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JOSH WARRINGTON has not got the credit he deserves but he is one of the best British boxers active at the moment.
The latest awards lists have somehow not named him as their fighter of the year for the last 12 months.
This is the man who was overlooked last year after his epic win against Lee Selby to become IBF featherweight champion.
Now he has missed out again, this time after a stunning performance against Carl Frampton and a tricky mandatory challenge in Kid Galahad dealt with.
This is no disrespect to Josh Taylor and Callum Smith, who have won the awards in the last two years.
Both of them are fine fighters, but I just feel Warrington is being overlooked.
The Leeds man is back in action tonight against Sofiane Takoucht as yet again he steps up to the toughest challenge possible against the highest-ranked available fighter with the IBF.
Warrington may be a red-hot favourite but this year has taught us everything we need to know about what can ■
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go wrong. Anthony Joshua was supposed to deal with Andy Ruiz Jnr easily and lost his heavyweight titles.
While just look how close Tyson Fury came to a cut costing him a rematch with Deontay Wilder in his fight with Otto Wallin.
Warrington needs to make sure he is at 100 per cent tonight and I believe he will put on a spectacular show at Leeds Arena.
There are big unification fights out there to be made and it is my responsibility as his promoter to make them.
We made a huge seven-figure offer to Leo Santa Cruz before he moved up in weight but they turned it down and offered Warrington a derisory amount in return to go to America.
Oscar Valdez was the WBO champion and we tried to make that fight but he too decided to move up to super-featherweight.
Warrington is ready and we will deliver the big fights. Then maybe everyone will realise what a special fighter he is.
■ Warrington v Takoucht is live on BT Sport from 7.30pm tonight. POLICE OFFICER Dan Eaves has copped one the best perch catches of the year including a brace of four-pounders.
Fishing Grafham Reservoir, the Hampshire rod took 15 specimens over 3lb capped by giants weighing 4lb 4oz and 4lb 2oz.
Speed merchant Martin Whinnock won his latest club match after bagging 908 roach in five hours. The Carshalton and District AS clubman amassed a 35lb 5oz bag of small silvers by whip fishing at 2.5 metres on Sumners Ponds, West Sussex.
It was double joy for Scott Brown when he hit the carp jackpot, landing two mirrors for almost 100lb at Kracking Carp Lake, Devon. The first giant was the 52lb 3oz fish known as Silverback.
The Mansfield ace, then landed a second whacker – a 47lb carp known as The Parrot. The star-studded Ringer Baits will represent England in the World Feeder Fishing Champs after a resounding victory in the qualifier on Arrow Valley Lake, in Redditch. They now go forward to next year’s final in Bulgaria. URE A BEAUTY! Predator hunter Steve Rogowski used a deadbait approach to tempt this double-figure pike from the River Ure