Singh looks for third win in his home city

Callum Singh…car-wash worker looking to clean-up as a pro

NEW pro on the block Callum Singh looks to make it a hat-trick of pro wins in front of home fans on Tommy Owens’ Sports Connexion show this Saturday.

He should encounter few problems against Manchester bantam Alan Jackson who has won only one of 43 (one draw). They fight over the apprentice four round distance.

Singh is a 21-year-old who burns with ambition. A car wash worker by day, he intends to clean-up at super-fly or fly. “It’s hard graft,” Callum said of his day job, “but it will all be worthwhile.”

“I think I have a British title in me,” he said. “Where I go from there is down to how hard I push myself.”

Callum is a product of respected Bulkington Amateur Boxing Club and has retained the services of the gym’s coaches.

In the unpaid ranks, he had 32 bouts, captured Midlands titles, an Elite Midlands title and Hull Box Cup silver medal.

“I just felt it was the right time to turn pro,” he said. “I was dropping a few close decisions because of my backfoot style.”

That style has been modified for the paid game. “Win by any means, that’s my style,” Callum said. “I can box on the backfoot, I can push them back.

“I love the pro game, it’s everything I dreamed it would be. It’s just more about fighting than playing tig. Smaller gloves, more rounds, it’s more rough and ready.

“I believe I have the power, I believe I can hurt, but anyone can hurt anyone with small gloves.

“This will be my last four rounder, then it’s six and then, hopefully, a title fight.”

Singh is one of a handful of Sikh boxers in Britain’s professional ranks. He, like Dylan Cheema who fights on the same show, want to see more embrace the sport.

He added: “If you can back to our ancestors, we were from a warrior heritage. I want to see the next generation embrace that heritage in the ring.”