At the Middleton Arena in Manchester on May 30th, Zelfa Barrett fought the experienced Ibrar Riaz, a man synonymous with toughness who has only been halted three times in an eighty-five fight career. The slick Barrett again used his smooth skills and fast, hard shots with good effect, to dominate the contest.

Riaz is a great servant to the game and did his best to give Barrett a test in his 5th pro outing, but The Flash was rarely troubled and shown a display of how to hit and not get hit, the basis of what boxing is about. There are many good things being said about Barrett and up to now he is backing them up.

You get the feeling though the better the opponent the better Zelfa will get. At the moment he is learning the pro game with regular fights and when he is ready to make the step up, he will take the super-featherweight division by storm.

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