Sowe: Problem with me is I love to scrap

Elliott Sowe…he and Dan Booth could produce fireworks on Saturday

AFTER being sidelined for eight months with a hand injury, rail worker Elliott Sowe gets his career back on track this weekend.

And the popular welter faces a decent test in his return on manager Jon Pegg’s Saturday show at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport.

In the opposite corner will be Dan “The Monk” Booth, a rugged Manchester individual who has won six of 17 and always comes to fight.

He showed that just last Saturday by looking to trade with fine prospect Mykey Lee Broughton in Birmingham.

He and Tyseley’s Sowe, a product of the D&A gym, could well produce an old-fashioned tear-up.

“My problem is I’ve always loved scrapping,” 26-year-old Sowe. “I’ve been working on making my fights more of a chess match.”

Few have entered the paid ranks with less experience than Sowe who had only two white collar fights before taking the plunge.

As a result, he’s been learning on the job and collected two losses in nine outings.

“I can’t fault how my career is going,” Sowe said. “I had no amateur boxing experience, just two white collar fights. I won, but I was awful. As a pro, this will be my 10th fight in three-and-a-half years – I can’t knock that.

“I’ve always loved fighting, that’s how I got into it – it comes from the background I’m from. I was always sparring the pros, I was challenging people. I intended to go in the amateurs, then Covid hit.”

Sowe wanted to take his show on the road against stiff opposition before injury stalled his schedule.

He said: “The plan is to rock and roll and take challenges on the road, but Jon (Pegg) advised it’s best to get rid of the ring rust first. When the price and opponent is right, I’m going to take my chance.”

Sowe carries the ring-name “Courage” and has already shown he’s not lacking in what the trade calls “minerals”.

“I’m a strong lad,” he said, “you’re not going to throw me around the ring. I have the power but I haven’t shown it yet because I get too excited. I’ve spent the eight months out working on my structure and, hopefully, the differences will show on Saturday.

“The losses showed what I was doing wrong, they encourage you to get better. They were my own fault – I didn’t listen to my corner, I switched off.”

He added: “Get a win and starting climbing up the ladder.”

For the railway man, Dan Booth is providing a platform for bigger things.