‘YOU HAVE TO BE POSITIVE’
WHAT’S your feelings on the current climate and the state of British boxing right now?
As a sport, I think we’ve done very well. You might say I’m bound to say that, but I know the amount of work that has gone in with the meetings and consultations with the doctors etc. It hasn’t been easy, it’s been very challenging but we’re up and running and the shows have been good on the whole. It bodes well as we move forward. The government have now put out new guidelines in regards to the amount of people who can gather, so we’ll have to see how that affects the whole of sport in general. But boxing has dealt with everything very, very well.
Are behind closed doors events the new future given the current headlines?
I think it possibly is, yes. I was hopeful we’d have some sort of crowds by the end of October or November but now it’s possible there won’t be any crowds until the end of the year. I have further meetings in the next week where all of this will be discussed but I remain hopeful that
