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Danny Dignum: "I Need To Take It To The Next Level"
Dignum (13-0-1, 7 KOs) defends his WBO European middleweight
title against Dennis (17-3, 3 KOs) as part of this week's
huge event at York Hall in London, which will be broadcast
live in the US on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank, and
worldwide on IFL TV.
While Dignum has his sights set firmly on Dennis, the
undefeated fighter knows he needs to produce the goods in
order to secure some exciting clashes later in the year.
Dignum said: "Grant Dennis is a good fighter who is strong,
fit and game, so it will be a good fight, but it's going to
take a lot to beat me.
"He'll come in 100% and he has got some momentum after two
wins, but I'm in this job to be the best that I can be. I
need to take it to the next level, and once I get past Grant
Dennis, I'll show that I'm ready to take it up a notch.
"I was meant to fight at the beginning of December but
picked up an injury while running in a bit of a freak
accident, so the sensible thing was to pull out, so I'm glad
I've got this fight.
"I'm currently ranked #4 with the WBO and there are some big
fights out there. A fight between me and Felix Cash would be
a really good fight, but I've got to get through Grant
Dennis first and I'm not looking past him.
"I want the breakout fight. I didn't need to take the
Sirotkin fight last year. I'd been out of the ring for 14
months and the inactivity didn't help me, but I took that
fight believing I could beat him.
"This time around I've not boxed for 10 months, but I've
been in the gym training hard, and I'm more than ready for
Grant Dennis."
Elsewhere on Friday's card, undefeated sensation Lee
McGregor returns against Diego Alberto Ruiz, Nina Hughes
takes on Bec Connolly, Bilal Fawaz makes his professional
debut against Vladimir Fleischhauer, Joe Giles meets Lewis
van Poetsch, plus Jordan Flynn, Paul Ryan and George
Mitchell are all in action.
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