FARRELL: LIVES FOR BOXING AND THE SUPERMARKET MOST professional boxers will tell you about their dedication, but few can match bantamweight hopeful Kieran Farrell. The Heywood teenager bids to stretch his unbeaten record to five wins when he tackles Anwar Alfadi at Blackpool Tower on Saturday night (March 6). Ambitious Farrell, 19, trains under top Manchester trainer Bobby Rimmer who is amazed at the prospects dedication. Rimmer said: All my kids are dedicated so I do not like to single any one out, but there cant be many fighters anywhere who are so committed to the sport as Kieran. He only goes to two places outside his house Morrisons and the gym. Kieran lives and breathes boxing and thinks of nothing else. When he is matched he knows everything about the opponent before we look them up. His knowledge is incredible. I know he has had so few fights, but I think he is ready to fight the top domestic kids in his division because there is so few decent fighters around. Farrell who is managed and promoted by Steve Wood turned professional 13 months ago when he stopped Gary Sheil and continued to impress not losing a round in three subsequent fights. Rimmer added: Kieran is improving all the time and I couldnt be more pleased with his progress. When he first walked in my gym I thought he was a 12-year-old schoolboy who wanted to look around and not the kid I wasnt to meet about training him. Top of the talent stacked VIP bill is local hero Brian Roses vacant International Masters light-middleweight showdown against French star Bertrand Aloa Also on the card are several if VIP boxings prospects including Terry Flannigan , Chris OBrien and Chris Johnson. Tickets, priced at £35 are still available from boxers on the bill www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.vipbe.co.uk
