Fife fighter Connor Law will be handed a tough test of his credentials in his second professional outing later this month, Courier Sport has learned.
The Kelty super welterweight will take on the vastly experienced William Warburton at the St Andrew’s Sporting Club’s Burns Night show in Glasgow on Monday, January 26, as he seeks to make a name for himself in the sport.
And his trainer Stevie McGuire Senior admitted yesterday that it is a gamble to throw Law into the ring against a man who has only been stopped twice in 89 fights.
Twenty-seven-year-old Warburton may have only won 14 and drawn five of those bouts, but the Lancashire lad has taken some notable scalps including current Scottish welterweight champion Craig Kelly.
“Warburton’s experienced and he’s had one or two big shocks in his career so some might see it as a risk,” McGuire said.
“But we feel that Connor has to go this way.
“If you keep feeding people dummies, they get into that dummy mode, and that’s not what we want for Connor.
“To me, Connor will beat Warburton if he gets on him but if he sits back then Warburton will come for him.
“It could be a difficult fight, but the way Connor’s sparring he can get on top of anybody and it’ll be a good name to have if he can beat him.”
Law, who narrowly missed out on a spot at the Commonwealth Games, comfortably won his first pro fight against Aaron Robinson in November and will be keen to build on that performance.
If he can see off Warburton, McGuire hopes his charge will have further fights at Paisley’s Lagoon Centre in February and in Fife in March in a hectic start to the year.
“It’s pointless just sitting back these days, you have to try and climb up the ladder quickly,” McGuire concluded.
Meanwhile, McGuire’s Glenrothes Boxing Club will host a show at the town’s Gilvenbank Hotel on Sunday, January 25.
A team of 10 fighters will fly over from Cyprus to compete against local fighters, with the likes of Dundee’s middleweight Paul Kean, Glenrothes welterweights Ryan McKelvie and Craig Morgan, and middleweight Paul Clark all expected to be on the bill.
Tickets are priced £35 and include a four-course meal, with the first bout due to start at 2.15pm.