Andre Lambe and Saundre “Dash” Simmons have promised to put on show for Bermuda’s boxing fans on Saturday night.

Lambe and Simmons are the star names on Epic Entertainment’s Casino Fight Night at The Shed in Dockyard, and are both excited to compete in front of the excitable home crowd.

For Lambe, who takes on Mexican Francisco “Tyson” Martinez, it may well be his last six-round fight before he steps up to eight rounds in better fights in the US.

“This will be my last six-round fight,” Lambe said.

“I’m trying to stop him and I’m trying to make my night short. Not too short because I want to give the crowd a little something, but I do want to stop him.

“I enjoy fighting here but I do have plans to fight abroad in the US soon. I’ve been given a date to fight but I can’t say too much.”

Lambe is yet to taste defeat as a professional and, while his opponent’s nickname is Tyson, it is the Bermudian’s heavy hitting that may resemble Iron Mike.

“I expect him to be aggressive but every fight most of the time I expect that,” Lambe said.

“But I don’t know what happens on fight night as after the first round their whole game plan changes. These guys come and think they can do what they want, but when I hit them they change.”

Lambe does not spend too much time scouting the person facing him in the ring and is confident he can switch styles depending on what he sees when the opening bell is rung.

“I watched a little bit but most of the time leading up to my fights, I don’t watch too much on video because you never know how the guy is going to fight on the night,” he said.

“I have my coach watch video and he relays the information to me and we work on it in the gym. I don’t want to expect something on the night only for him to change it up. I want an open mind, but I do want to know what his strengths and flaws are.

“It’s pretty easy for me to switch styles because during my amateur career I was sometimes more aggressive on the front foot and sometimes being more of a boxer. I don’t want to be a one-dimensional fighter, so I’ve always been able to change up my style. Depending on who I am fighting, I have to read them and adapt.”

The welterweight is pleased to report that his right hand, which he broke during his last fight, has fully recovered and his focus this year is on raising his ranking, hopefully starting with victory on Saturday night.

“I started my career ranked in the 2000s and that was because I’d been fighting out of Bermuda and was not allowed to fight in US competitions to get my ranking up as an amateur,” Lambe said.

“So when I turned professional, it automatically put me in at a lower ranking because I wasn’t able to fight in Golden Gloves and competitions that Americans get to fight in.

“But I went from 2,000 all the way up to 165 just fighting out of Bermuda and a couple of times in the US. I think that is a pretty good accomplishment from where I was. I’m now trying to get back in the top 200 and by the end of the year be in contention for some big fights.”

For Simmons this is an opportunity to compete in Bermuda for the first time. The light heavyweight has won his first five professional fights and is excited to compete in front of his loved ones.

“I’m ecstatic to be back in Bermuda,” he said. “I’m ready to see my family, to fight in front of my family and spend time with them. It’s a big opportunity for me.”

Simmons grew up in Bermuda before moving to the US at the age of 12, and with plenty of the local support getting to cast their eyes over him for the first time, he knows what they can expect.

“You can expect a unique style, it’s ‘Dash’,” Simmons said.

“I feel like there are only a few fighters where you put them in silhouette, see them shadow box and you can tell who it is. I feel like I have that unique style to bring to the board.

“I’m feeling great and I’m ready to perform. I don’t have any knowledge of my opponent but it’s more about me and staying on my p’s and q’s. Can’t nobody hit me if I am on my p’s and q’s, I don’t care who it is.

“It’s all about perfecting my craft and, of course, I respect my opponent but I’ve prepared well and if it goes one round or it goes six, I’m ready for any outcome.

“I was able to hone my style in the amateurs and made the jump into the pros when I was ready. It’s really about staying dedicated and having a good team behind me. The rest works itself out and the results speak for themselves.”