January 2008:
John Fewkes - BBN's Young Boxer of the Year 2007
Young Boxer of the Year - John Fewkes Sheffield's John Fewkes picked up the award by just one vote from Manchester's John Murray and they could meet in 2008 after being nominated to fight for Murray's English title by the BBBoC. The criteria for this category was to be under 25 and not to be the holder of a major title, ie. British, Commonwealth, European, WBA, WBC, IBF or WBO. Others who got votes were Akaash Bhatia and Nathan Cleverly.
BBN Awards 2007 - by British Boxing Jan 3rd 2008
British Boxing.Net
John Fewkes has recently been interviewed by www.britishboxing.net this is a full and frank interview click the link to read more.
Thank You
“I just want to thank everyone who voted for me as Young Boxer of the Year, it's a massive honour. I'm doing something that I love and I know in my heart I have got the ability to be one of the best fighters Sheffield has produced in a long time. Touch wood Ill be British champion, European champion all the way to the world title. I'm loving every minute of it to be honest.”
John Fewkes