Teresa Perozzi isn’t taking anything for granted in her rematch with Tori Nelson for the vacant WBC middleweight belt early in the new year.Even though the local southpaw has a general idea of what to expect from her American opponent at Berkeley School Gym February 2, she and famed coach Troy Darrell are preparing themselves for the unexpected just in case.“I’m not going to assume anything,” Perozzi declared. “I’m not going to assume she’s going to come back exactly the same.“She’s going to come back even harder because she knows me, so you just have to prepare for everything. I don’t have one game plan that I’m going to follow, so it could be anything. I can switch it up and brawl ... who knows what I’m going to do. I just have to be prepared for everything.”Both fighters battled to draw in the first meeting between the pair at October’s ‘All or Nothing’ WBC & WBA middleweight unification championship bout at Fairmont Southampton.The outcome enabled Perozzi (9-4-2) to retain the WBA belt but wasn’t enough to capture the vacant WBC belt once held by the unbeaten Nelson (6-0-2).“When I watched the tape I still stand by the fact I did enough to win,” Perozzi said. “But obviously I have to be more convincing to the judges because that’s the only opinion that matters.”Perozzi hopes to exploit Nelson’s weaknesses which she failed to take advantage of in the first meeting between the two women.“I definitely saw certain openings I didn’t take so hopefully I can implement more of what I didn’t do in the last fight,” she said.The mother of one believes her ring craft will only improve with Darrell’s advice and vast experience.“As long as I keep training with Troy every fight will keep getting better,” she said. “Troy and I know each other better.“We know how each other works so we don’t have to feel each other out ... we can just jump right into it. I know what’s expected of me and he knows what I’m capable of.“I haven’t started sparring yet, but we’re back at it and it feels easier this time because I’m in good shape from the last fight so we can get a little more intense earlier.”Perozzi is looking forward to fighting Nelson at a different venue this time around.“As much as I really liked the last event, and it was a great idea, I like Berkeley just because the people are on top of you in the bleachers rather than everybody being on one level,” she said. “It’s more of an intense, close feeling and I enjoy that.”Next February’s WBC middleweight championship bout will consist of ten rounds and likely be refereed by top American official Steve Smoger who was in charge of the first match between the two combatants earlier this year.The upcoming event will also consist of between eight and ten amateur boxing and kickboxing bouts on the undercard.All interested amateur boxers are asked to contact greg.fraser@onsemi.com or call 504-4734 for further details.