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facebook.com/coventrytelegraph THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 COVENTRY TELEGRAPH 41 Boxing We’ll fight on my terms, AJ Dilly eyes high five to tells Deontay By Declan WarrIngton ANTHONY Joshua has warned Deontay Wilder they take Challenge prize will fight on “my terms” after By MATTHEW BOZEAT gym, he was offered the chance to box revealing Eddie Hearn will [email protected] FLOORING EMPIRE professionally. He started his career up make an offer to the WBC at heavyweight and showed his tough- heavyweight champion. COVENTRY cruiserweight Dilly Singh W W W. F L O O R I N G E M P I R E . C O . U K ness against hardened journeymen The 28-year-old Joshua, has another belt in his sights. T E L E P H O N E : 0 2 4 7 6 3 2 6 1 4 3 before deciding to drop down to cruis- who defeated Carlos Takam He fights for the vacant International erweight. He captured the vacant Brit- by TKO to retain his world Challenge Belt at The Venue in Edgbas- ther and sparring more. I’m getting ish Challenge Belt in April with a four- heavyweight titles last month, ton on Friday, December 1 and win or ready for hard eight and 10-round round stoppage of Josh Burke that insists potential opponents lose, it’s sure to be fun to watch. fights. I put everything into boxing proved his improvement. only talk of fighting him “I would rather get knocked out than because I want to be the best I can be.” Several months earlier, their sparring without making an official not give it 100 per cent,” said the 27 year Singh admits that without boxing, he sessions were described as competitive, approach. old ahead of the eight rounder. may have gone off the rails. but when they fought, Singh was domi- Most recently Wilder “Some fighters struggle to sell tickets, “I was getting into trouble on the nant and thrashed Burke in four rounds. accused Joshua’s promoter but I don’t. streets, messing about, getting into Singh says sparring sessions with Hearn of delaying “I sell plenty of tickets because I fights,” said the honest slugger. Simon Barclay and Kash Ali in recent negotiations regarding a always go in there and do my best.” “Someone suggested boxing.” months have brought him on further – potential match-up and WBO His best has been too good for his first Singh had six bouts for Willenhall and convinced him he can bring the champion Joseph Parker four opponents – and says he’s keen to ABC, reversing his only loss, and then Lonsdale belt back to Coventry. described him as his push his career along. took up kickboxing. “I want to win the British title and “preferred option”. “Everything in training is getting He won WAKO British honours, fight on television,” he said, “but at the Before Wilder stopped harder,” he said. fought for European honours and after moment, I just want to keep progress- Bermane Stiverne inside a “I’m doing more sprints, running fur- a sparring session at the Red Corner ing.” Dilly Singh round in his sixth WBC heavyweight title defence, Hearn had spoken of plans to make him an offer to fight Danny joy as rising star claims lightweight title Joshua’s rival Dillian Whyte. However, Joshua told Press COACH Edwin Cleary reckons winning Jake Finch in action Association Sport: “If Wilder’s the English lightweight title could not making an offer we’ll do it prove to be the turning point in Danny on my terms. Present him Quartermaine’s ring career. with an offer, and see how At the third attempt, Quartermaine they feel about that offer. claimed the belt at the Real Tennis “That only goes to the Centre in Leamington Spa on Saturday champions: Deontay Wilder night. and Joseph Parker. It’s the The 20-year-old from Cleary’s ABC same situation to both of was a unanimous points winner over them. It’s no problem if Wilder Lewis Frimpony (Evolve) after landing wants to fight early next year, a handful of clean punches during a but no offers have been made hard, scrappy bout. to me. There has never been By the end of the first, Quartermaine an offer. Everyone says they was nicked and bruised around his left want to fight, and then sits eye – injuries that have ruled him out back and waits for me to do of the NABGC championships – and the been doing around 1,000 miles every agreed to fight UFC legend Melvin all the homework. referee handed Frimpony a public month to train with us,” said Guillard in a bareknuckle scrap – “The “What we then have to do - warning in the second for dangerous Fitzpatrick. “I consider it a huge craziest decision I’ve ever made!” which Eddie’s doing - is fly out use of his head. Danny Quartermaine celebrates compliment that he drives that far to admitted the 39 year old – and to the United States to make “Danny has boxed all the best lads in confidence after defeat on her England train here – and the work has paid off. sensationally dropped him with the time. No offers have been the country without winning anything,” debut in France. “Nick faced all shapes and sizes in first punch of the fight! made from their or our side; said Cleary. “But now he’s got this belt, The 16 year old from Cleary’s ABC the championships, and he beat them Brady had Guillard over again in the we had a mandatory in place, the pressure is off and I think he will was outpointed by Kim Benamma, a all. He showed he can adapt. It’s a second round – but was then stopped and now we’re taking the time push on.” decision that left her coaches fuming. tough sport and it’s early days yet, but in the third. and effort to get the ball n There was a good win for They felt Ansell did more than Nick looks to have a good future.” “I hadn’t fought for three years and rolling. There’s one thing Leamington teenager Jake Finch on enough to win the bout and she was The club was set up four years ago to jump in with someone of that calibre talking and acting, but the show. told afterwards that her performance and currently has four boxers was a huge gamble,” said Brady, who negotiations don’t happen Boxing six days after winning the was enough to keep her in contention registered, including Leahy’s younger runs the Toe 2 Toe Academy in Canley. over social media. We’re now Development championship, he for a trip to next year’s European brother Sean. He has a 4-3 record and “But I had that positivity and self making the moves forward. jumped up a couple of levels to face Youth Female championships. has a couple of bouts pencilled in belief. I envisaged myself hitting him Joshua added: “I’m serious Brett Heeley, an Army boxer with 67 n Nick Leahy clocked up plenty of before the end of the year. with my right hand, but I didn’t expect about becoming undisputed bouts behind him, compared to Finch’s miles on his way to the Development Clubmate Leah Gunton made her to put him on the floor in the first few heavyweight champion of the 17. championship. ring debut in the final of the seconds! world. We’re just making sure Finch knocked some of the fight out The 20-year-old fights out of the Development championships. “I was saying to myself: ‘Please stay that a lot of these guys who of Heeley with a left hook to the chin Fitzpatrick’s gym in Leamington, a The 15-year-old was beaten and down, please stay down’ but he’s a are making noise will back up and body shots during an all-action 30-mile drive from his Evesham home, Fitzpatrick said: “It was a great tough, seasoned fighter and recovered what they’re saying.” opening round and by the midway and became the club’s first national experience and she went in there quickly. America’s Wilder, 32, had point in the second, Heeley was feeling champion when he won the Class A smiling and came out smiling, which is “It was a hard fight and I ached all told BBC Sport: “Eddie is the pace. title at 60kgs in Solihull. the main thing.” over afterwards, but I enjoyed every ducking me more so than Finch finished strongly, outboxing He trains at Fitzpatrick’s on the n Leighton Brady went so close to single second of it and everywhere I Joshua. If you want to stay at and outfighting Heeley throughout the insistence of his father, Tony, who grew pulling off Mission Impossible at the went afterwards, people were slapping home like a little girl, this king last to win clearly on the scorecards. up with head coach Derek Fitzpatrick Sports Connexion. me on the back and shaking my hand. has no problem travelling to n Morgan Ansell was given a vote of in Leamington. “We reckon Nick has At just four days’ notice, Brady “But it hurt, so I went home!” knock out the champion.”.