Barrington Brown and Troy James will renew hostilities next year - this time for the vacant Midland Area super-featherweight title.
The Midlands pair met in the quarters of last month's featherweight Prizefighter, with Coventry's James earning a unanimous decision after three keenly-contested rounds of boxing at York Hall.
Yet Tony Harris-trained Brown [pictured, right, in their October argument] shook his opponent badly in the opening round with a whipping right uppercut and though that was the only stanza he won on two of three judges scorecards, with the other only giving him a share of that session, the 29-year-old Nottingham puncher is touted to be a different animal over the ten-round distance.
The intriguing-looking East vs West Midlands title 9st 4lbs clash will top a Les Allen-promoted show at Bedworth Civic Hall on March 16 and 28-year-old Troy, 10-1-1 (3), who bowed out of that eight-man tournament in the semis to slick-boxing Mancunian Rhys Roberts, will enter the 30-minute battle as the betting favourite.
But James should be warned: the last title challenger from the Robin Hood city to turn up at the Civic Hall [Bullwell cruiserweight Shane McPhilbin] upset the odds, ended up chinning the Coventry favourite [Rhys Davies] and raced back up the M1 with the previously-ownerless Midland belt strapped firmly around his waist.
And big-hitting Brown, with five wins [two quickly] and three draws in 14, will be looking to land the devastating punches that'll make lightning strike twice at the Warwickshire venue.
Image courtesy of Gavin Burrows.
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