A lovely junior middleweight struggle between Bournemouth’s in-form Lee Cutler and Birmingham’s Sam Eggington is edging nearer.
Sources advised BoxingScene that the struggle was mentioned final yr however it’s again on the desk after Cutler got here by way of Stephen McKenna in December and he has change into a crowd-pleasing addition to the Boxxer steady.
Skilled by Josh Pritchard out of the Shane McGuigan camp, Cutler is 15-1 (7 KOs), whereas the skilled warrior Eggington is 35-9 (20 KOs) and has a string of Struggle of the Yr contenders to his title.
The 2 appear to be heading in the right direction for a contest on the Resorts World Enviornment in April on a card that options heavyweight prospect Frazer Clarke and fellow Olympian Ben Whittaker.
With Clarke needing to come back again considerably gently after he was defeated in a spherical by Fabio Wardley final yr, and Whittaker’s opponent as-yet unknown, Boxxer want a well-matched bout on the TV-portion of the present, and Eggington-Cutler matches the invoice.
However Cutler, coming off the McKenna win, ought to be capable of maintain out for good cash as Birmingham is Eggington’s yard.
In line with Eggington’s X account, struggle information is brewing.
“Large information hopefully introduced quickly. One other potential struggle of the yr and a bit nearer to house than traditional. Maintain an eye fixed out,” wrote “The Savage”.
Eggington boxed twice in 2024, shedding a majority choice to Abass Baraou over 12 earlier than defeating Alan Sebastian Velazquez over six rounds, and in 2023 Eggington visited Cutler’s hometown of Bournemouth the place he shocked 20-0 prospect Joe Pigford, stopping him in 5, on a invoice that additionally featured Cutler.
