Stafford Middleweight, Grant Cunningham, is hoping to be in seventh heaven next week when he takes on Mitch Mitchell on the undercard of Frankie Gavin’s first British Welterweight title defence against Jason Welborn at Walsall Town Hall.
The 26 year-old from Stafford is looking to extend his unbeaten start to his professional boxing career to seven straight wins when he takes on the Lincolnshire scrapper known as ‘Mad Mitch’ (1-2) next Friday, 18th January.
“I don’t know too much about him, I’m just concentrating on my game and building on my 6-0 record,” he told www.uko-boxing.com. “He’s had three fights. He has won one, by stoppage, and lost the other two so he’s a bit of an unknown quantity.
“It’s all about learning my craft at the moment. I’m confident in my ability and I trust in my Manager and Trainer, Errol Johnson, to match me right. We have a plan for my career and I’m happy with how things are going.
“I’m at that stage when I need to keep building my record and staying busy. This is my first fight of 2013 and I’m aiming to fight 6 or 7 times this year. I’m feeling good.”
Cunningham has been working alongside stablemates Jason Welborn and Martin Gethin in the build-up to their respective British title fights at the top of next Friday’s bill.
Rowley Regis’ Welborn challenges Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin for the welterweight strap at the top of the bill whilst Gethin, from Walsall, takes on Hove’s Ben Murphy for the British & Commonwealth Lightweight titles. The show is a complete sell-out and Cunningham admits that the buzz around the fight has whetted his own appetite to achieve things in the sport he loves.
“It’s going to be a great night of boxing, he added. “You can see that Jason and Martin are buzzing and that rubs off on you when you’re in the gym with them.
“That’s where I want to be when it’s the right time for me. Obviously I want to be out there winning titles one day. It’s too early for talk of that at the moment but that’s obviously what I’m working towards.
“To be on the same bill as someone like Frankie Gavin is a big thing and it does whet your appetite to succeed and push forward. It’s going to be a really good atmosphere. We need these Town Hall shows. It’s going to be very good for Midlands boxing.
“It’s a great show to be part of and will definitely be one of the shows of the year.
The fight takes place on promoter Frank Warren's first show of 2013 - in association with Midlands promoter Errol Johnson – at Walsall Town Hall on Friday, 18th January. The show is a sell-out but it is also live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546). Subscribe at www.boxnation.com.
Walsall Town Hall Box Office - 0845 111 2900 – have started a waiting list should more tickets become available.