Malone edges closer to first pro title clash
Huey Malone and Joe Gallagher…aiming for the top. Pic: Leigh Dawney
IT’S been some time since professional boxing in the Coventry area has boasted such talent.
Aaron Bowen, Bradley Goldsmith, Ashlee Eales, Callum Singh, Jamie Edwards…they’re all at title level.
And one young man is destined to join the pack shortly. Huey Malone is a champion in waiting – his outstanding amateur achievements prove that.
Relentless Malone, a product of Christ the King ABC, is razor sharp, exciting and bangs. I’m only surprised Frank Warren’s major promotional outfit Queensberry who signed the 24-year-old when he began his pro journey decided to cut him free.
At Stoke’s Kings Hall on Saturday, Malone continued his ring education by widely outpointing Mexico’s rugged Carlos Eduardo Reyes Torres over six rounds. The Spanish based boxer, having his first fight on British soil, may now have lost 20 of 26 outings, but he’s aggressive and iron-chinned: the perfect test for an unbeaten prospect taking part in his seventh contest.
“He was very durable,” Malone said. “The main thing is he was very game and came to win. Two or three times I hurt him, but he weathered the storm. I’m always very critical – there are loads of things going through my head after a fight, but I’m happy with the performance.
Malone, guided by Joe Gallagher at his Manchester gym, is enjoying a busy 2026: that was his fourth bout and Huey plans to be out again around October.
Perhaps that’s a positive from the parting of the ways with Queensberry: Malone can work on shows up and down the country staged by an assortment of promoters rather than vying for a place on televised arena bills. “It can maybe make more active,” he said. “Everything happens for a reason.”
It cannot be long before Malone is bidding for belts, although the boxer himself stresses he’s a work in progress.
“A Midlands title during the year – Joe is looking at that,” Huey said, “and getting me up the rankings. I’m always in the gym.
“You need luck, experience and the right people around you, which I have. With the right people around me, I feel I can go a long way, maybe all the way.
“I’m learning all the time – just the way I throw shots, not rushing stuff.”
Huey’s unpaid accomplishments are impressive. He represented England nine times, winning eight, was part of the Team GB set-up for a year-and-a-half, won three national ABA titles – two as a senior – and three GB titles. In all, he lost only nine of 68 contests.
Good amateurs make good pros. Malone was an exceptional amateur.