By Elliot Foster

Ryan Farrag is ready to take on all-comers after picking up a second career title last week.

The likeable Liverpool bantamweight did the most unexpected of things at the Hall Omnisport de La Préalle in Herstal, Liege, Belgium to walk away with the European title.

Farrag dropped hometown man and former world title challenger Stephane Jamoye twice on the way to picking up a ninth round stoppage victory.

And now, after getting back to the UK in the early hours of Saturday morning and celebrating Hallowe’en, the 27-year-old has said that he’s ready for anyone.

“I’ll fight anyone,” Farrag, who also holds the English title told Boxing Scene.

“I went over there [to Belgium] with an aim of knocking Jamoye out and I did it.

“I felt good in there. At times it was tiring, when he was upping the pace as the fight went on, but on the whole I felt good, strong and I got the job done.”

The title of ‘European bantamweight champion’ seems a far cry from the night at the Liverpool Olympia, when Farrag was just starting out, where he was outpointed in the semi-final of Prizefighter by future world title challenger Lee Haskins of Bristol.

“That loss is now a distant memory to me,” he said after adding another win to his now (14-1, 3 KOs) resumé. “In fact, it was over three rounds, so it doesn’t even feel like a loss.”

Never one to rest on his laurels, Farrag –– who has yet to decide on a ring moniker –– has insisted that he will have just one week to celebrate his hard-fought victory before reverting to type and getting back into the swing of things at the Everton Red Triangle gym in his home city under head coaches Paul  and Mick Stevenson.

“To be honest, it hasn’t sunk in yet.

“I’ll be back in the gym [today] and go in and see the lads, but I’ll probably get told to rest, which I hate doing.

“I’ll have a sit out this week, get back in next week after seeing [gym-mates Jazza Dickens and Kevin Satchell, among others] and then speak to Paul and Mick and the management team to find out what’s next.

“It doesn’t really bother me who I fight, where I fight or when I fight. The fact is, if there’s a fight there for me with something meaningful at the end of it, I’ll take it.

“I don’t want to be going back and doing eight and 10-round fights, I’m a European champion.

“So I’ll speak to [manager] Daniel [Kinahan] and MGM Marbella and see where we go as a team.

“But one thing is for sure: I’ll fight anyone.”

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