‘Five title fights’ plan for next GBM show

Danny Quartermaine…won version of Euro title on last GBM show

I’VE got to hand it to new promotional outfit GBM – they’re certainly pulling out all the stops in their bid to become major players in the sport.

I was impressed with their recent West Midlands show, staged at Coventry Skydome last month. The format was slick and media well looked after. There was a showbiz feel to the occasion.

Nothing announced, nothing official, but GBM’s next offering in the city looks an even bigger bill for fans – it’s mouthwatering. The date put forward is June 8 at the Sports Connexions Centre, I believe.

It will, I’ve been informed, feature FIVE title fights.

*Chelmsley Wood super-bantam sensation Nyall Berry and Danny Quartermaine – the Leamington favourite who won the IBF European super-featherweight title on the Skydome show – will both fight for international belts.

*The long anticipated battle between Chelmsley Wood’s Midlands lightweight champ Scott Melvin and unbeaten Ameen Khalid is on the show. That’s a potential cracker. The pair were scheduled to meet at the Skydome last month, but Khalid was forced to pull out.

Ashlee Eales…first defence of his Midlands 11st belt

*Still work to be done, but Nuneaton’s Ashlee Eales may make the first defence of his Midlands light-middleweight crown against Nottingham’s Jack Mantell in a battle of unbeatens.

*Coventry favourite Jess Barry looks poised to feature in her first title fight, with newly crowned Midlands super-feather champ Beccy Ferguson, from Stoke, in the opposite corner.

Jess Barry….official challenger for Midlands super-feather crown

Add to that an undercard featuring such talent as unbeaten Birmingham lightweight Niall Farrell and you have the ingredients for an awesome night.

As I said, nothing confirmed, but I challenge any of the above fighters to contact me if I’m wrong.