Night Nurse to take on John Baguley in debut championship encounter By Jamie Albrecht Tyrone Nurse will once again take to the proverbial battlefield that is the boxing ring on Saturday 9th October in what may prove to be his toughest, but evidently most rewarding fight to date. The main event of the VIP boxing show at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre will see home fighter Nurse taking on the tough and deceptively skilled Jon Baguley for the British Masters Light-Welterweight belt. Though the prize at stake is held in fairly low regard by many boxing fans, such a title should be favourably viewed as a vital tool to aid Nurses career advancement. Crucially, the contest marks Nurses first 10 round fight. Despite never previously boxing beyond six rounds, Nurse is adamant that the unchartered distance will raise no questions over his stamina come fight night; Therell be no problems with stamina, I regularly spar loads of rounds in the gym, so I dont see any problem with making the jump from 6 round fights to 10. Whilst he showed no real concerns over the length of the contest, Nurse was less dismissive of his opponent Jon Baguley, a potentially dangerous operator whose most recent and probably prominent win came against promising Dagenham prospect Vinny Mitchell, who was stopped in the 4th of a 6 round fight. Nurse commented that he (Baguley) is a tough lad and as hes had a full 8 weeks to prepare well expect the best from him. He can be very tricky and his record is a lot better than it looks. Nurse also believes that his preparation for the contest will give him the edge and displayed yet more confidence over his training; Ive been able to get some good sparring in with Curtis Woodhouse and (Leeds Light-Welter) Adil Anwar as an extra to give me something different the more variety in the sparring I have, the better. On the subject of potential future successes (subject of course to a win on the 9th,) Nurse made it clear that he is not in a rush to dominate the division domestically and will be ready when the time is right; Obviously Im not looking passed Baguley at the moment, but if I win on the 9th it will be nice to one day fight for the bigger titles Im in no rush at all though as Im young and therefore have a lot of time to just learn and better myself as a fighter without worrying about age catching up with me. The bill at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre also features local big hitter and undefeated Light welterweight prospect Chad Gaynor, who will take on Readings Ibrar Riyaz. Patrick Walsh will face Ben Lawler in his 4th start and Jason McCalmon and Michael Smith are set to make their boxing debuts at super Middleweight and light Middleweight respectively. McCalmon will face Doncasters James Tucker and Smith opens his boxing career against southpaw Rick Boulter. Can they launch their careers successfully? Tickets for the Nurse vs. Baguley Central Area title fight are priced at £30.00 general admission and £50.00 ringside. Tickets are available from WWW.VIPBE.CO.UK Doors open: 7.00PM Boxing Commences: 8.00pm
baguely is better than his record, he's experienced and has sprang one or two minor suprises, the ingles have just helped lee noble score a good win on away turf, should be a good fight, and nurse will be a genuine favourite, but he shouden't underestimate mr baguelys ability.
I think this is a potential banana skin for Nurse. Baguley has a crap record but having seen him a few times being the victim of some shocking robberies it's clear that he's a decent opponent. In fact I'd go as far as to say that he's currently the #1 journeyman in Britain. Nurse's career has frustrated me, I saw him against Baz Carey and he won easily without ever getting out of 2nd gear..... but has been held back quite a bit for no apparent reason. It does seem to be a general theme that VIP are reluctant to let their fighters off the leash, Nurse is definitely good enough to have been in with the likes of Baguley several months ago, if not 12 months or more. The best way to make stars is to put them in hard matches and watch them develop, not wait for ever and a day to put them in with someone good. It's just a shame that most of our promoters tend to do things the wrong way around. Anyway.... rant over. Nurse on points, gets frustrated a bit early but wins clearly 8-2 ish.
im fine with nurse fighting regularly but no need to fight without a solid win. this at least gives some credence to his record.
Beeston , Tyrone Nurse is still only 20 years of age , would be mad to push him at a faster pace than we have. This is a good step up and if things go to plan his next fights will also see improvements in opponents. STEVE WOOD.
Good luck to Nurse, Baguley is a decent test. He always comes to win. Steve Wood, Stegsie..what's happening with Gary Sykes? He was ringside on Sky last night but it there a date for his next fight?
