Heavyweight Nathan Gorman would relish a showdown with David Adeleye, as he makes his return live and free-to-air on Channel 5 tomorrow night.
The 27-year-old makes his comeback after over a year out of the ring, on the Wasserman Boxing show at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, in Bolton, live and free-to-air from 10pm.
Brought to fight fans in association with Ladbrokes, Numan and Infinitum, Gorman takes on the confident Ukrainian Bohdan Myronets, who is fresh from an upset victory over Kash Ali in the summer.
Gorman returns to the ring for the first time since his three-round shoot-out for the British heavyweight title against Fabio Wardley last year, and says a statement victory on Friday night should put him back in title contention.
And the cousin of Tyson Fury, says a clash with London’s David Adeleye, who was stopped by Wardely in Saudi Arabia recently, is a perfect fight to make next.
BIG FIGHT ODDS WITH LADBROKES
Gorman 1/4
Myronets 3/1
Draw 16/1
“I’m not the type of person to call other fighters out but Adeleye was calling me out and never left me alone.” Gorman told Wasserman Boxing.
“We’ve both lost fights for the British title to the same opponent, so why can’t we fight each other?
“How about a British title eliminator or a Commonwealth title fight? Let’s get it on in February. I think I beat him convincingly. For three or four rounds he would be game but then I would take over. He’s a good fighter, but very, very beatable.”
He added: “Myronets is a big test. He might be looking at me and thinking that, mentally, I’m not right and he’s coming off that win over Kash Ali, which he would convincingly in my opinion. He is no stranger to coming over here and causing an upset. But he needs to know that I’m not Kash Ali.”
Roman Fury has been forced to withdraw from Friday’s show through illness.
OFFICIAL WEIGHTS
First bell scheduled for 1730
4 rounds Featherweight contest
Immad Naseeb (weighing in tomorrow)
Jake Pollard (weighing in tomorrow)
6 rounds Bantamweight contest
Samir Atab (weighing in tomorrow)
Nabil Ahmed (weighing in tomorrow)
4 rounds Featherweight contest
Adbul Khan 130lbs
Eddy Lopez 130.8lbs
6 rounds Super Featherweight contest
Isaac Lowe 127.4lbs
Jonatas Rodgrigo 130.4lbs
4 rounds Lightweight contest
Nelson Birchall 129.6lbs
Eliecer Quezada 130.9lbs
6 rounds Featherweight contest
Codie Smith 129.2lbs
Darryl Tapfuma 128.1lbs
8 rounds Welterweight contest
James Moorcroft 147.6lbs
Mathew Rennie 147.6lbs
8 rounds Heavyweight contest
Nathan Gorman 296.3lbs
Bohdan Myronets 217.4lbs
EBU flyweight title
10 x 2 minute rounds
Chloe Watson 111.6lbs
Justine Lallemand 110.6lbs
6 rounds Super Welterweight contest
Dan Toward 154.5lbs
Fabrizio Rubino 163.3lbs
