Quartermaine edges close to a title fight

Quartermaine…a tempting proposition for big promoters

A BIG fight looms for Danny Quartermaine, the Leamington prospect who has proved himself pure box office gold.

Others sell enough tickets to pump health into ailing boxing shows, Quartermaine shifts so many tickets – a truly colossal amount – he can raise them from the dead.

Frankly, why the 26-year-old has not already been signed by one of the major TV promotional outfits is beyond this writer.

They cannot ignore Quartermaine for long.

Negotiations are taking place to secure the fighter an English title eliminator at Coventry’s Sports Connexion show on September 16, he has revealed.

After that the doors are open for a crack at the title on a televised, arena bill.

Guided by Edwin Cleary, a fine, knowledgeable trainer, Danny has glided to 9-0. He brings excitement and aggression to the ring.

And he is ambitious.

Danny told me: “There are fighters who have turned pro who are being offered TV straight away. I don’t know if it’s about who they signed with.

“But I look at the positives. If I go to Boxxer or Matchroom now after 10 fights, I’m going to get a lot more than if I signed from the start.

“OK, in the long run I’ll be playing catch-up, but I’ll be in 10 rounders and title fights straight away.”

Quartermaine showed the big promoters what he brings to the table last time out. Making his first TV appearance – at Resorts Word, Birmingham, in May – he demolished Christian Lopez Flores, a Mexican who has taken a string of British prospects the distance.

His fans near raised the arena’s roof, yet Danny was first on – traditionally a dead-zone for televised shows.

“I was first on, it was 5pm when arenas are usually empty. The promoter couldn’t believe how much noise my fans made,” he said.

Quartermaine wants his supporters to experience more big shows. Understandably, he wants them to watch him at night, not late afternoon.

“Small hall shows are great, they are a great platform for local boxers,” he said. “But I worry that if fans keep attending the same venues, things may get stale. I’d like them to have the opportunity to travel to big shows around the country.

“If I’m fighting for the title, big promoters can’t financially turn me down because I make them money. I won’t cost them a penny. Last time I made them five times more than my purse.”

Danny carries power and has a pleasing style, but he also possesses the most important attribute of them all – he fills halls.