Fox hunted down by classy welter Egan
Brett Egan…dictated behind a long left jab
BRETT Egan eased back after the first loss of his career with a clinical and dominant performance over Manchester’s Liam Fox.
The tall, tattooed welter appeared to have more gears to go through as he dictated behind a textbook jab.
On Tommy Owens’ show at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport, last night (Saturday) Erdington’s Egan looked a class above an opponent who has now lost all eight of his professional outings.
Referee Chris Dean’s landslide 40-36 card after four rounds was a formality.
Fox – hands high – would attempt to scuffle back, but the quality work always came from Egan (10st 8lbs 1oz).
Brett’s long jab constantly found the target. In the first it threaded through Fox’s guard, was followed by a left hook to the body and then a right uppercut bounced off the Mancunian’s chin. Classy stuff!
By the second, 28-year-old Egan was targeting the body. By the third, Brett – nearly six foot tall – was back behind the textbook jab. Fox (10st 7lb 4oz) had no answer to the weapon.
He bravely attempted to fire back in the last, only to be caught by a right down the pipe and left hook to the body.
For Egan – a thoroughly likeable individual – the win was everything. It was all about getting back on track.
For Egan, the bout represented his first outing since being stopped in February on Tommy Owens’ Top Boxer tournament, a “last man standing” competition of three, three minute round contests.
He entered the tournament with a 3-0 record, impressed in his first contest of the night – a points win over Connor Meanwell – but was far too gung-ho in the semi-final against Taylor Greig and stopped in the first.
In his dressing room after last night’s victory, Brett said: “I’m a better boxer for that loss. I’d love to fight him (Greig) again down the line and I’ll tell you something – he wouldn’t catch me with that shot again.
“I didn’t feel as sharp tonight and I was holding back a bit. My corner told me to use the jab. When I did catch him I listened to my corner.”
In other words, he boxed to orders.
Egan got the job done without fuss and can now continue his march towards a Midlands title. That’s what mattered.