Coleman back 'home' for his latest fight after five years away

Coleman, who is from Burntwood, has been fighting away from home for five years - but he will headline the BCB Promotions 'No Backing Down' show at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.

The 29-year-old claimed his title on the road last September, outpointing the previously unbeaten Tom Cowling 95-94 at the Grantham Leisure Centre.

In 2020, Coleman was stopped by River Wilson Bent for the Midlands title, which led to him moving to Thailand where he picked up the WBC Asian Continental title.

He then suffered another loss when he travelled to Australia to take on Isaac Hardman for the WBO Inter Continental title.

After that defeat he decided to make the journey back to the West Midlands to continue his career.

He stated: "This is my first fight at home in five years, not many boxers would have jumped straight into a title fight after a loss, but I took the chance, and it's been a great confidence booster.

"I won't be defending the title on this show, but I'm not taking my opponent lightly; this is about keeping active and staying busy, I'm definitely not looking past it."

Coleman is now training at the BCB gym in Wednesbury, sparring with the highly-touted Aaron Bowen and unbeaten James Griffiths in preparation for this fight.

He said: "After boxing abroad, now I want to stick to the domestic shows, and my goal when I turned pro was always to win a British title, and that's never changed.

"I have shown with the win against Cowling that I am at the level where I am ready to take on big fights. I've got a good manager now, and I'm back home with my family and feeling good.”