Horton wants Maxwell's 'arse' by Tom Podmore Jul 2nd 2008

Birmingham's Max Maxwell has turned up the volume in the war of words with undefeated Black Country rival Sam ‘The Man' Horton, roaring: “Stop ducking me and back up your boasts.” The 28-year-old reigning Midland Area middleweight champion won the vacant belt in ultra-impressive fashion at a partisan Wolverhampton Civic Hall in February and then had to listen to a torrent of abuse directed his way by the improving Stourbridge-based middleweight, 22, who was seated ringside. Put it this way, Horton, who holds two wins over recent British Masters champion Lee Noble and has also beaten another former Masters boss, Birmingham dangerman Tony Randell, wasn't exactly backwards in going forwards with his ringside taunts. He, to the amazement of those seated around him including Burton super-middleweight Jonjo Finnegan, started bellowing insult after insult at the new champion. “Your arse is mine, Maxwell” was the one that kept being repeated as the Jamaican-born champion posed for photos with his new belt. But Maxwell, who had to endure the same lines from Walsall's Matty Hough prior to their Area 11st 6lbs title clash in the early part of this year, claims that Horton has bottled it since his bravado and macho-like insults on the night. Max is adamant that it was a way of Sam trying to make a name for himself without having to follow-up the predictions in the ring. There was talk of them meeting in July, but the Errol Johnson and PJ Rowson-handled fighter, so Maxwell's team claim at least, wouldn't put his name on the dotted line. The Chelmsley Wood-based PE teacher has seen this as a clear indication that the undefeated former Lions ABC amateur doesn't fancy suffering the similar sort of fate that his stablemate did in February (being knocked down and rescued after a one-sided contest). And the Richie Woodhall-trained, Pugilist Promotions-promoted champion, 7-1 (2) and who has won seven on the bounce since a controversial points loss on his professional bow, reasoned: “If he was so confident of doing the job, like he was shouting he would at the Civic Hall, then he'd sign the contract and fight me, wouldn't he? It seems weird that he isn't in any hurry to back up his boasts. “But Max Maxwell is ready to give ‘Sam The Man' his arse when he becomes man enough to challenge me for my Midland belt. He said he wanted my arse, but I'll hand him his on a plate,” (enough 'arse' - Ed.) boasted a confident champion who received a glowing report from Darren McDermott when sparring with the Dudley stylist ahead of his British title challenge. “We'll even come back to the Civic Hall to do the same job on him that we did against Hough,” continued the fast, long-armed Brummie, a former Navy poster boy who wants to make it 3-0 in recent Birmingham versus Black Country fights. “Obviously we'd rather the fight happened in Birmingham, but I'm not afraid of going back over to the Black Country and doing another conclusive job on another of their boys. “It's a case of me being willing to defend my title at any time and at any place.” And he added: “He was shouting his mouth off when he was 7-0, saying he'd fight me next and knock me out. We offered him the fight but he turned it down because he said he had something wrong with his ear, which we accepted and thought was legitimate. But now he's 9-0 and had two fights since the apparent ear problem. It sounds to me as if he thought about what he said and no longer believes he can complete the job his mouth started. “I think he is using the problem with his ear as an excuse to duck me. “But if he does decide that he is ready for a fight with me then all he has to do is phone my promoter, former pro bantamweight Jon Pegg, or my trainer, former WBC world super-middleweight boss Richie Woodhall, and we'll settle this argument once and for all.” Over to you, Sam.

Go back Comment on this article | Send to a friend | Print

There are no comments. Click here to be the first who comment on this article.