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Having handed Thompson his first defeat a few months ago, Pauls now faces a fighter in Goldsmith who is six years younger and has had just one loss in his 16-fight career.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a difficult one,” Pauls said of his opponent.<\/p>\n
“He’s a well-rounded fighter, he’s a dangerous fighter and when I signed up with Queensbury they said ‘no easy fights’ and they’ve got me a hard fight straight away.<\/p>\n
“Full respect to him but I’m here to defend my belt on Saturday night.”<\/p>\n
Known as the ‘Newquay Bomb’, the fight represents a great chance for Pauls to compete as close to his native Cornwall as possible.<\/p>\n
He expects to be cheered on by a large section of support from his home county as he aims to improve on a professional record of 21 wins, two losses and a draw.<\/p>\n
“It’s a massive chance to defend my belt and progress me on,” he said.<\/p>\n
“They’ve got me a real tough fight on Saturday night and we’ve got a few Cornish coming up, it’s going to be noisy and it’s going to be a good night.<\/p>\n
“As soon as I knew about a Southampton card it made sense to get me on it. You don’t get many shows close to the south west and this is probably as close as I’m getting.<\/p>\n
“So it just made complete sense and this opportunity came and I had to take it with both hands.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n