By Terence Dooley

Crawley’s "Rockin'"Robin Deakin ended his long losing run by decisioning Deniss Kornilovs over four rounds at the York Hall on Saturday to register only the second win of a career that began in October 2006—his other win was a debut decision victory over Shaun Walton.  The man dubbed “Britain’s worst boxer” by the national press now hopes to use the victory to persuade the BBBoC to reinstate his licence so he can box under their auspices again—Saturday's fight was fought under the banner of the Malta Boxing Commission.

The 29-year-old told the Crawley Express that he felt nervous despite bossing the fight, probably half expecting to see his opponent’s hand raised in victory, a sight he has been all too familiar with during the course of his career.

“I was a bit nervous because it had been nine years since I'd last had my arm raised at the end of a fight,” revealed Deakin, who is trained by former world title challenger Michael Jennings.

“I've had so many hiccups in my career but Saturday's fight just felt different.  I did everything right in the build-up, even my diet was perfect and I didn't have that much weight to lose.  I felt good going into the fight and, to be honest, I think I could have taken him out.  But I'd sold lots of tickets—around 175—and some people had travelled a long way to watch me so I wanted to entertain them and show off my boxing a little bit.”

He added: “Winning the fight felt great.  I've had some ups and downs in 2015, but maybe my luck is starting to change.”

The 2-51 (0) fighter will now approach the Board to argue that he is fit and ready to box on a BBBoC licenced show.  He said: “I've got a meeting with my solicitor this week.  I want to get my British licence back.  They said they wouldn't consider my case while circumstances stayed the same, but now I've won.”

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