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Ted Cheeseman says he has 'forced' Anthony Fowler to accept a fight

'The Big Cheese' hints at European title shot next before taking on the winner of Fowler-Scott Fitzgerald in a domestic bout

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Image: Ted Cheeseman has been in a feud with Anthony Fowler on social media

Ted Cheeseman could take the European super-welterweight title into a potential bad-blooded showdown with Anthony Fowler.

'The Big Cheese' has started camp ahead of a February 2 return, in a possible European challenge, and is then expected to meet either rival Fowler or Scott Fitzgerald in a domestic clash afterwards.

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Fowler was in action in Sheffield on Saturday as he blasted his way to 9-0 and after his eighth stoppage victory he slated the British champion: "Ted Cheesman is getting punished, wait and see, I don't like that kid. He's cocky, deluded and a young boy, I'm a man. Watch what happens, I will punch his face off."

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Anthony Fowler says he wants to face his British rivals and Eddie Hearn confirmed he will fight Scott Fitzgerald in March

Sky Sports have since spoke to Cheeseman to get his response.

"I knew I'd wind him up, he brings up the amateurs all the time, I'd always get under his skin," the Bermondsey fighter said.

"He blows his own trumpet and thinks he's unbelievable, Amateurs and pros are totally different, I've proved myself at this level and am ready to push on. He's had no test, he didn't prove anything on Saturday.

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"I've been trying to force him into a fight, it's the one the public want to see, the one I'll get paid the most for, the one with the best exposure.

"Finally, they've taken the bait, there's no escaping now. I've done what I've needed to do to get the fight made."

Fowler destroyed Argentina's Jose Carlos Paz with a body shot in the first at the weekend and Cheeseman predicted it would be an easy night's work for his rival.

The Londoner hopes the pair stay on course for a brutal showdown and it could now have even more at stake than first thought.

Cheeseman added: "Fowler's only fought journeyman but maybe he can take false success from Saturday's fight. He loads up, thinks he's a lot more powerful than he is and is very robotic.

"I watched Paz against Jaime Munguia earlier this year and the lad was terrible, you saw it on Saturday, the first shot and down he goes.

"I don't think Fowler's good at the weight and I don't think he's that great either. It all just looks very stiff and one-dimensional.

"I hold the ace card, I'm the champion and have had the tests. Come to London and fight me or pay me unbelievable money to come up to Liverpool.

"I'm out again on February 2 and I could be fighting the European champion Sergio Garcia, we're just trying to negotiate at the moment."

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Anthony Fowler wasted little time in Sheffield - stopping Jose Carlos Paz with a vicious body shot in the first round

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