JORDAN GRANNUM, 11-133-5
THE new pro was feeling good about himself when The Islington Gazette rang him ahead of his debut.
“I think I can be challenging for world titles in four or five years,” he told them. “I’ve got all the shots to take me all the way to the top.”
It was September 2015, and 22-year-old Jordan Grannum looked a good prospect. As an amateur with Islington and Finchley and District ABCs, he won Haringey Box Cup gold and back-to-back Development championships during his 31-bout apprenticeship.
Grannum won his first two pro fights as well – eight months apart – before a 14-month break during which time he had a rethink. “I knew I couldn’t sell tickets,” he said, “so I asked (the late) Greg (Steene): ‘What can I do?’” The answer was simple. Go on the road.
“I’d heard the word ‘journeyman’ before, but I hadn’t a clue what a journeyman was. So, I did research on people like William…
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