Troy James prepares for his maiden title crack with a difficult six-rounder in his home city on Saturday [December 3].The Coventry super-featherweight, 10-1-1 (3), will cross swords with Nottingham puncher Barrington Brown for the vacant Midland Area belt on March 16 but first has to get past Dougie Curran at the Hilton Hotel this weekend.
Curran is tough, durable and no stranger to the Midlands, having extended then-unbeaten Lee Glover over ten for the vacant International Masters strap in June [Walsall]. The 15-bout [five wins and a draw] Geordie was stopped in three by impressive Black Countryman Chris Male in the same month but does hold points nods over former British champion Jamie McKeever and Davey Savage Jr, then undefeated in 11.
But ex-Barry McGuigan-handled James [pictured in his unsuccessful Prizefighter semi with Rhys Roberts last month] should have too much strength and all-round ability for Curran, 23, and victory will secure the ten-round rematch with Brown - who the 28-year-old outpointed in his quarter-final three-rounder at York Hall - set for Bedworth Civic Hall in the spring.
Two other boxers from the city of Lady Godiva, super-bantamweight Dougie Walton, 7-1-1 (1), and light-heavyweight first-timer Sean Sinnett, also see action on the Les Allen-promoted dinner show.
Image courtesy of Gavin Burrows.
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