Curtis Valentine has been given the go-ahead to resume his career.
The hammer-fisted Nottingham middleweight [pictured with manager Jimmy Gill, left, and trainer Tony Harris] hasn't boxed for 16 months after a routine brain scan showed a problem that looked certain to be a career-ending one.
But several trips to the best neurological specialists in the country and a re-scan from the British Boxing Board of Control has seen the 30-year-old being given the all-clear and he can now look to add to his three paid wins [two stoppages] in five.
Curtis traveled to Yorkshire on his debut and sensationally flattened unbeaten Luke Robinson on his debut, leaving the Castleford-based boxer, undefeated since, unconscious and needing oxygen after the two-round drubbing. He outpointed durable Ryan Clark next but was then on the receiving end of a brace of four-round decisions he looked to have done enough to win, against former ABA champion Erick Ochieng and Huddersfield's Alastair 'Burt' Warren.
And the last time he swapped 10oz leather for pay, against solid ex-England international amateur Martin Marshall in July last year, the relentless former Midlands Novice Class B champion's in-your-face pressure forced the referee to halt the one-sided beating less than eight minutes after it had begun.
The ensuing months have been dark for the East Midlander but he's now looking forward to emerging from the light - and switching the lights of his future opponents off. "It's been a nightmare, to be honest," admitted Tyson-esque Valentine, who has the rare combination of having iron in his chin and carrying dynamite in his fists.
"The time away has been hard, especially when you resign yourself to not boxing again and not doing something you love. Thankfully, it's been resolved now and i seriously can't wait to get back in there and knock someone out again," he added.
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