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Carl Fail Ready To Re Establish Himself With Amir Abubaker Assignment: 'I Want Big Titles'
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John Evans
John Evans
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Carl Fail Ready To Re-Establish Himself With Amir Abubaker Assignment: 'I Want Big Titles'
Carl Fail is looking forward to reminding people exactly what he is capable of when he returns to the ring this weekend.

After almost two years on the sidelines, Fail (10-0, 3 KOs) is finally fit and ready to pick up exactly where he left off. On Saturday night the junior middleweight hope steps directly into a tough Southern Area title fight with undefeated champion Amir Abubaker (9-0, 6 KOs).

DAZN will broadcast the Queensberry show headlined by the British, Commonwealth and European junior lightweight title fight between Ryan Garner and Reece Bellotti.

Until suffering his setbacks, former ABA amateur champion Fail had moved smoothly and was beginning to look like a solid prospect. Rather than going over old ground and feeling his way back into things over six or eight rounds, the 28-year-old from Northampton had no qualms about jumping straight into a hard fight.

"Not really, to be honest with you, because I haven't been out of the gym," Fail told The Ring.

"I have a twin brother [unbeaten junior middleweight, Ben] that's been boxing regularly. I think he had four fights last year so I've been with him. I’ve been training with him and been in the gym so I don't feel like I've been away, if that makes sense. I've still been with the boys and I think that's the difference. I still feel fresh. I don't feel like I have been out of the ring for two years.

"Also we've got the WBO number one, Denzel Bentley, who's like our main sparring partner and then there's three or four other really solid middleweights and super middleweights."


Abubaker is a heavy-handed, relentless fighter who has won both of his title fights inside the distance. Whilst Fail has been recovering and working his way back to fight fitness, the 25-year-old has been busy, reeling off seven straight wins and fighting his way onto television screens.

So far, Abubaker has been able to hurt and bully his opponents but Fail is positive that once the bell rings, his superior boxing ability and amateur seasoning will force the Coventry-based Iraqi to ask himself some hard questions.

Fail is prepared for a tough night's work but he has spent far more time worrying about his own level of performance than anything Abubaker may do.

"I don't know too much about him," Fail admitted.

"I do know he's got quite a big following. He seems to be a big puncher and knocked out six of his nine opponents, so he must pack a punch. I don't think there's nothing I ain't seen or handled before. I feel like I've been there and done it, been out two years but I'm 28 now, not a kid no more.

"When we get in there, I think I'm going to be the one that he ain't experienced yet and he ain't been into deep waters with - I'm ready to go out there and box and fight. I'll adjust and adapt to what I need to do to win that fight.

"He seems like a solid fighter but I believe there's levels to this sport and I want to prove that I'm levels above."

During the time Fail has spent on the sidelines, other young hopefuls have leapt over him in the rankings and been handed the kind of opportunities he would have expected to be in contention for.


Should he win, Fail will put himself in line for a shot at the British title and reestablish himself amongst the country's brightest hopes at 154-pounds.

He is aware of just how important this weekend could be for his entire career but rather than allowing thoughts of what could come next to infiltrate his mind, the seriousness of the situation has focused him solely on the task ahead.

"I believe this is an eliminator for the British title but I haven't really mentioned that. I haven't really thought about that to be honest because I'm taking this kid seriously. It's a real challenge and a real fight," he said.

"I have to take one fight at a time but I'm ready, feel ready. I feel like I've been ready. I took on the Southern Area champion on my debut - a 4-0 lad [Jordan Dujon] and I beat him.

"Me and my brother have always wanted good fights, real fights. That's what I'm in boxing for. When this fight got put to me, me and Ben don't turn down fights. We accept any fights. I want to be in good fights and the public to enjoy our fights. I want big titles."

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