The dangerous Tony Harris-trained Nottingham puncher was originally contacted by Eddie Hearn [Matchroom Boxing supremo] to appear in the original eight-man featherweight line-up at the weekend [October 29] but was then dropped in favour of novice George Jupp.
But with the injury withdrawal of Mickey Coveney, the streaking Irish and International Masters super-featherweight champion, 13-fight [five wins and three draws, two quickly] Brown, who once destroyed former top-rated amateur Lloyd Otte and held future British champion Gary Davies to a draw in 2006, is now back in the running for the £32,000 winners cheque in the capital.
In order to do that, though, the 29-year-old will have to win three contests in the space of three hours and possibly have to swap leather with two other Midlands nine stoners, Coventry's Troy James, 9-0-1 (3), and Tipton's International Masters featherweight boss Lee Glover, 6-0 (2). Feared Mongolian favourite Choi Tsveenpurev, 32-5 (22), fast-handed Manchester stylist Rhys Roberts, 13-1 (2), improving Scouser Lee Jennings, 5-2 (2), and Ian Bailey, 7-7, complete the always-entertaining competition of endurance.
Brown drew his last contest in September, over four with heavier first-timer Francis Maina at the same venue he goes to battle in on Saturday, but manager Jimmy Gill feels that his Radford-based charge has a realistic chance of success on the Sky Sports-televised show.
"He'll be the underdog," admitted a well-respected fight figure who was in the corner with Jason Booth last weekend," but is capable and though he drew last month, Barrington took that fight on three days notice and most thought he won."
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