Maloney's World Title Hope For Booth
Published July 1, 2009 by Boxing Capital
Promoter Frank Maloney says delivering a world title fight for Jason Booth would be one of his greatest ever accomplishments.
The Nottingham throwback impressively retained his British super-bantamweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Tuesday night outpointing Rocky Dean and throwing an amazing 1,127 punches!
Booth, 31, has also held major titles at flyweight, super-flyweight and bantamweight during a fantastic 13-year career.
Maloney said: "If I could get Jason a world title fight before he retires it would give me as much pleasure as I got when Lennox Lewis won the world heavyweight championship. Maybe the world champions at super-bantamweight are a bit too big, but at bantamweight and certainly super-flyweight he would be a match for anybody.
"I will be at the WBC convention later this year lobbying on his behalf and I will see what possibilities there are with the other governing bodies. He is an old school fighter who isn't worried who he fights. Plenty of fighters moan about opponents, well they should look at Jason as an example."
Booth beaten just five times in 38 fights has also battled alcoholism and is now only interested in getting drunk on ring glory.
Maloney hopes to keep him busy with a domestic title defence against Michael Hunter in the autumn and doesn't rule out the possibility of a clash against his close pal, Rendall Munroe, the European champion.
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