Pegswood-born boxer Danny Wall makes his
second professional outing on March 26, at Gateshead Leisure Centre and is keen to impress after hosting part of
his training camp in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old trained at the Wildcard
Gym, which is famous for hosting a number of world champions, including Manny
Pacquiao, and for a period Amir Khan.
Wall’s five-week training camp included a
plethora of high-quality sparring and sessions with famed coach Freddie Roach.
“People travel from all over America to
train at the Wildcard Gym. The sparring was the standout feature. I had some
brilliant rounds and took something valuable out of every session.
“When I got there it didn’t seem real. I
was nervous beforehand because it’s a gym full of world champions and has quite
a hostile atmosphere. But after my first spar I proved that I could really
fight and it was easier from that point onwards.
“I haven’t got time to waste and the
experience brought me on leaps and bounds. I want to give myself every
opportunity to succeed. You will see improvements on fight night, but it won’t
be until I’m doing eight and ten round fights that people will really start to
take notice of what I’ve learnt.”
On his professional debut in November, Wall
clinched a laboured win against Scott Hillman, winning by a margin of a single
point. While things didn’t go to plan,
he is assured that he learnt a valuable lesson from that experience.
“Scott Hillman was a tricky fighter. I hit
him with clean shots in the first round and he didn’t budge. Then he adjusted
and was hard to catch clean again. He ended up coming on strong towards the end
of fight, which made it difficult and close on the scorecards.
“But I learnt a lot from that experience,
and my coach Tommy Conroy believes I’m a totally different fighter now to how I
was then. I’ve just got to keep progressing and getting better by putting the
hard work in.”
Back in September, Wall was initially
scheduled to make his professional debut in Morpeth – just a stone’s throw from
his hometown of Pegswood.
However a last-minute pullout from his
opponent meant his dream to headline a professional boxing bill in front of his
home fans was left unfulfilled.
Although Wall believes a return to Morpeth
could be on the cards in the near future.
He added: “When I got pulled off that bill,
my fans all stayed and watched the other three fights. People were upset but no
one kicked up a fuss. They were very understanding.
“It’s always been a dream to headline a
bill in Morpeth. I’m hearing some good things and hopefully I can fight there
very soon. I’ve got a loyal support and they deserve a reward for that.”
Fighting Chance Promotions host ‘Genesis’ – a night of professional boxing show on March 26, at Gateshead Leisure Centre. The bill includes an array of North East talent, including Jon-Lewis Dickinson, Glenn Foot, Josh Leather, Jone TK and Mark White amongst others.
Tickets can be purchased from any of the boxers on the bill or from www.fightingchancepromotions.co.uk
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