ASHLEY LANE is proof you can teach an old dog new tricks. The expectation was, Lane would suffer an 11th career defeat when he challenged the 6-0 Jordan Purkiss for the English bantamweight title in Brentwood earlier this month.
Lane knew why he was expected to lose. The last time he had been seen in a high-profile fight, he had been “destroyed” and, at 32 years old, he had boxed only eight one-sided rounds in two and a half years since being thrashed by Qais Ashfaq in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
“People see that Ashfaq fight and think I’m on the slide,” said Lane, “but I got offered the fight at two weeks’ notice
