Tipton’s Lee Glover has been handed the chance to put his Prizefighter nightmare behind him against a co-rival from the tournament in a fight on Christmas week.

Glover will return to action against Ian Bailey on December 20 at Birmingham’s Holiday Inn and both were in the last offering of Prizefighter, at featherweight, at the end of October.

While Bailey was outpointed by Rhys Roberts, Glover also fell at the first hurdle after two rounds, where he was down twice, with ex-WBF world champion and eventual winner Choi Tseveenpurev.

It was a first professional defeat for ‘the Tipton Slasher’ who, previously, had encountered little trouble in picking up six straight wins since turning over last year.

Now the 24-year-old believes fighters will gunning for him as they believe he is ‘beatable,’ with Glover planning to show them he’s still a force to be reckoned with.

He said: “It’s a decent challenge after losing in Prizefighter and I want to prove that I am good enough to fight at a good level. I see Ian Bailey as a good warm up fight.

“It’s a decent test but I think I am ready for it. He’s a lot more experienced than me and he’s been in with some good kids, I am expecting a tough fight but I think I will come out of it the better.

“There’s a bit of pressure on me, everyone thinks they can beat me now and that has made me push on that little bit harder.

“It took me a while to get over Prizefighter but losing to a former world champion isn’t that bad, so I have just got back in the gym and got myself ready for this fight.”

Glover’s clash forms part of a six-bout dinner show, with five Birmingham fighters filling out the rest of the bill.

Max Maxwell, ranked in the top 10 middleweights in the country, headlines in a six-rounder against former British Masters champion Rocky Chakir.

Lightweights John Connelly and Callum Cooper, who debuted with points wins at the Tower Ballrooms in September, are also back in action.

Cooper is down for four rounds against Shaun Watt while Connelly will take on Jamaican-born Londoner Mark McKray, over the same distance.

The card will mark the professional debut of Brummie middleweight Craig Cunningham, who boxed out of Warley ABC as an amateur, and has been matched with the busy Louis Byrne.

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