Sam Gilley is ready to put a disappointing year behind him as he prepares to face Aston Brown in a middleweight bout in Glasgow. The former Commonwealth champion had a tough 2023, drawing with Gideon Onyenani and then losing to Ishmael Davis in a British super-welterweight title fight. Gilley remains convinced he won both fights, but acknowledges the setbacks have taught him valuable lessons.
He still hopes to win the Lonsdale belt and is eager for another title shot. However, one fight he refuses to consider is a rematch with Louis Greene, whom he beat in a classic bout in 2023. Gilley feels Greene wasted two years of his career by pulling out of their planned rematch twice and has no interest in facing him again.
Instead, he is focused on his upcoming fight with Brown, a former international amateur with impressive punching power. Gilley is confident in his ability to give Brown a tough test in the professional arena and prove his own toughness and endurance.