AS WE EASE INTO THE NEW YEAR THERE IS STILL NOT A LOT TO REPORT ON THE THE LOCAL FIGHT SCENE I WAS TALKING TO TWO OR THREE OF THE LADS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEY ARE JUST GETTING OVER CHRISTMAS. AT THIS TIME THE ONLY BOXER I KNOW WITH A FIGHT LINED UP IS STEVIE BENDALL AND NOTHING IS DEFINATE ABOUT THIS YET. AT THIS MOMENT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT STEVE WILL GO IN AGAINST HOWARD EASTMAN WHO IS FIGHTING JORGE SENDRA FOR EASTMANS EUROPEAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE 30TH JANUARY EVEN IF EASTMAN HAD AN EASY TIME AGAINST SENDRA IT WOULD ONLY LEAVE EIGHT WEEKS FOR EASTMAN TO BE FULLY FIT TO TAKE ON STEVE FOR THE BRITISH TITLE BEFORE THE END OF MARCH. IT LOOKS MORE LIKELY THAT EASTMAN WILL GIVE UP THE BRITISH TITLE AND STEVIE WILL FIGHT A NOMINATED OPPONENT LET US HOPE THAT THE POWERS THAT BE SORT IT OUT QUICK SO STEVIE GETS THE SHOT HE DESERVES