SAM EGGINGTON toppled Frankie Gavin in a ferocious local Derby at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham Saturday.
Gavin is a former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion, a former world title challenger and as an amateur he won Britainโs first ever gold medal at the World championships. Eggington has held the British title himself in the past himself but is known more for a willingness to enter into a toe-to-toe war than his boxing skills.
Frankie came in over the weight for this fight and, although he managed to engage Eggington in a thriller, ultimately came undone.ย Sam floored Gavin in the third round and finished the contest in the eighth, stopping Frankie.
โI didnโt realise how big he was,โ Gavin told Sky Sports afterwards. โDonโt get me wrong, I want to do it again.”
โI showed Iโm not a little fighter who runs off,โ he insisted
โIโm absolutely over the moon. Me and Frankie had a bit of needle but itโs fine again now,โ Eggington said. โCredit to Frankie, I didnโt think he had it like thatโฆ We had a good fight.โ