Josh Leather has been sparring his last opponent Tommy Carus in preparation for his sixth professional contest in London on Monday night.
The Guisborough light-welterweight, 22, was given his toughest test to date by Scouse southpaw Carus at Newcastle in June before emerging a 58-56 winner over six rounds.
And the former ABA champion has been back for more in the gym ahead of his BoxNation bout against fellow unbeaten prospect Fergus Taylor at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Mayfair, with the pair getting through 24 keenly-contested rounds.
Leather believes the attributes which led to him to ABA lightweight gold will also take him to success in the pros.
He said: “I’ve got fast hands and I train very hard.
“Boxing’s my job and I take it very seriously.
“After 10 fights, I want to be contesting titles.”
Middlesbrough ABC made a long away trip to box on Ledbury Boxing Club’s dinner show in Hereford.
Fourteen-year-old flyweight Danny Neill won a unanimous points decision against Kevin Riley from Maes G ABC in Wales, his fifth victory in seven bouts, but welterweight Morgan Guest, 15, lost a unanimous verdict to Ledbury’s Kevin Florence
“It was the best Danny has ever boxed,” said Middlesbrough ABC coach Tony Whitby.
“And he gave a chunk of weight away in the two he lost.”
“Morgan was a tad unlucky,” Whitby added.
“He got a point taken off for holding but the lad kept coming in with his head under his chin and never got warned for it once.”
Wellington’s Muneeb Akram avenged his split decision defeat to Ali Mohammed (Dunston Teams) on the Middlesbrough club’s November 3 show at the Buffs Club as he won their rematch by the same outcome on the Dunston show at the Lancastrian Suite.
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