BOXING DAY at Donnington Ex Servicemen’s Club in chilly Telford and five people sit in the bar watching the boxing from Japan on television. “This time next year we could be there,” says one. “That would be good, wouldn’t it?”
Tristan Davies, Andy Mack, Simon Baverstock and Bradley Thompson all nod. Liam Davies could take them there with him.
“I would be jumping for joy if the call came (to fight world super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue),” said the 27-year-old British and European champion. “I know people say he would knock me out, but if someone offers you the chance to fight the best in the world at your weight, you do.
“What a memory that would be, fighting the best in the world in Japan with my dad (Tristan) and brother (Bradley Thompson) in the corner.
“It would be a great fight for as long as it lasted. I think a
