In Confident Mood Ahead of European Title Shot

WBL & EBL Welterweight European Championships

Derby's unbeaten Welterweight prospect Ross Doherty appears in confident mood ahead of his first Championship contest, against Latvian Gvido Seilis this coming Saturday, the 29th September, on the Dan Gray promoted event at Pride Park in Derby.

Doherty has been mighty impressive, since bursting on to the professional scene, with a solid points victory over Belfast's Marty Kayes back in September 2016, which he followed up with a series of solid points victories over the past two years, culminating in a sensational performance, and yet another shutout points victory, against another tough Latvian, Grigorijs Dunecs, in an eight rounder back in April this year.

It was this particular performance against Dunecs that led promoter Dan Gray to decide it was time for his charge Doherty to step up and challenge for Championship honours, as such on Saturday night, Doherty and his opponent Seilis are set to go toe-to-toe for both the World Boxing League (WBL) and European Boxing League (EBL) European Welterweight Championships.

Speaking earlier, Doherty said,

"I'm really looking forward to this fight,

"My training camp has gone very well, Dan Gray pushed me to my limits in training as well as arranged some seriously top class sparring for me.

"My opponent has changed, I don't know too much about Gvido Seilis, other than he seems a very tough lad. Would normally have video footage of the opponents fights in plenty of time, which helps in us to adapt to the opponent's style, however not the case this time, but we're not worried, the camp was that good.

"We know we are up against it, but I'm feeling confident I've got what it takes to do what is needed to bring those title belts home."

Ross Doherty versus Gvido Seilis for the World Boxing League (WBL) and European Boxing League (EBL) European Welterweight Championships, co-headlines with the Nathan Decastro versus Agoe Ashong, for the Professional Boxing Council (PBC) Commonwealth Super Middleweight Championship contest on the Daniel Gray promoted event at Pride Park in Derby on Saturday 29th September 2018.

Also featured on the event is another mouth-watering all Merseyside title clash, between Craig Kennerdale and Paul Peers for the Professional Boxing Council (PBC) Silver English Welterweight title.

There are also two non-championship contests featured on the event, exciting Super Bantamweight Emily Pugh makes her second pro outing against Latvia's Veronika Sirajeva and Leed's Super lightweight Jack Jones makes his professional debut against Dundalk, Ireland's Michael Kelly.

The event is virtually sold out but there are a few tickets still available, for details please call Dan Gray on 07522 401454.

For interviews or further information please contact Promoter Dan Gray on 07522 401454.