Walsall's Hamza goes back to his roots for motivation
Walsall boxing sensation Hamza Uddin returned to his roots ahead of his second professional fight in Birmingham on Saturday night.
The 20-year-old, who was signed by Matchroom Boxing last year, marked his professional debut in style with a third-round knockout against Santiago San Eusebio in April.
Now, Uddin will return to the ring when he fights Italy’s Giulio Commerso on the undercard of the European Middleweight title fight between Wolverhampton’s Tyler Denny and Felix Cash at Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena.
In the build-up to fight night, Uddin delivered a short talk at his gym – Fearless Boxing Academy in Walsall – before heading to his local mosque.
And Uddin feels local support, and the work Matchroom have put into the local community, will provide him with the extra motivation he needs both on fight night and his ambition of becoming the first British-Bangladeshi world champion.
“Big shout out to Matchroom who’re doing some top work for the community,” he said. “Matchroom is such a big organisation who have such a foothold in boxing globally not just in this country.
