By Nate Anderson: Middleweight contender Gary Lockett (30-2, 21 KOs) still hasn’t made up his mind as to whether or not he’ll continue his boxing career. However, he did tell Setanta Sports that he plans on making his decision public in September, which one would hope is a confirmation that he intends on continuing with is career. Lockett, only 31, doesn’t like the idea of going back to fighting lesser fighters and bouts that are against “non-title fights and British title fights,” according to Setanta Sports.
After working his way to the number #1 ranking and fighting WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for the championship on June 7th, and losing by a 3rd round TKO, Lockett doesn’t like the idea of having to work his way back up slowly against lower echelon fighters for much less money. One might expect, Lockett received a huge payday in his fight against Pavlik, and naturally he probably doesn’t relish the idea of fighting for much less money against 3rd tier fighters once again. Who can blame Lockett, though?