the_godslayer

Former British welterweight champion Young Mutley has always admitted it's difficult to get motivated for non-title fights.

The iron-fisted puncher from West Bromwich, who won a shutout 60-54 six-round decision over durable Sergejs Savrinovics, Latvia, at a sweltering Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Thursday night, is always going to be a step above those he faces in the four, six or eight-round bouts. He knows he can comfortably win those fights without putting his foot firmly on the accelerator.

The likes of Surinder Sekhon, Geraint Harvey and Peter Dunn, although he'd previously been halted and later said Mutley was the hardest puncher he's even been in with, have all managed to fiddle their way to the finish line – partly because Mutley isn't as ferocious as he would be in a title fight and partly because defence is a high priority for them. But sometimes he meets a fighter, like Ukrainian Vladimir Borovski late last year, who he's seemingly unable to seriously rattle.

Savrinovics, now with four wins and a draw in 13 (two stoppages), can now join Borovski on that short list of men who weren't seriously hurt by the sculpted banger.

The anvil-chinned Eastern European has only been stopped once, an injury retirement to Dennis Shafikov in February of this year, and has taken the likes of German-based Turk Selcuk Aydin, dubbed ‘Mini Tyson' by the German press, and another sledgehammer-punching former British welterweight boss, Belfast banger Neil Sinclair, the distance. It appears as if the 26-year-old doesn't go looking for easy nights.

But Mutley, though never looking likely to add the Latvian to his list of stoppages, was never in any danger of tasting defeat for the fourth time. He is pencilled in to meet Shepherd's Bush southpaw John O'Donnell in a British 10st 7lbs eliminator by the end of the year and this was 18 minutes of workmanlike action that will keep him ticking over until that fight is made.

After a quiet opening round, a three minutes that saw the former English light-welterweight boss sizing the shorter man up, Mutley began to show glimpses of the class that saw him take the British title and end Michael Jennings' 28-fight unbeaten run in 2006. A body shot sent a sickened look across his opponent's face, a three-punch flurry topped by an uppercut made him hold and then a long right late on got a brief nod of approval.

The third followed in the same vein, Mutley attacking and Sergejs defending, and I don't think it would be unfair to say that the highlight of round four was referee John Keane trying to kick a photographer whose lens had intruded into the ring a bit too far. Mr Keane missed the lens – and the photographer's face – but did succeed in making Mutley stumble with the flying leg.

Body shots and spiteful combinations, most notably a left-right-left-right-uppercut combination from the flat-footed local, stung the Tukums – a Latvian city that's home to a former Olympic champion, javelin gold medallist Dainis Kūla – resident in the fifth. He waived the mallet-fisted Midlander in for more, but was forced back onto the ropes by the end of the round.

The Errol Johnson-trained former European 10st title challenger continued with the dominance throughout the final 180 seconds, shaking his man with sharp one-twos to the body and fast-handed uppercuts to the head. As ever, Savrinovics shrugged them off and shook his head in defiance after shipping another solid-looking left hook to the dome late on.

Both weighed a fraction over the welterweight limit, scaling 10st 8lbs on the night, and 32-year-old Mutley, now 25-3 (13), said: “He was tough, canny and difficult to break down. It was good to get six rounds under my belt and I'm looking forward to the eliminator later this year. I know I'll win it and then I'll get the chance to win back what I feel is rightfully mine [the Lonsdale Belt].”



source - - Mutley boxes way to win 25 and now targets old belt

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TommyGunn

Id like to see him and Kevin Anderson do it one more time, i think Mutley could do it this time.

Hey, how many of you guys shout at the screen "Mutley do something, do anything" when he's fighting?

HE HE HE HE HE.

the_godslayer

hehehe, i know what you mean!!!
he's a local fave and has a heart the size of a lion to boot, thats why i put this thread up tbh.

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