I don't know where he can go in the unpaid ranks and may as well go pro sooner than later. How do you see it?
I guess he must switch unless he can make a different weight which we don't have a fighter qualified in.
his brother put on twitter something about him turning pro so i guess so, he might wait a bit though, just in case theres a pull out
i think of all the amateurs i watched at the york hall on saturday Ian Weaver Sam Maxwell and Mgoldrick oh and Adolphe will all be good pros.
Amateur boxers on Podium funding received a good level of funding but that funding goes down quickly if you don't perform at major events. In reality that is around medalling at the Olympics, no medal then funding gets dramatically reduced. After 2012 all National Lottery funding will be massively cut, so the days of them receiving the level of funding they received between 2008-2012 won't happen anymore. A long winded way of saying he will definately turn
guess it will be either Maloney or ****** that he turns with. ****** has the dates, Maloney is usually the man for the lightest weights. Its intresting the Saunders and Yafai both failed to keep there place.
How about Hennessey as an outside bet? The lure of fighting 5 and being part of the Eubank bandwagon has to be attractive.
Enormous gamble but he was only 18 in 08 so there was a bit more logic than say Saunders decision to stay am but regardless both have been left in the lurch essentially. Lost 4 years of experience in the pros because of it as well as the big contracts that were being thrown about for Olympians at the time. It was a calculated risk that went wrong it happens but they need to make up for lost time ASAP. Yafai signs with a big promoter gets the fights in he could be in line for the British title in a 18-24 months no problems especially at the lower weights.
