Jahmaine Smyle is sick of hearing Manny Oshunrinde's claim that he was lucky to escape with a draw.
The pair met in January in an explosive-looking fight that was cut short after the mallet-fisted Leicester puncher was sliced open just 131 seconds into their four-rounder at York Hall.
Under the British Boxing Board of Control's recently-introduced rules, an accidental coming together of heads will lead to a technical draw. Had the same scenario taken place after four completed sessions, it would have gone to the judges scorecards.
But Miami-born beanpole Oshunrinde, who was winless in one before their bout and now winless in three (both defeats coming inside), claims that he was in the ascendancy at the time of the cut and he would have blown away a heavy-handed East Midlander who went on to reach the super-middleweight Prizefighter semi-final and scalp decent Carl Dilks along the way.
Smyle, along with others, dispute that fact and that seems about right. Reports suggest honours were even in the shade over two minutes of action but the Chris Pyatt-trained, Dean Powell-managed knockout merchant will start a heavy favourite on a Graham Earl show at Luton's Liquid nightclub on Sunday afternoon (July 31).
"I can finally put things right at the weekend," roared the 25-year-old, 4-2-1 (3), who has benefited by sparring with the likes of Tony Bellew - the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight boss - and James DeGale for his most recent bouts.
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