On July 9 at the Manchester Arena, Galahad, as part of the undercard to Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title blockbuster with Wladimir Klitschko, looks to follow up a routine April comeback win and once again put the super-bantamweight division on notice.
“The opponent in April (Simas Volosinas) wasn’t the best but it felt good to be back,” says Galahad, who’d been out the ring for 19 months. “It felt like I’d been away on holiday for a very long time and then came home and everything was nice and comfortable. You’re back in your old bed, you’re surrounded by home comforts. It felt right. It felt like that’s where I should be.”
Though unable to compete for the best part of two years, Galahad, a product of Sheffield’s Wincobank gym, stayed disciplined and in shape and trained as if it was the only option available to him.
“I just got on with it,” says Galahad, having recently returned from a week at John Severs’ Vista Boxing Gym in La Nucia, Spain. “Things like this happen in life and you have to deal with it.
“People are sometimes out for two or three years through injury. They can’t train or do anything for a lot of that time. But my situation wasn’t like that. I was still able to keep ticking over. Even the great Muhammad Ali was out the ring for three years and he came back to do amazing things.
“I didn’t go on lads’ holidays or start messing around and drinking. I didn’t do any of that. I just stayed in the gym and kept training and developing as a fighter.
“When I get back fighting top opposition, you’ll see all the stuff I’ve been working on. I didn’t let that time go to waste. I’ve progressed a lot.
“If anything, I feel better now than I did two years ago. I feel more developed and more rounded as a fighter.
“I want to be fighting for titles again as soon as possible. I know I have to build myself back up, and go through a couple of routine fights, but, if you ask me, I’m ready for titles now. If you’ve been there once, you can get there again.”
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