Kid Galahad to take on Josh Warrington for IBF featherweight title in Leeds in June
Tuesday 19 March 2019 12:43, UK
Kid Galahad will take on IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington at the Leeds Arena on June 15.
Warrington (28-0-KO6) became world champion by upsetting Lee Selby at Elland Road last May and then overcame Carl Frampton in Manchester in December to retain his crown.
He will now face a fellow Yorkshireman when mandatory challenger Galahad (26-0-KO15) becomes the next man to try to take his belt this summer.
Warrington said: "All of a sudden, people are saying I am capable of beating every featherweight in the world and with that comes expectation.
"I will go into this fight as the bookies' favourite, but I will be 100 per cent focused and looking to do a job.
"I knew Barry [Galahad's given name is Abdul Barry Awad] when we were amateurs and he was always a decent guy, but over the last few years, he seems to have changed and put on some persona to blag fans, opponents or himself.
"He did well at super-bantamweight, but he has beaten nobody as a featherweight and he has lost respect from me for some of his antics.
"I want to be Ring Magazine champion, own all the belts and they are in touching distance. I can beat all the featherweights.
"I am concentrating purely on Barry, but after this, I want one of the other world champions. I want champion after champion."
