Hamilton boxer Jordan Grant fired up for fight after shock 'body bag' comments

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Hamilton boxer Jordan Grant is determined to beat Ben Whittaker in Birmingham next weekend – after his opponent claimed he’d ‘put him in a body bag.’But Grant also says the Boxxer ‘Crowning Glory’ event, which is on the undercard of the Joshua Buatsi v Pawel Stepien fight, live on Sky Sports Boxing, can also open some major doors for him and potentially change his life.Grant says Olympic silver medallist Whittaker has been trash-talking on social media ahead of the bout at the Resorts World Arena on Saturday, and he hasn’t taken too kindly to it.He said: “He is touted to be the next big thing, the next world champion.

He won silver in the Olympics, and to represent your country and win any sort of medal at that level is the highest point in the sport, so it would be great to beat him.“I’ll be the major underdog, but it would change my life, probably.“To be in the ring with somebody who got silver at the Olympics is brilliant, he’s the elite of all the elites in boxing, and to be fair he’s not a very nice guy either, so it would be great to beat him.“He’s very tricky and skilled, but he’s said a few things on social media, mentioned about putting me in a body bag and stuff, so that’s just adding fuel to my fire.“I’ve got a family to feed, first and foremost, that’s why I box.

I want titles and all that, but it looks like there’s nobody available, so I’m going to make money out of the sport, and I’m going to fight these guys.“Hopefully I can turn one of them over and make a really big living for myself.”Light-heavyweight Grant, 25, is known for taking on all-comers and that was very much the case in March when he travelled to Manchester at the last minute to take on Irish middleweight star Aaron McKenna, with no training