Hamza Uddin is simply six fights into his skilled profession however is concentrating on the British title subsequent.
The flyweight from Walsall received the English championship in his final battle, dropping Paul Roberts 3 times earlier than halting him within the fifth spherical.
Uddin is likely to be small, however he carries pound-for-pound energy. “I think they need to get me in a lab and test me, because there’s something not right about me,” he informed Sky Sports activities.
“I shouldn’t be this small, this skinny and knocking people out.”
He has a flashy method to the game. “I do a bit of dancing, a bit of showboating, little shimmies. They say you’re disrespecting your opponent but I always tell my opponent before and after, it’s not personal, I’m just having fun,” he defined.
“I am simply doing what I am good at, which is thrashing individuals up. That is simply me, that is my job.
“People say I copied Prince Naseem. But I fought like him before I even knew who he was. Don’t get me wrong, I copy his moves now, I definitely copy his moves now, the guy was an elite fighter,” he added. “That is me who I’m.
“My personality coming out… I keep my energy but when the bright lights come I let it all out.”
Uddin has ambitions of happening to world championship competitors.
“The British title’s vacant so potentially [that’s next], we’ll see what the team say about that,” Uddin declared.
“I’ve got the skillset, the power, speed to go at the world champions now. Of course, we’ve got experience to gain and things to learn, it’ll all come in due time.
“The purpose isn’t just to be a world champion however a multi-weight world champion.”
He hopes to put himself on a collision course with Galal Yafai, the Olympic gold medallist who is due to box for the WBC world championship.
Uddin has pound-for-pound punch energy (Pictures: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing)
“That’s been talked about since I turned pro. I’m Walsall, he’s Birmingham,” Uddin mentioned. “It wouldn’t be anything personal if I fought Galal.
“You set me there and that is a terrific battle. I do not know what he is doing, he had a tricky battle in his final battle… Our paths can positively cross.
“I couldn’t care less who I fight. I’m going to adapt on the day and get the job done.”
A British Bangladeshi boxer, in the long term, Uddin desires to convey a brand new viewers to the game.
“I can actually change the game. If I can play my cards right and put the hard work in and reach the potential that I know I can reach, we can do some big things in the sport, we can change the landscape of the sport,” he mentioned. “We can bring a mad audience.
“I am 22, I am a child so there’s a lot to return,” he added. “I simply wish to present {that a} regular child from Walsall, he is not bought massive arms, he is not achieved nothing fancy, he is simply doing it the onerous method, he is labored onerous and he is achieved one thing along with his life.
“That’s what I’m all about.”
