"Big Daddy" Vs "The Inferno" - 2nd November, Hull.
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| Richard Towers - Lucas Browne |
Next Saturday will hopefully be 3rd time lucky for both Browne and Towers to fight for the chance to face David Price for his Commonwealth Title, with this fight having been postponed twice before, it is a fight I am very much looking forward too.
6′ 4″ Browne brings a record of 17 fights, 17 wins, 15 by KO and is currently ranked 15th by the WBC. His last fight was in July against Travis Walker, a fight that Lucas won in the 7th after dropping Walker 3 times, however he was dropped himself in the first round.
6′ 8″ Towers has a record of 14 fights, 14 wins, 11by KO and is the former EBU- EU heavyweight champ. His last fight was against Tony Gregory for that belt back in June 2012. Many think that ringrust will play an issue with Richard having been out of the ring for so long, however having been busy as a sparring partner with both Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye, I'm not sure that will be a major problem.
Outside the ring both Lucas and Richard are good friends and have sparred several times with each other, however come fight night that will be put to one side as they fight to get that shot at Price. Lucas had this to say to V2Boxing about the bout - “Towers was a complete gentleman when I was last here and
we got along very well. I don't want to be fighting Towers but we both
understand it has to be done and this is the sport we have chosen. We sparred a few times and I'm sure we have both
taken something from those exchanges, but in saying that, it was a
while ago now and I know I've improved ten fold from then so it will be
interesting. I'm pumped to finally get this fight because I want the
Commonwealth title. I don't really care where the fight is, as long as I
get a chance to fight for the belt and get a chance to show the world
what I can do. I've got a decent following over here and I'm very
thankful to the UK fans for getting
behind me like they have. When it comes to fight time it doesn't matter
where I am, I'm there to do what I do best”.
Matt Clarke (Browne's manager) had this to say to Hatton Promotions, (Ricky Hatton is the promotor for both fighters) - "It certainly is third time lucky, I believe we're going to see a career best performance from Lucas. He's preparing extremely well, without any distractions and he's ready for this next step. His fan base in the UK and Ireland is growing rapidly and a good performance here might see him face defending Commonwealth champion David Price in his next bout."
Richard Towers is certainly looking forward to the fight saying - "I
have been hanging in limbo since the Australia fight was called off. I
was supposed to fight Johann Duhaupas and that didn't happen so I'm
excited about the fight with Lucas being on again. I don't want to slag
Lucas off because he's a good guy and I consider him a friend but I think he is getting carried away with the stars a little because he's banging these guys out"
Whether the winner of this fight will actually face David Price in 2014 for the title is very much up for debate and we will have to wait to see what Price's next move is going to be.
This is certainly going to be an interesting fight and is a clash of styles. Browne goes forward at every opportunity, whilst Towers, likes to use his reach to keep others at bay. With a 4" height advantage Towers is going to attempt to use his reach and his jab to keep the big hitting Lucas at bay, however I feel if Lucas can get inside and work to the body he will get some great success, eventually he'll get to the chin of Towers and that will be that.
So yes, whilst this is a tight fight on paper I believe that Lucas will have too much power for Towers and whilst the loser of this fight will have a tricky road back it certainly won't be the end of the road, not yet...
I wish them both well.
