Gavin: "Time's ticking for Woodhouse"

Frankie Gavin has warned Curtis Woodhouse that his mouth has got him in far more trouble than it would of had he kept it shut.

Britain's only-ever World Amateur champion (pictured on the right) has been involved in a year-long public spat with an ex-professional footballer who used to play for Gavin's beloved Birmingham City.

And the 25-year-old Second City southpaw, undefeated in ten as a paid performer (eight quick wins), has hit out at Woodhouse's footwork, his footballing and boxing ability, and vowed to put him to sleep when they finally meet over 12 rounds at Liverpool's Echo Arena on Saturday night (July 16).

Though limited as a boxer in comparison to a man who has been using his fists for 14 years and reached the top of the unpaid tree, Driffield banger Woodhouse, 15-2 (10), is solid, willing and has verbally punched back with claims Gavin has beaten no-one of note since he handed in his vest and head guard in early 2009.

However, the Glyn Rhodes-trained, Dave Coldwell-managed Yorkshireman lost to canny former Southern Area champion Peter McDonagh over eight - the same Irishman who'd previously been whipped over six rounds by 'Funtime Frankie', who took every session - and his argument looks to have fallen on deaf ears.

Curtis, six years older at 31 but with no boxing miles on his clock, also labeled Young Mutley (the heavy-handed former British welterweight champion from West Brom who lost over 12 to Gavin last time out) as "washed-up" and ex-Prizeighter champion Michael Lomax, the cute lefty, as "a late replacement who wasn't prepared".

But Anthony Farnell-handled Gavin roared back by saying: "He says i haven't beaten anyone, but he couldn't get a win over McDonagh, who i out-pointed without getting out of second gear. 


"He hasn't really got a leg to stand on with my level of opponent argument, has he?" reasoned the WBO Intercontinental 147lb champion from Yardley, making the maiden defence of his belt at the weekend.

"I'm going to apologise to those coming up from Brum because Woodhouse won't be there for very long. This is about levels and if he can't beat journeymen-types like McDonagh and [Jay] Morris (a reversal he later avenged) then he can't honestly expect to beat me.

"At the end of the day his mouth can only take him a certain way and, when we get into the ring in Liverpool, he's getting beaten up and knocked out. Time's ticking for Woodhouse."