Grant Dennis heads to Ultimate Boxxer 3 – The middleweights
The third instalment of the fast-paced Ultimate Boxxer tournament lands at The Indigo at The O2 on Friday, May 10 featuring the exciting middleweight division.
Chatham's Grant 'Go-Getter' Dennis, 35, will be one of the favourites as a former Area champion that has also collected British and International Challenge titles against good opposition.
His last fight in October ended in a 48-second knockout of English title contender Harry Matthews. Despite being inactive lately due to promises of big title fights falling through and struggling to get opponents to face him, his countless rounds sparring with two-tme World champion James DeGale should make up for that.
Dennis, who lists his boxing heroes as Roy Jones Jr. and Andre Ward, was an ABA semi-finalist in 2002. Trained by Veron Quammie and managed by Joe Elfidh, the Kent puncher has been waiting for a big fight for some time and will be relishing the chance to showcase his skills on the big stage finally.
The line up has been revealed as former Southern Area middleweight champion Tey Lynn-Jones (11-1); unbeaten Kaan Hawes (4-0-1); 'The Newquay Bomb' Brad Pauls (10-0), who boasts six KOs from 10 fights; former Southern Area middleweight titlist Grant Dennis (12-1); undefeated youngster Kieron Conway (9-0); hard-hitting Josh Groombridge (7-1); Peckham puncher Derrick Osaze (6-0); and Clacton's unbeaten Joe Hurn (10-0-1).The combined record of the eight contestants tallies up to an impressive 69-3-2, with two Southern Area champions included and five unbeaten prospects.
'Teysty' Lynn-Jones, 24 from Grays, will also be a strong contender having recently vacated the Southern Area middleweight strap that he was due to defend against Linus Udofia. His sole career loss was a surprising upset to another former Area titlist Nicky Jenman in 2017. It was Brighton boxer Jenman that Dennis defeated on points to win his Southern Area title back in 2016. Jenman went from conceding his title to defeating Lynn-Jones in the fifth-round in his next fight.
Shakan Pitters (10-0) won Ultimate Boxxer 2 – the light-heavyweights and is expected to appear on the UB3 show as a supporting act.