Thursday 21 May 2009

Downing hanging up gloves

Popular West Bromwich fighter come trainer Wayne Downing will have one final fight at the end of this month before hanging up his gloves for good.

Southpaw Downing, who fights at Light-Middleweight will fight Scott Conway on First Team's bill at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-On-Trent on Sunday 31st May. It will be 29 year old Downing's 13th fight since making his pro debut in 2006 and he will hope to go out on a high. Downing's record currently stands at 4-8-0.

It will certainly not be the last we see of Downing who holds a professional trainers licence, near a boxing ring. He is intent on concentrating on the training aspect of the sport. He already works the corner for the First Team stable under the tutelage of experienced trainers Errol Johnson and Bob Plant and hopes to help nurture the stable's ever growing number of fighters.