EVERTON Red Triangle has built quite the stable in the lighter weights. Who’s giving you the hard rounds in sparring?
It’s all hard, good sparring in our gym. Nick [Ball] is on the verge of a ‘world’ title; Brad [Strand] is phenomenal, too. If you make a mistake, you’ll get countered. You’ve gotta stay switched on.
Until recently, I’d never sparred our [brother] Joe properly. That was the newest thing. Joe has sparred the other lads for years. He’s even gone out and sparred with Kid Galahad and Sunny Edwards; it’s not that he’s just filling out. It’s because I’ve needed rounds, what was needed