Jason Booth Boosted by Burns
Posted by Jamie Mitchell on 09.07.2010
Britain's latest underdog to follow Ricky Burns' example.
Jason Booth's promoter – Frank Maloney - has encouraged his fighter to use Ricky Burns' stunning performance, in wresting the WBO super-featherweight title from Roman Martinez, as inspiration to aid in his own world title quest.
The Nottingham boxer will aim to cause another upset this Saturday night, where he will tackle Steve Molitor (32-1, 12 KO) for his IBF super-bantamweight strap, and like Burns last Saturday, Booth (35-5, 15 KO) will step through the ropes as an overwhelming underdog against the Canadian, who has been mixing at world level in recent years.
Maloney urged: "Jason should look at what Ricky has done and he will know it is not an impossible dream…Ricky showed incredible heart and an amazing will to win against Martinez. If Jason does the same there will be another major upset.
"I promoted the fight when Ricky lost to one of my men, Carl Johanneson and back then I wouldn't ever have said he would become a world champion…Jason must take heart from what he has achieved and remember that when he steps into the ring on Saturday night."
Molitor-Booth will square-off at the Rainton Meadows Arena, Sunderland on September 11th. The chief supporting bout features British featherweight champion Martin Lindsay (16-0) in a non-title eight round contest versus Kenyan southpaw David Kiilu (33-10-2).
Local stars in action include Tony Jeffries (7-0-1), Jon Lewis Dickinson (8-1), Travis Dickinson (6-0), Trevor Crewe (2-2), Gary Fox (2-0), Kirk Goodings (4-0), Martin Ward (8-0), George Watson (8-1-2), and debutant Glen Foot.
