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Prizefighter champ Lloyd-Taylor training with Booth for March 23 return

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
Londoner fights Nathan Graham at The Troxy

Robert Lloyd-Taylor will make his first appearance in a boxing ring since becoming the first reserve to claim the Prizefighter crown back in September. The 31 year-old replaced former Big Brother contestant JJ Bird at York Hall after the TV star fainted backstage and went on to claim the £32,000 cheque.

The Hayes fighter is pencilled in to fight another Prizefighter participant in Nathan Graham, who took former world champion Junior Witter the full three rounds in June last year in the welterweight tournament eventually won by Yassine El Maachi.

Lloyd-Taylor defeated Nick Quigley in a close and entertaining finale to his competition after previous wins over former fringe world title holder Takaloo and an unbeaten Peter Vaughan and is ready to square-up to Graham.               

“It’s a good clash of styles between me and Nathan,” Lloyd-Taylor told World Boxing News.

“He’s fit and game and so will make for an entertaining fight. I’ve been training hard with Adam Booth and Gary Logan so I will be ready and am really excited to get back in the ring.”

Graham, 29, has lost three of fifteen so far in his eight-year career but did go ten rounds with another tournament winner, Adil Anwar in March 2011 before being stopped in the final round and has since won a four-rounder last October.

Top of the bill is the experiend 40 year-old Mongolian Choi, who tackles Josenilson Dos Santos over twelve rounds in his first bout since becoming the Prizefighter champion at featherweight in October.

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