RICHARD Farnan has found himself busier than ever in the build-up to Saturday’s show in Gloucester.

The trainer, who normally guides the career of Kelly Morgan, Ben Heap, Joe Beeden and Lewis van Poetsch, has been working with rising welterweight star Ryan Martin and light-welterweight prospect Danny Bharj for their upcoming bouts at the GL1 Leisure Centre, as their normal trainer Islan Eltuyev was away for the start of the training camp.

The former coach of ex-IBO super-middleweight inter-continental champion Kelvin Young has been delighted with the duo.

“They have been fantastic to be honest with you,” said Farnan.

“We all know that Danny has got a bit of history of not necessarily doing the work.

“But since he has been with me he has gotten into the schedule of what we are doing in the morning and in the evening and running in his lunch hour - he has embraced it.

“I used to be told stories that you’d never see Danny before midday but for me he has been in at half seven in the morning. He is putting the work in and enjoying it.

“Ryan is just a consummate professional. You ask him to be here at a certain time and he is here and works very hard.”

With having more faces in the training sessions this summer, Farnan says there has been an extra edge to what they have been doing.

“The nice thing about having so many of them is that they get competitive with each other,” Farnan said. “When they are sprinting they are all trying to beat each other, they are trying to get more reps out when we do certain exercises like box jumps or bar jumps.”

On Saturday, Martin will face Italian-born Victor Edagha as he looks to stretch his professional record to five wins from as many bouts, while Bharj, in his second fight, faces durable veteran Ibrar Riyaz.

Farnan admits that it has been a juggling act to keep everyone on their toes when all his fighters are in the gym at the same time.

“Usually, I’ll get another coach in with me,” he said. “I have got Suzie Turner who comes in and helps - she is fantastic on pads.

“I get her to work on volume of punches; she’ll stand there with the guys and make them throw 15/20 punch combinations.

“I’ll work on the technique side of things and in between all that the fighters will be doing drills on the bag.

“It has to be planned and it has to be managed. It is quite frantic at times, but it does work.”