Former rugby participant Nick Campbell says he has been impressed by darts World Champion Gerwyn Worth and former British Tremendous-Light-weight Champion Curtis Woodhouse as he prepares to make his skilled heavyweight boxing debut on Saturday towards Petr Frohlich over six rounds.
The Jersey-based Scot, who has received regional and nationwide heavyweight titles in his homeland since switching sports activities in 2017, performed eight years {of professional} rugby with Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds however now has his sights set on turning into his nation’s first ever British Champion.
‘The Glasgow Warrior’, 31, will look to observe within the footsteps of former skilled Welsh rugby hooker Worth, who began competing on the PDC tour in 2014, and former Sheffield United and Birmingham Metropolis midfielder Woodhouse, who made his skilled debut in 2006, as he goals to make a reputation for himself in a brand new sport.
“Gerwyn Worth was on mortgage at Glasgow for six months from the Newport Gwent Dragons once I was there, and he is now the darts World Champion!” stated Campbell. “He’s an instance of a man that utterly transitioned sports activities. I do know it’s not boxing but it surely simply goes to indicate you that it may be carried out.
“Curtis Woodhouse is one other one, soccer to boxing. He turned a British Champion. No person can ever take that away from him. They’re in all probability the most important two and the primary that come to my thoughts. Sonny Invoice as properly over in New Zealand is having one other dabble on the boxing.
“There may be a lot that applies between sports activities – self-discipline, getting up early within the morning, doing all your restoration, doing rehab, doing the issues that are not enjoyable, the issues that folks do not see. There are such a lot of issues I can take from rugby and apply it to boxing.
“I am 6’7” and 18 stone – if I did not use these bodily attributes, I would be loopy. I wish to get behind my jab, take the centre of the ring, I’m very well-conditioned and take satisfaction in how match I’m. No disrespect to among the Heavyweights however a few of them cannot situation themselves. I prefer to suppose, if I get the chance, I can put folks out of there. I would like knockouts, to get folks excited.
“There has by no means been a British Heavyweight Champion from Scotland. If you’re turning skilled that is what you need to aspire to. Folks laughed at Curtis Woodhouse however he turned a British Champion. Why ought to or not it’s completely different for me?
“To problem for a British Title could be a tremendous achievement. The final Scotsman to do it was Gary Cornish who was crushed by Sam Sexton. I perceive the extent of those fighters – Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce competed for it final. I am underneath no illusions. I am ready to sacrifice, dig down, work lots to get there.”
Campbell debuts on the undercard of Conor Benn vs. Samuel Vargas this Saturday, airing stay on Sky Sports activities within the UK and Eire, and on DAZN everywhere else besides Australia, New Zealand and China.
