Kid Galahad gets change of opponent: ‘Nobody’s prepared to fight him’

Kid Galahad

FEATHERWEIGHT contender Kid Galahad will now face Jose Cayetano on July 15 after original opponent Dennis Ceylan was denied permission to fight in the UK following a positive drug test for cocaine.

Galahad – a former British, Commonwealth and European super-bantamweight champion – was set to fight Ceylan for an IBF featherweight ranking.

After it emerged Ceylan had failed a drug test, his clash with Galahad was pulled and the unbeaten Sheffield fighter will now face tough Mexican Cayetano.

“Itโ€™s a shame, Ceylan isnโ€™t allowed to fight in the country, thatโ€™s bad news, but I think theyโ€™re going to sort another opponent. Barryโ€™s well-ranked, heโ€™s up there and heโ€™s prepared to fight anybody, it just seems that nobodyโ€™s prepared to fight him,” Galahad’s trainer, Dominic Ingle, told Boxing News.

Galahad-Cayetano takes place on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jnr’s super-middleweight fight with Arthur Abraham at Wembley Arena.

Galahad – real name Barry Awad – last fought in February when he stopped Leonel Hernandez and Ingle insists he is fiercely dedicated to the sport.

He said: “Heโ€™s never out the gym, heโ€™s dedicated, he only lives across the road from me, he trains twice a day. Heโ€™s sparred the last couple of weeks with Lyon Woodstock, a super-featherweight prospect coming through whoโ€™s very, very good. He was good sparring for Ceylan, long and rangy.”

Cayetano boxed in the UK last December when Scott Quigg – a man Galahad is keen to fight – stopped him in nine rounds. He had previously gone the 10-round distance with the likes of Leo Santa Cruz and Alejandro Gonzalez Jnr.

Should he win, Galahad will be well-ranked at featherweight by the IBF, whose current champion, Lee Selby, defends his belt against Johnathan Barros on the Eubank Jnr-Abraham card.

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