BIRMINGHAM
OCTOBER 20
WHOLE SHOW
THE British title stalemate that has swamped Ijaz Ahmed’s career for two years is finally over. But it has not ended with the Lonsdale Belt strapped around his waist. On a stormy night, Toxteth’s Marcel Braithwaite rained on ‘Jazzy’’s intended coronation, halting the Birmingham 30-year-old in the ninth.
Incredibly, Ahmed had drawn three previous attempts to take the title. Judging from his performance at the Holiday Inn, Britain has a very worthy champion in Braithwaite, whose Commonwealth belt
