Second City Boxing Gym in Kingstanding has produced a succession of great amateur boxers over the years with the likes of former British Light-Heavyweight champ Shakan Pitters starting his boxing journey there. Now Paddy Farrall and his team of coaches have a Trio of Hot prospects on their hands who have turned over to the pro ranks. The three fighters who all have massive followings will be fighting on the Tommy Owens Promotions show ‘Summer Brawl II’ on Saturday 10th June at the Planet Ice Solihull. The Trio are the highly-rated Lewis Coley, his brother Brad Coley who was a decorated amateur, and last but by no means least is formed Team GB boxer and Commonwealth Games contender Niall Farrell. I got in contact with the head trainer at Second City gym Paddy Farrell to give me the low down on there hot prospects who he has trained from amateurs.
The first fighter we will look at is Brad Coley, the twenty-two-year-old from Erdington who has fought once as a pro beating Nahil Ahmed to win all four rounds at the H-Suite Edgbaston in March of this year. The Flyweight impressed me with his shot-picking, movement, and defense as Ahmed found him hard to hit. He showed great control and maturity taking his time controlling the pace of the contest and not being edged on by the massive support that cheered him on. This is what head coach Paddy Farrell had to say of the talented hot prospect.
He said, “ Brad is looking great in sparing and really determined to push on quickly in the flyweight divisions, I think Brad has the potential to go far”.
“Brad trains under me at second-city gym Kingstanding but also works closely with Co trainer Jason Thomas (Jay Tee). Brad has an American style of boxing aggressive but clever he picks the correct shots and never looks under pressure with his aggressive but relaxed style”.
Paddy finished by saying this about Brad, he told me “I just want fights for Brad now, get him out regularly and will be looking for titles at the end of next year”.
Brad’s older brother Lewis has won all five of his pro contests, beating Liam Richards in his last fight in April of this year at the Holiday Inn Coventry Road. Coley who fights as a Super Featherweight turned over as a pro in October of 2019 and has had a stop-start career so far. People in the know have been raving about this talented fighter since he turned over as a pro but the hot prospect has not yet hit the heights people expected him to with long periods between fights. I have been informed that the man fight who is known as ‘Ice Cold’ is now focused on the noble art and will be dedicating himself to his boxing career. There is no doubt that he has the skills to do great things in the sport and now he is going the concentrate on his career I think we have a potential Bbcolumn ‘Hall of Framer’ on our hands.
Paddy had this to say about the talented fighter, he told the Column “Lewis is looking like he means business‼️ His training is solid and sparing great with former GB sensation Niall Farrell”.
Paddy continued “Lewis has a real mean streak in him, he looks to real hurt his opponents. Lewis brings his street cred into the ring every time he steps through the ropes, he is dangerous”
Paddy finished by saying about the talented fighter “He’s looking forward to stepping it up this year again looking for titles at the end of next year”
Last but not least, we have the Team GB and Commonwealth game Boxing contender Niall Farrell. The Twenty-five-year-tier lightweight fighter has only had one pro fight against Simas Volosinas winning all four rounds in the four-round contest in the Premier Suite Connock in March 2023. Niall has had thirty-eight senior amateur contests fighting all over the world with Team GB and competing in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
His very proud father Paddy said this about the talented boxer. He told me “Niall as we all know has the amateur credentials and experience to go all the way, I just want the professional fights for him now at least 5 fights are booked in before the end of this year I just want him busy”.
Paddy then continued about Niall’s training, he said “Niall’s is looking like a proper seasoned professional already his style suits the professional game he has a massive freakish engine and puts volumes of punches together”
Paddy continued saying “He would give anyone problems at the top level but time will tell we never take this sport for granted we stay grounded work hard and stay ready for any opportunities that might be around the corner”.
He then talked about Niall's sparing he told me Niall and Lewis give each offer great rounds but there is no love lost they respect each other as a team and iron sharpens iron”.
Paddy continued about sparring by saying “And then you have to go through the tank Nyal Berry in the mix of sparing and things get a whole lot different Berry with his pressing style pushes you to work so much harder, all in all, we have fantastic sparing and these lads will surely push each other to the top of there game”.
Paddy finished by saying ‘ Jon Pegg has the plan for all these boxers and the future looks promising Jon puts on regular shows so you can be as busy as you like, working with Jon is great he is always on the end of the phone to talk and advice about anything we all appreciate the honesty in him”.
Line up for 10th June
All 3 boxers are selling massive amounts of tickets for June the 10th at Solihull ice rink on TOP PROMOTIONS SHOW
Tickets are still available but limited contact Paddy Farrell or the Boxers for tickets