Jazza Dickens: I want to emulate John Conteh

Jazza Dickens

AHEAD of his first British super-bantamweight title defence, Liverpoolโ€™s Jazza Dickens is still inspired by one of the cityโ€™s most revered fighting sons, former WBC light-heavy king John Conteh.

โ€œIโ€™m still young,โ€ said the 24-year-old who meets Martin Ward on November 20 in Houghton-le-Spring. โ€œBut when I started at age 12 I used to see a picture of Conteh with the WBC belt on him and I always thought that would be me. Iโ€™m happy at this level right now though and Iโ€™m enjoying it; a lot of great fighters have never won the British title.โ€

Having successfully rebounded from his only defeat, to former undefeated European ruler Kid Galahad in 2013, Jazza, a devout Christian and 2010 national amateur champ, has waited eight long months for his first defence of the coveted Lonsdale Belt.

โ€œItโ€™s been very, very frustrating,โ€ he admitted. โ€œI know Martin isnโ€™t doing it for my benefit but I really, really appreciate that he took this fight. He put himself forward when no one else did. He was the first person to do it, so I take my hat off to him.โ€

Read what Ward has to say here.

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