Martin Gethin Fights Greame Higginson for English Title

By Terence Dooley

Martin Gethin fights on the undercard to the Rob Norton-David Dolan British cruiserweight title fight on the 15th of this month and the Walsall lightweight will be given a chance to contest for the English light-welterweight title.  Gethin takes on Greame Higginson at the Leisure Centre, Altrincham on a Hatton Promotions bill and he told expressandstar.com that he is confident of victory.

“I have got myself in great shape but I was in good condition anyway, because I was getting fit for the English shot in early December that my opponent pulled out of at the last minute.  So it was just about keeping myself ticking over really,” he said.

“In training I have been feeling very strong, I have come through 10-rounders sparring with a couple of fast kids pretty good.  I have changed my style a bit, I am trying to box a bit more rather then getting sucked into a fight all of the time.  As long as I stick to that against Higginson, I have got no worries.”

Gethin is 16-3-1 (7); the 26-year-old will hope to impress before the Sky TV cameras; Higginson is 10-7-1 (3) and comes into this one on a run of three straight wins.

For ticket details visit http://www.brandhatton.com/TV

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