This weekend, Britain’s Josh Kelly will fight for a world title for the first time, as the promising former Olympian aims to realise his full potential. But a stern test awaits, in the form of the unbeaten Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Kelly has been a well-rated fighter domestically for some years, having represented Team GB at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where his last-16 defeat came at the hands of eventual champion Daniyar Yeleussinov. And while there was no shame in that loss, there was disappointment for a 22-year-old Kelly, and the Sunderland boxer has suffered a little more as a professional, too.
