard on what's in front of him, rather than media, and that's Justis Huni. Justis is one of the best heavyweights in Australasia right now and one of the best heavyweights in the world even though he's only got three pro fights under his belt."<\/p>\n
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