The steaks are high for butcher Callum!
Callum Seedhouse…second fight at Hangar. Pic: Manjit Narotra/BCB
THOSE watching Callum Seedhouse tomorrow (Friday) will be witnessing a future problem for the super-featherweight division’s top men.
That’s the assessment of Richard Carter who trains the talented teenager at his Wolverhampton gym.
Tomorrow, Great Wyrley’s Seedhouse returns to the setting of his scintillating May debut – the Hangar Events Venue, Wolverhampton – as part of BCB’s major “Independence Day” title show.
In the opposite corner will be Eliecer Quezada, a tough, 65 bout Nicaraguan whose CV is stacked with top names.
It’s very early days, but Carter – who shares training duties with Seedhouse’s dad, Karl – is quietly excited by the 19-year-old.
“He’s a terrific talent,” he said. “I know how much he wants it. I think he can do it if he keeps his feet on the ground and doesn’t fall out of love with the game.
“He will achieve what he wants to achieve – he will be a problem. But we’ll take our time, there’s no rush with Callum.”
Callum is certainly getting top notch sparring from Richard’s featherweight Gully Power and super-bantam Lewis Morris.
And he has the amateur pedigree to make a mark in the pro ranks. The long list of honours include national titles at junior and youth level, a youth tri-nations gold, four boxcup victories and six Midlands titles.
And the switch-hitter looked pin-sharp and impressive in his first paid outing. Callum, a butcher by day, worked Honduran hardman Fernando Duran’s flanks as if pulverising a steak. He won every minute of the four rounder.
When he turned over, Seedhouse told me: “I think I can become a world champion. You have to believe you’re going to be world champion, otherwise there’s no point in taking part.
I know it’s a different game, but when you’ve got the grounding it’s not like jumping in headfirst.
“My main attributes are my speed – I don’t think they’ll handle my speed – and ring IQ. I think I’ve got the power, but we’ll see, won’t we.”
He’s certainly got the speed, of the power, Carter said: “He’s strong, he hits well to the body.”
The boxing butcher has the tools to chop his way to the top and make mince-meat of very good operators, he and his team believe.
*“Independence Day” tomorrow, Friday, July 4, is headlined by Midlands featherweight champ Sian O’Toole’s defence against Doina Costin.
Final tickets are available now, priced at £45 for general admission and £80 for VIP, from the boxers directly or by emailing info@bcb-promotions.com.