Lithuanian first up for Jennings

MATT JENNINGS steps back into the ring on Friday night after his short ban for a drugs offence.

And while one of Guernsey's finest ever heavyweights has no doubt found it difficult to deal with the furore of being caught in possession of a class A drug towards the end of 2009, he faces another tough challenge at the first dinner boxing show of the year.

It comes in the form of Lithuanian cruiserweight Valentin Bubul who, according to Jennings' coach Graham Guilbert, in recent times went all the way to the final of the ABA novice championships only to lose to a particularly tall London policeman.

Guilbert expects his man to have a testing time against a very strong boxer.

'I'm glad I've had a look at him. He's a hooker,' said Guilbert who is delighted with how Jennings has reacted to his time out of the ring.

Prevented, due to the terms of his suspension, from training at the Amalgamated Boys' Club until 1 January, Jennings has been working out in a small ring put up at the Bodyworks Fitness Centre in Lowlands.

'He hasn't lost anything,' said Guilbert.

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