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Matthew Griffiths, The Young Talent

A 15 Year Old Boy With The World At His Grasp.

'''Matthew Griffiths(Rushden and Higham Community Boxing Club) is a 15 year old 2x National Champion and 3x East Midlands champion. The talented amateur has laced the gloves since a reported age of around 5-6 years. Nicknamed “Pretty Boy Griffiths”, this youngster is due a very bright future in the squared circle and one we are all looking forward to. Although Matthew is only 15 years old, his coaches have stated the young boy has sparred and trained with those of a professional level, Matthew has also been named to enter the 2021 European Championships hoping to introduce himself in similar fashion to how he dealt with his opponents in the 2017 and 2019 National competitions, winning both of these. Griffiths has also placed 2nd and 3rd before in National tournaments. His current amateur record stands at:'''

14-0-3 as of 09/12/20

'''However Matthew’s coaches feel he would like to be competing more often and only against the most difficult competition, it is thought Matthew does not believe in wasting his time in training for bouts in which he knows he has a major skill advantage and only wants to fight the best. Currently, Matthew Griffiths holds the Number 2 rank in England for the Juniors Amateur Welterweight category, after displaying time and time again he is a very special fighter.'''

'''”He trains with us every day and he trains f*cking hard. Sometimes we have to tell him to miss a day to catch up on rest but its hard to keep him away from training, he comes in and gives 110% to every session every single day. His work ethic is like no other, I’ve never seen anybody want to be a champion so much, so young. I’ve trained a lot of amateur boxers and Matthews one of the few that I truly do think can achieve great things in the future.” One of Matthew’s coaches, Zeke Lyford, gave us an insight into what the young boxer is like towards his training, and it is fair to say he has the mindset of a future star.'''

  '''At such a young age with an already very decorated career as an amateur, Griffiths’s coaches have said it is likely to see Matthew competing at an Olympic Games in the upcoming years. The youngsters career is looking very promising and we will hopefully see this amateur star take over the professional division in the same manner in later years.'''