Boxing: Lawler is next up for Nurse

Jun 24 2009 By Doug Thomson

TYRONE NURSE will fight Ben Lawler in Manchester on Friday, July 24 – and the Huddersfield boxer’s trainer Chris Aston reckons Sky Sports viewers are in for an entertaining fight.

Both bring 100% records to the ring – in 19-year-old lightweight Nurse’s case after eight fights, and for 24-year-old Skegness-based soldier Lawler, five.

Lawler outpointed Manchester’s Damien Jeffries last time out in May, while Nurse’s last win was over Reading’s Ibrar Riyaz the same month.

Aston had intended to take time out for gym work, but the lure of a slot on the Frank Maloney show at the George Carnall Leisure Centre in Davyhulme proved too strong to resist.

"We’ve checked Lawler out, and it looks like being a step up in class for Tyrone – but he’s ready for that," said Aston of the four-round showdown.

"At 24, and with his Army background, Lawler is already a man that bit more physically developed than Tyrone, but will he be able to cope with our speed?