Lowe and Maughan to engage in Battle of Nottinghamshire

AA Lowe and Terry Maughan are set to battle it out to see who's the best light-middleweight in Nottinghamshire.

The pair swap leather for the vacant British Masters 11st strap on a Carl Greaves bill on April 7, at Newark's Grove Leisure Centre, with hometown hero Lowe [pictured] looking to add a second Masters belt to his collection at a second weight.

But Sneinton-based Maughan has designs on his first paid title and is also targeting a future crack at the Irish crown. The former three-time British kickboxing champion, 6-2, has won four on the bounce after splitting his first four paid contests and is growing in confidence bout-by-bout.

In order to stop the 31-year-old ex-Royal Marine from having another belt strapped around his waist, however, Tony Harris-trained Terry's going to have to go more than 12 minutes for the first time and slow down a come-forward scrapper who has done the ten-round distance on two previous occasions.

But as Shane McPhilbin, who'd never completed more than four-threes, showed in his British cruiserweight title-winning effort at York Hall just over a week ago, belief and an unwavering will to win can override any experience of championship distances and push a man on in the latter stages.

Fit, strong and willing, crowd-pleasing Lowe, 9-6-1 (1), is returning to light-middleweight after back-to-back fights at middleweight with York's Harry Matthews. He drew a Masters ten-rounder with the Yorkshireman in Leeds in September but then boxed superbly to take a points nod for the still-vacant title in his hometown before Christmas.

And only the best get the better of him - and has only been halted twice, in eight rounds by both Mark Lloyd [Midlands Area welterweight, 2008] and Jamie Ball [Midlands Area light-middleweight, 2011]. In fact, the combined records of those who've beaten him [Steve O'Meara, aforementioned Matthews, Pat McAleese and Johnny Musgrave, debut] reads a none-too-shabby 52-5-2.

And the co-challenger admitted he's excited for his fifth scheduled 30-minute outing. "It's a good fight and i'm looking forward to it," said Greaves-handled Lowe.