Terry Carruthers' spell of testing fights continues at the weekend.The fearless Brummie middleweight crosses swords with stylish ex-ABA champion Liam Cameron, 10-1 (4), at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium on Saturday night [October 29] and that'll take the combined records of his last ten opponents to an impressive 104-19-3.
That the Jon Pegg-handled 25-year-old [pictured absorbing an uppercut from Kreshnik Qato] has won three and drew two of those [in company that can only be described, on the whole at least, as stellar] is an indication of the improvement he's made since he left Nobby Nobbs and made his return to paid action in 2009.
He thrashed Martin Robins, 7-1 entering, at the Second City's Tower Ballroom in September and then, most recently, appeared to have done more than enough to outpoint former WBF champ Kreshnik Qato over a good-value six. Surprisingly, though, the London-based Albanian, on promoter Spencer Fearon's Hard Knocks show in the Capital earlier in the month, was given a handy 59-56 nod.
But he's held Liverpool's undefeated Liam Smith [brother of former British champions Stephen and Paul] to a draw, as well as handing defeat to another Scouser, six-bout unbeaten Steve Harkin. A rematch a month later produced a six-round draw that shaven-headed Terry, with nine wins [one inside] and six draws in 25, looked to have won.
Although big-hitting, Tommy Hearns-like Joe Selkirk [also from Liverpool] brushed him aside in just 75 seconds, both English 11st boss Brian Rose, who contests the British light-middleweight title in December, and sharp-boxing Southern Area champ Steve O'Meara could only narrowly outpointed him.
And Pegg, a well-respected promoter, trainer, matchmaker and ex-pro, said: "Terry has a difficult task against Cameron, who's a neat boxer and carries a solid dig. But he's improving and is starting to believe in himself and what he can do when he puts his mind to it. He'll give him a good argument."
Image courtesy of Gavin Burrows.
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