Story: Nazrul Hussain
In the June 2012 issue we caught up with young boxer Muheeb Fazeldin who had just turned professional. Since then, he has won two professional fights and secured sponsorship from the Burngreave Building Company.
Now known as Muheeb ‘Flashly’ Fazeldin, because of his fast moves and quick feet, we met up with him to talk about how his professional career is going.
“I fought Francis Groes at the Octagon Centre for my first fight, I won him on points we fought the full 6 rounds. The training was the hardest part but the fight was easy.”
Muheeb explained that if he hadn’t trained as hard as he did and hadn’t got the support he received he would not have won that fight. He trains 7 days a week and has sparred with champions like Kell Brook, Kid Galahad, Richard Towers and Manny More. He had to do a lot of dieting to prepare for his debut fight.
“To me my team is the best around. Brendan Ingle is the brains behind the operation. I also get a lot of support from John and Dominic Ingle inside the ring. I also want to thank Burngreave Building Company for sponsoring me. They helped me out a lot, they buy my gear including my gloves and boots and they were there at the ringside supporting me. I also want to thank Dom and Ian for all the help and time they put in.”
Muheeb went on to tell us how supportive his family is, and his dad Elias Fazeldin also joined us for the interview.
“He has been fighting for 5 years. His debut fight was the first one I went to and I was excited. I was very proud to see him win. He was really good – he was even dancing about in the ring. I also appreciate how much Brendan and his team have done for my son.”
Muheeb’s second victory against Anwar Alfadli was on 17 May at Ponds Forge, part of the Big City, Lights Out boxing event.
“I felt good, the training is going perfect and my fitness is good. I could have fought him twice in the same night. My gym is the best gym around – we call it the ‘Champ Camp’ and as long as I have got them no one is stopping me.”
We asked Muheeb what he has to say to the kids and people in Burngreave.
“First of all I would like to thank everyone in Burngreave who has supported me by coming to my fights. Hopefully the kids will see what I’m doing and can look at me and say ‘I want to be like him’. I want to be a role model and the kids in Burngreave have potential. I want to bring back a belt to Burngreave and make the people proud."