Alex Arthur Set For Comeback on Burns-O'Hara Card
By Terence Dooley
Edinburgh’s Alex Arthur returns to action this Friday on a Sky Sports boxing bill in Glasgow, Scotland. Arthur is set to take on Mohammed Benbiou of France on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ Commonwealth title showdown with Kevin O'Hara.
Arthur lost his WBO super-featherweight title to Nicky Cook last September, and the former titleholder told Scotland on Sunday that he feels ‘embarrassed’ after being taken the 12-round distance by fighters like Cook and Steven Foster Junior, who floored Arthur in their 2007 showdown.
Alex claims that he has “Toughened up mentally and physically, and I am back throwing my body shots again. Now all I have to do is get back into the ring and show that I still have my God-given ability to dismantle people.”
Arthur is now campaigning at lightweight, though Friday’s contest is set for light-welterweight, and has enlisted the help of original trainer Terry McCormack. Alex hopes to put back problems, and weight worries, to one side, as he bids to climb his way up the title ladder.
Arthur’s new start will take place at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Centre.
The bill also sees Aberdeen Assassin Lee McAllister seek to put his January loss to John Murray behind him. McAllister has boxed once since Murray stopped him in 8-rounds, a points win over Abdoulaye Soukouna, and he will be fighting for the lightweight Commonwealth title left vacant by Amir Khan’s defection to light-welterweight.
Lee takes on Ghanaian boxer Godfred Sowah, a product of the Akotoku Boxing Academy. Sowah has been preparing for the bout in Scotland, his manager Theophilus Addo told GNA sports that his man “Is ready for the bout. He has been training for a long time and we are sure he will emerge victorious.”
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