Tomas Pacak is “hungry” to become a two-weight Golden Ticket Fight Promotions champion this Saturday.
After attaining the promotion’s heavyweight title with a first-round knockout over Owen Cartridge in June, Pacak looks to add the light heavyweight title to his collection when he faces Farshad Nazarnia at GTFP 23. The K.K Steelmill will host the action with talent from across the country set to make the walk.
Prior to fight night, we had the opportunity to catch up with Tomas Pacak. Hear what he had to say below.
Interview With Tomas Pacak
Tomas, you’re over a week out from defending your GTFP heavyweight championship. How are you feeling physically and mentally after three fights already this year?
Lewis, With every fight, I feel better and better physically and mentally. So I feel great, and I’m very excited.
You started your amateur career with two wins while attaining a championship in the process at GTFP 22. However, you dropped your first fight last month on Budo. Talk to me about what went wrong, how it feels tasting defeat for the first time, and what measures you have taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Nothing went wrong, but all week before the fight, I felt that I was starting to be sick, and on that day, it got me. I was not at my full power as usual, and I was betting on one good bomb, and I wanted to knock him out. But unfortunately, I lost.
Every loss hurts, but I’m not taking it as a loss because I was sick, and that guy could not finish me. For me, loss means somebody knocks me out. (kill me)
To ensure it does not happen again, I increased my vitamin doses.
Tomas Pacak Talks Heavyweight Title Win
In terms of winning the heavyweight amateur title earlier in the year. Can you sum up what that meant to you if anything? Or do you not look into amateur titles much?
As you know, I took the fight for the heavyweight title two days’ notice because my opponent pulled out. I accepted it because I wanted to show myself, and I was hungry. I told myself, look, you have nothing to lose but everything to gain.
The priority is LHW, and I want to be a king in the division. I am really happy that I am HW Champion because every title means something to me.
Amateur title, for me, means that when you have it, you are the best, and it doesn’t matter if it is amateur or pro.
2023 is your debut year, and you’ve already done big things. How would you assess your amateur career thus far, and this time next year, if we caught up, what position would you want to be in then?
2023 is my year, and I would rate my amateur career very positively. My plan was to have a title at the end of the year, which I already accomplished. I would say that this year has been very successful for me, and it is going very well.
Right after New Year, I want to go to Pro because I’m missing elbows, and next year, I would like to be Pro Champion in LHW and catch one guy who has got a full mouth of s**t or even Middleweight Champion; we will see. I’m not the youngest, so I’m choosing a quicker way to get where I want to be.
Champ Champ Status
Next Saturday, you get the opportunity to become “champ champ” and be the holder of the GTFP light heavyweight and heavyweight belt. Sum up what it would mean to you to hold two belts at the same time.
It would mean a lot to me because I would be one of the best fighters in amateur.
Your opponent on the night is Farshad Nazarnia, who hails from a good, respectable gym. What do you think of his skill set, fight style, and ultimately, what do you see when you look into his game from a preparation standpoint?
All I know about my opponent is that he is a wrestler. I don’t know about his preparation; I’m focusing on my own.
I’m not underestimating my opponent; I think he is more of a technical fighter, but I’m a beast. It will be a great fight for sure, and people will love it.
Finally, the last time you fought in-front of the GTFP fans, you produced a spectacular first-round knockout. How do you top that next Saturday in Wolverhampton?
I want to do that again, but I don’t care if we will be fighting standing or on the ground. The win will be mine. Be ready for a show.
