Paul Appleby To Take Warm-Ups Before Euro Title Fight
By Terence Dooley
Former British featherweight boss Paul Appleby is to have two warm-up fights ahead of September’s European title fight against Oleg Yefimovych. Appleby lost his British title in a war with Martin Lindsay in Belfast in April and will be looking to get back amongst the W’s.
Appleby’s manager Tommy Gilmore is hoping to grab a few warm-up fights for his man, who was mandate for the Euro title tilt prior to his shock defeat in Belfast.
Steve McGuire, who coaches Paul, told the Edinburgh Evening News that Appleby’s youth will help him come back strong from that shocking first defeat. “Paul is a brilliant prospect but maybe he began to think that he was invincible until Lindsay showed him otherwise,” he explained. “Paul is only 21 and at that age we all tend to think we are fireproof, but he can come again big style.”
Appleby was motoring along nicely until running out of steam against Lindsay in the sixth round of their contest. With wins over John Simpson and Esham Pickering under his belt, the young Scot was seen as the next big thing. A fight against Yefimovych would be an ideal chance for him to gain the leverage needed to tempt Lindsay into a dual-title rematch.
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