Price stopped Swedi Mohamed in the third round on that historic night in Diriyah and big opportunities surely lie ahead for 5ft 9’ fighter. For my profile it was massive,” he recalls. Whoever was watching, a lot more people wanted to know who I was. There was only me, (Anthony) Joshua and Dillian Whyte from Britain. His team-mate Hopey Price is a slick southpaw from Leeds, who secured gold at the 2018 Olympic Youth Games in Argentina to add to his two European Championships and seven national times.Ī rising talent on the British boxing scene, the super-bantamweight fought on Katie Taylor’s undercard in Manchester in early November, and then in Saudi Arabia for the Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz undercard. He’s had a bad year health-wise but he’s looking good. Whether he can mentally unlock that potential, that’s key. “Jordan’s got potential to win different world titles. His coach, Dave Coldwell, a former professional himself, believes Gill has the potential to clinch world titles over the next few years. In the last week, week and a half before the fight, we’ll taper down and do some speed stuff.” “There is nothing close to fighting like sparring. Now it’s the time we do a bit more sparring, maybe two to three times a week, building up the rounds and getting that fighting fitness. ![]() “I feel like we’ve done a lot of foundation work, fitness, technical work to get to this stage. ![]() Hopefully we can break into the top-15 in the world and stay there,” Gill told Sport360 at Real Boxing Only Gym in Al Quoz. And pushing on and seeing where we get to. I’m feeling positive about the whole year with some big fights.
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