Sean McKervey is looking to erase the demons of his previous two fights on Friday night [November 18].
The Coventry welterweight makes the maiden defence of his treasured Midland Area title, on a First Team-promoted dinner show at Walsall Town Hall, having suffered unexpected back-to-back setbacks
But the capable portsider [pictured above with the British Masters and Midland straps] has the chance to put a so-far-winless 2011 behind him against Tividale's aggressive and decent-punching Jason Welborn, 7-1 (2), in front of the Hatton Boxing cameras, who are streaming the three-bout card live on their YouTube channel.
McKervey had a stellar 2010, chalking-up three wins in four [one draw] and adding the Masters and Area belts to his trophy cabinet with resounded wins over Wayne Downing, who was dropped twice and swatted aside in three, and Kevin McCauley, the current British Masters boss at 11st who was outpointed for the Midland Area strap.
Yet he was shockingly decked and out-pointed by novice Walsall pro Joel Ryan in March over four and then, in a fight he was favoured to win the following month, went onto lose a crack for his old Masters title in three one-sided rounds to then-unbeaten and recently-retired Neil Beevers in Barnsley.
But Sean has only lost once at 10st 7lbs and favours his right-leading skills to end the charge of improving Welborn, who hasn't tasted defeat since Nottingham's Ingle-trained Tyan Booth flattened him in three in 2006. "It's a big fight and a great opportunity for me to show thousands of people on the internet what i can do," he said.
"I've had a bad couple of performances this year but i'm going to put that firmly to bed with a dominant defence of my belt on Friday. Welborn is a fit, game and willing kid but he's going to go home empty-handed because i have trained hard and will match and better everything he tries.
"Seriously, i can't wait for this," added the value-for-money 28-year-old, 8-4-2 (1), ahead of the tough-looking ten-rounder in the Black Country.
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