SOMEWHAT reluctantly, Sakio Bika will leave his Kogarah family soon in search of a dream. The lure of a world title takes the Cameroon-born Australian away from a little boy he really hasn't had time to get to know.
Jordan, four months, whose imminent arrival in the world caused his dad to refuse a lucrative fight in the US earlier this year, is the younger brother of Zidane, 3, named after the famous French footballer.
``They are great boys ... it is very hard to leave them,'' said Bika, 29. ``But I have a job to do to win a world title.''
With 16 knockouts from 26 pro fights, Bika takes on American Peter Manfredo Junior for the vacant IBO super middleweight world title belt on November 13 at Rhode Island.
After two unsuccessful world title challenges against the world's best a controversial draw with Markus Beyer and a points loss to super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe Bika rocketed to boxing stardom through victory in the popular US reality TV series The Contender.
Children mean a lot to Sakio Bika. He's one of nine children born into poverty in Douala, Cameroon. A keen and talented soccer player, he switched to boxing videos at 13 after seeing a tournament advertising prizes of boxes of household items such as toilet paper and kitchen utensils.
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