JAKE DARNELL only agreed to fight Frazer Clarke tonight so he could bag a ticket for Amir Khan’s grudge match with Kell Brook.
The Blackpool banger pleaded with his manager this week to score him a seat for the long-awaited domestic dust-up.
Darnell’s diligent manager came up with the goods, but there was an 18-stone catch that came with it.
He told iFL TV: “I was at the [Amir Khan vs Kell Brook] public workout on Wednesday, asked my manager, ‘Can you get a ticket?’
“Got a call Thursday, ‘I’ve got you a ticket, but you’ve gotta fight Frazer.’”
Many would’ve hesitated to take on Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Clarke on short notice, but not Darnell.
He continued: “I’m like, ‘Let’s go and have it.’”
He later added: I work with kids in care. I took one of the kids down, he’s just started boxing himself.
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“He wanted to go and watch them, see all the famous boxers.
“I was like, ‘Yeah let’s go.’ I was down there watching, tried to get myself a ticket, couldn’t get one.
“Phone call 24 hours later, ‘You can come, but you’ve gotta fight.’”
Darnell has been tasked with the job of welcoming Burton bruiser Clarke to the professional ranks.
And he’s under no illusions of the size of the job on his hands.
He said: “It’s a big ask, everyone knows it’s a big ask, but why would you say no?
“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.
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“Just to be around everyone is a dream to me.
“To get in the ring and fight on this stage, it’s unbelievable. My mates don’t even believe me.
“Nothing to lose, let’s have a go with him, maybe cause an upset.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
