Manager Steve Wood is confident Terry Flanagan will beat Jose Zepeda to the WBO world title on Saturday and go on to prove he's the best of a packed British lightweight scene.
Londoner Kevin Mitchell recently came agonisingly close to dethroning WBC champion Jorge Linares, Liverpool's Derry Mathews is currently the WBA interim champion and Flanagan's fellow Mancunian Anthony Crolla meets WBA champion Darleys Perez on July 18.
But as Flanagan prepares to put his unblemished 27-0-0-KO10 record on the line in front of his home fans at Manchester's Velodrome, Wood believes the 26-year-old southpaw can emerge victorious and progress to unifying the division against domestic rivals.
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Londoner Kevin Mitchell recently came agonisingly close to dethroning WBC champion Jorge Linares, Liverpool's Derry Mathews is currently the WBA interim champion and Flanagan's fellow Mancunian Anthony Crolla meets WBA champion Darleys Perez on July 18.
But as Flanagan prepares to put his unblemished 27-0-0-KO10 record on the line in front of his home fans at Manchester's Velodrome, Wood believes the 26-year-old southpaw can emerge victorious and progress to unifying the division against domestic rivals.
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