Robbie Turley determined to grab British title chance

The 27-year-old lost his Welsh featherweight title clash with Dai Davies in Merthyr in July but he could now be just one win away from fighting for the British super-bantamweight title.

Turley takes on Devonian Jamie Speight in Bristol on Saturday, November 8, in a British title eliminator and the St Joseph’s boxer is determined to grab his chance.

“Hopefully I can push the loss to one side and get a good win,” said Turley.

“I promised myself since I was a kid that I’d win the British title and I want to do that.

“I had a long break and a big sulk after the last fight and felt a bit sorry for myself.

“I had a bit of time out of the gym but after a while my body was calling me back and I’m itching to get going again.

“I think I should beat Jamie, I feel I’m better than him.

“I’ve watched a bit of him on Youtube. He’s a bit raw but he’s very strong and he’s fought at a lot of different weights up to lightweight.

“He might come in a bit heavier than me but I’m going to forget the front foot and just use my skills to beat him.”

Turley, who has held the Welsh and Celtic belts at super-bantam, felt the step up to featherweight was the deciding factor against Davies in July.

“Dai boxed really well – the best I’ve seen him box in fact,” said the 27-year-old.

“He did a really good job and he won fairly. I ran out of steam.

“I don’t know how that happened because I trained so hard for it but I went in with the wrong plan.

“With Dai I thought if you hurt him early he’ll go into his shell.

“I went all guns blazing and I didn’t use my boxing skills really. I just blew out.

“He’s a bigger man than me as well and I was fighting a bigger man instead of boxing a bigger man.

“I underestimated him in that I thought I could go in there and be stronger than him but he must have been a good couple of pounds heavier than me.

“It was the wrong move with me coming up from super-bantamweight to featherweight.”