Boxing Mad Magazine #10 MAYDAY FOR MAIDANA | Page 18

JOSH LEATHER:ASPIRATIONS

Josh Leather talks about Brad Saunders
and his aspirations for the future
CH: ​Hello Josh, I’m Craig Hetherington
from boxing mad magazine, how are you
today?
JL: ​Yeah yeah I’m good thanks.
CH: ​Ok Josh first of all can you tell me
a little bit about yourself and your family
background?
JL:​Yeah i was born in Middlesbrough but
now i live in Guisborough. I have a twin
brother called Callum Leather who is still
an amateur and he is entering the ABA’s
this year and he is hoping he can

18

win it. It all started when my brother and
I walked into Ray Hood ABC at 9 years
old, and in my 5 years there I won 3
national titles before moving to the wellington ABC in Middlesbrough when I was
14yrs old, where Frankie Cunningham
and John Dryden Trained me. In 2012 I
won the ABA’s at York Hall beating Robbie Matthews in the final, and it was that
night that I was scouted by Dean Powell who at the [YH