CRANBOURNE boxer Daniel (Porky) Lovett is ‘floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee’ after defeating English veteran Justin Clements at the State Netball hockey Centre in Parkville on Sunday night.
The 23-year-old dominated his older, more experienced opponent in the eight-round fight that was the main support bout for the Danny Green versus Paul Murdoch main event.
Lovett’s match proved to be the best bout of the night, after Green KO’d his opponent in the second round.
After Clements spent most of the first round ducking and weaving, Porky embarked on fistic spree and stalked his opponent from corner to corner.
The win added to Lovett’s already impressive record of 16 fights for 14 wins.
That startling statistic also includes nine knockouts.
Jim Slatter, Lovett’s trainer and manager said he was impressed with Porky’s performance on Sunday night.
“Clements kept his hands up a lot, but Porky boxed really well, I’m happy with the way it went,” he said.
With less than a month until Lovett’s next bout, against Nader ‘Lionheart’ Hamdan at the Dandenong Basketball Stadium on 17 February, Slatter said the most important thing was that his star escaped Sunday night without injury.
“He’s still good looking and that’s how we want to keep him,” Slatter laughed.
Lovett, who was forced to gain eight kilograms for the bout, said he was looking forward to shedding some weight before his next fight.
“I weighed in at 85 for this fight, that’s well above where I want to be,” he said.
“I’ll be about 76 kilograms for the next bout and that’s where I belong.”
Lovett described Hamdan as a classier opponent than Clements.
“I’m looking forward to the Dandenong bout, it should be a great fight,” he said.
Between now and 17 February, Lovett will endure four weeks of intense training.
Slatter said the first week was all cardio, no sparring or contact.
“Then we’ll move on to two weeks of intense sparring, before a week to freshen up, and then Porky will be right to fight,” he said.
The Dandenong fight night will feature three supporting bouts that include Cameroon champion Chas Tiger and Australian Flyweight Champion Shane Brock.
Lovett will put his IBN Pan Pacific Super Middleweight Title on the line in the 12-round contest.
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