Dundee’s Jamie Wilson is preparing for a fight with Scott Allan of Shotts for the vacant Scottish bantamweight crown at Bellahouston on November 27.
The 23-year-old who retired exhausted after six round of a challenge to Commonwealth super-flyweight king Anthony Nelson in April dreams of winning the British title and believes that competing with Nelson will give him the edge.
“I had to take that fight at short notice and, looking back, I wasn’t really ready for it,” he admits.
“When the chance came up I looked at Anthony Nelson and there wasn’t much between us on the night in terms of actual ability the problem was that he’d been training for three months and I had just three weeks to get myself ready.
“But when you’re offered the chance to win a belt like that then you just don’t turn it down. And just having had that experience will stand me in good stead for this one and I want to be the best bantamweight in this country.”
Allan attempted to needle Wilson at yesterday’s press conference, turning up late and bad-mouthing his opponent.
“I know, before I even step into the ring, that I’ve won this fight,” he boasted. “Jamie’s a strong lad but I don’t see him coming close to beating me. On the night I’ll be faster, sharper and stronger and he won’t have an answer to what I’m coming up with.”
Wilson, though, shrugged off his rival’s rant.
“We’ve sparred together a few times in the past but sparring is nothing like a real fight,” he said. “This is a different game and I think we both know what kind of fight this will be.”