British and Commonwealth Flyweight title

WAYNE BLOY insists he will not under-estimate Stoke hero Chris Edwards when they clash for the vacant British and Commonwealth flyweight title next week. Grimsby's Bloy (5-3) faces the Potteries puncher at Fenton Manor, Stoke on Friday 23rd January in what promises to be a classic domestic battle. Edwards (11-13-3) boasts a patch record of just 11 wins, 13 losses and three draws, but Bloy's trainer Stuart Fleet said: "Edwards has improved massively. "His record is deceiving because he lost a few of his early fights, but he has lost just once in two-and-a-half years and that is at championship level. "We are not under-estimating Edwards, but this is the type of opportunity that Wayne has been waiting for. "Wayne has effectively been in camp for months and this is the best he has ever been." In the chief support Manchester knockout artist Mark Thompson (18-1) boxes Ghanaian Philip Kotey (19-4) in a final eliminator for Craig Watson's Commonwealth welterweight championship. Another great fight on the bill sees the show's co-promoter Scott Lawton (25-4-1) make the first defence of his English lightweight title against Salisbury's Henry Castle (19-4). Tickets for 'Stoking the Fire' are priced £35 and £70. They can be obtained from www.frankmaloney.com or 0871 226 1508