A former unified world champion is making his comeback to the ring virtually a 12 months after his first loss and can accomplish that on the undercard of Gervonta Davis’s combat with Frank Martin.
That man is Stephen Fulton, who beforehand held the WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles and is at the moment ranked No. 1 by The Ring within the 122-pound division.
Set to make his return on June fifteenth, Fulton will face Luis Reynoldo Nunez as a part of the Premier Boxing Champions Amazon Prime PPV occasion.
With a report of 21 wins and 1 loss, with 8 knockouts, Fulton is making a transfer as much as featherweight for this bout. His opponent, the undefeated New York-based Nunez, holds a report of 19 wins, with 13 of these victories coming by knockout.
The anticipated showdown between Fulton and Nunez is anticipated to be for the vacant WBA featherweight title, a title which may turn out to be accessible following Ray Ford’s title defence towards Nick Ball on June 1st.
Fulton’s return to the ring comes with notable modifications in his nook. Bozy Ennis, famend as the daddy, supervisor, and coach of Boots Ennis, will now tackle the position of coaching Fulton. In the meantime, Wahid Rahim will step apart as coach however will stay as Fulton’s supervisor.
Chatting with Ring Journal, Fulton defined the state of affairs.
“I’m nonetheless with my man Wahid, folks must know that, however Bozy can be coaching me. Wahid is my supervisor. I belief him. We each assume that is what’s finest for me. I wished to return again at 130 however will come again at 126 and the plan is for the WBA title. That’s my understanding, will probably be towards Nunez for the vacant WBA title.
“I’ve been round Bozy rather a lot and we all know one another very well. I’ve been coaching and been round Bozy and Boots by means of the years. I understand how they work and perhaps there are some issues that they see in me that I haven’t seen in myself but.”
Fulton has been in coaching since final September following his loss in July by knockout to the nice Naoya Inoue who went on to be named the 2023 Fighter of the Yr, a title he added to The Ring’s junior featherweight world champion and the unified IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO belts. Fulton says he realized rather a lot from that combat.
“I ought to have skilled more durable than I did. Aside from that, I don’t wish to say an excessive amount of about that. I feel my mindset is extra completely different. I’ve added to my arsenal. I’m over it.
“I’m simply fully comfy with talking about it. I really feel like I may have achieved much better than I did. Folks pushed a story on me that have no idea what they’re speaking about. I used to be killing myself to make 122.”
He’s now wanting forward and promising a giant return to the ring and acknowledged that his need is to turn out to be a three-time world champion this 12 months.
“That begins June 15. That’s what I used to be advised. I can’t wait. The one one who can cease me is me. I really feel like that about my final combat, too. I may have skilled and labored more durable for my final combat than I did, however there isn’t a sense in crying over spilled milk. I’m able to step into these uncomfortable spots and work arduous once more.”
The Fulton-Nunez matchup provides additional pleasure to an already star-studded card. The occasion will showcase Tank Davis, ranked No. 2 by The Ring within the light-weight division, defending his WBA title towards Frank Martin, ranked No. 5 by The Ring.
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