‘I WANT A WORLD TITLE!’ 🤩 Nathan Heaney BELIEVES He Will Get To The HIGHEST LEVEL In Boxing

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And three becomes four because I’m delighted to say it is a warm welcome to British middleweight champion Nathan heene H to the show Nathan good afternoon to you good afternoon Lads pleasure to be on Nathan thanking you mate it’s our pleasure having you on um you retained your British middleweight

Title um although it was a split draw decision you were up against Brad Paul’s it was a thriller but how do you reflect on it because this is one obviously you would have dearly loved to won yeah it’s him at the time like when when the fight

Finished thoughts me off I’ve won that by two rounds now listen did he have two good rounds for he was excellent and he caught me good he certainly did but I think what’s that perception wise that might have just clouded what’s happened in the other 10 Rounds that particularly

The first seven rounds of the fights the first seven rounds it it was like 6-1 he’d won one of the first seven rounds and then obviously had and then he had a great eighth round where he hurt me but he didn’t drop me and then I won round n

When Steve Woodvine told me to get back on on the plan and then round 10 was probably even and then round 11 he caught me again so but again I didn’t go down so we won that round and then round 12 I thought he Edge but again could

Have been an even round so I was very disappointed not to get the win yeah because yeah I don’t want to retain with t on a draw yeah that’s the thing isn’t it yeah yeah Nathan look it it was a great contest and it’s one of those it

Is subjective scoring those rounds a lot of those rounds were close he did have two big big rounds you’re right in the eighth and the 11th round but what that done was showed a lot of character from your side showed that you can weather those storms come through those sort of

Things and it was a fantastic contest I suppose the million dooll question now is do you do it again does he get another shot or are you looking at other avenues listen what happens in the future me about Pauls certainly that listen that fight is a everyone will

Want to watch that fight again in the future and I’ve already had a rematch with the previous opponents of Jack Flatley so listen I’m not averse to any rematches whatsoever ever but the the fact of the matter is I want it I want to I want to go to the Pinnacle of my

Career I want to fight at the highest level possible and I and I also want to fight in me city as well in STO on Trent in Stoke City so that’s my shortterm ultimate goal I I I know that for a fact Nathan that you’ve got your heart set um

Fighting at the B 365 Stadium I mean what would that mean to you it it it mean everything to me and everything to people in me C listen sto on TR we have absolutely nothing we have nothing like all we have is the people and I’ve said

That a number of times because the people are phenomenal you only have to see how they bed me all the way through my career the the atmospheres they create the passion that and I and I’ve always said I want to BR the biggest nights back to ston trense but to be to

Bring the biggest night probably sporting wise that we’ve had would would be magical so that is like you say that’s the dream yeah Nathan i’ I’ve been there in stoken Trent actually when you’ve to build up there and your fans are absolutely crazy the support you’ve got is phenomenal I believe you sold

Over 2,000 tickets yourself the other night against Brad pools which is phenomenal there’s not many fighters around today that can do that sort of stuff now you was talking about fighting there at the BET 3 F 65 Stadium um would someone like Tyler Denny who’s the European Champion that’s the guy that

Comes into my head and I think that’s the sort of fight that you could fill the stadium with you for a British and European title is that a possibility someone like that it well did I I know potentially would be anyway so obviously I would I wouldn’t obviously I wouldn’t

Say t but but but yeah listen we’re all about exclusives here you might as well drop it yeah come on you said you were delighted to be on M so tell us yeah no I I can’t I spoke to George yesterday and obviously we’re gonna have another discussion today and possibly tomorrow

Okay but yeah listen everything’s everything’s going great and listen Tyler Denny is a phenomenal fighter me and T have done many many rounds together sparing in the buildups of fights and stuff and with him being the European champion he’s yeah he’s very very good I I like

It Simon listening to to Nathan here this always gets me about the boxers who come on and join us his desire to succeed the appetite they have to be successful is undeniable it’s always there isn’t it but also their unique character one of the things that I like

So much about boxing and the reasons why I’ve done so many of the discussions on on The Upfront show I do with the boxers is because I find their thinking and their and their way that they look at the world so different to other Sportsmen because if you’re going to go

Into a business where the end result is hurt and pain U somewhere along the line whichever way whether you’re the winner or the loser you have to have a unique mindset well I mean Nathan I mean your your last performance against Denzel Bentley was the performance that really

People latched upon and really looked at you and went wow right is that for you A Benchmark of how you want to perform in every fight going forward not I know it’s start stting the bleeding obvious but to get to where you want to get to

You’re 34 years of age this is your time now right you got no real time to waste you’re in a very competitive Division I mean European titles World titles what’s in your mind absolutely you cor the Denzel Bentley fight just shows what I can do in terms of in terms of me

Performances and I know I I’ve got me straight out I want to fight for a world title that’s it to be the first person from sto content to ever fight for a world title would be the greatest honor and like I say Win Lose or Draw and the

Hurt that’s going to come with that the idea was to to win it and the first ever world champion and hopefully fighters from Miss City and so on can can get a bit of inspiration for that and they can go on to better things than me but the

The a world title is my is my absolute dream I think you showed that desire that winning formula the other night actually against Brad Pauls because there was times there and you know I’m speaking as a guy that was watching it and going knowing what was going through

Your mind your mindset at that time round 8 round 11 particularly where you showed that sort of character you go where that sort of stuff where the physicalities then leave you it’s all about the mental strength and and you know the psychological battle that comes in you showed that you have that you

Can’t install that with in someone you’re born with that it’s not something you can just you know installing someone yeah I pride myself on being quite tough I’m quite a pled lad I’m quite you wouldn’t you wouldn’t consider me a fighter really outside boxing but but I

I’m a yes like any less of a man would have gone down potentially but but I’ve I’ve got a lot of will about me and a lot of grit and and I know the ramifications of going down and particular in that fight if have gone down I don’t now lost me British titles

Which I which should never have happened in the first place so it’s yeah thank goodness I’m I’m tough do you mean if it were to be Tyler Denny do you think he represents a better and bigger challenge than the fight you just had oh tell tell a very very tough fight

And also tal he beat I know that’s why I’m asking it he beat him convincingly as well yeah yeah yeah to be honest Tal’s never been in the discussion for for the fights at the ground to be honest but listen he but he obviously should be he’s the European

Champion so his name should be mentioned in these kind of scenarios but be like say for me I I’d love to fight for the willle Nathan you say you say Nathan that what do the people of Sook and Trent have not a lot they’ve got you mate and they’re clearly very very proud

Of you that’s why Spencer says they turn out in big numbers to watch you what’s happening with your beloved Stoke City though um 19 in the championship if they’re not careful they’ll be flirting soon with allegation need to be careful right yeah we’re in a proper allegation

About this moment in time we we had some good results recently against middlesbor and Preston and unfortunately not to get anything from lead so in in terms of confidence I thought the momentum’s with them but when I boxed the other day we had Norwich to and we got turned over

3-0 which to be honest I didn’t expect us to beat Norwich anyway but you you didn’t really want to get turned over but I’m just hoping the lads just keep gritting at us and just got to you just got to they’ve got to grit it out because that’s that’s the that’s the

Moment we’re in now they’ve got to get points they have to get points but but in the bottom of the championship it’s so tight it’s unreal like you L I think you one win away from being like 14th but then also bottom yeah Nathan just quickly before you go mate I just wanted

To ask you you’re talking about world titles there and you know fighting up at that sort of level any way any possibility any talks ever of the Eubank Junior fight he’s World ranked he’s number one and number two in in the governing bodies is that a fight you’ve

Looked at I I would listen that would be an amazing fight because that’s but I think the the kind of money that guy would want I don’t think it’s ever been in discussion to be honest you can give it to him out of your ticket sales mate

He must get enough commission off that great I don’t get anything like anyway so yeah it’s um yeah he I think he’d want too much money Nathan you can come on anytime mate we enjoyed you thank you so much on am on da via the talk sport

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