Warburton out to impress the world against Adames

Welsh boxer Gerome Warburton says his bout with WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames is a chance to show he belongs at the top level. They meet in Riyadh on Saturday, 14 November, in a non-title main event at super-middleweight, giving Warburton a career high point and a potential route towards a future world-title opportunity.

Warburton, 31, has won 18 of his 22 professional fights and recently beat Nathan Heaney twice, most recently on 26 September, to retain his WBA continental middleweight title. Adames, 32, has lost once; Warburton is not ranked by the WBC. He says the chance follows years of hard work on the British boxing scene, and could make him the first boxer from north Wales to face a world champion.