LESS will hopefully be more for Jamie Cox tomorrow night as he aims to prove a point to the boxing world’s harshest critics.

That is the opinion of Cox’s trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick as the 22-year-old goes head-to-head with Hungarian Janos Petrovics at the Oasis.

Despite a record of 11 wins out of 11, with seven knock-outs, Swindon’s finest came in for some criticism after his last victory against Mark Lloyd in April, following a less-than-convincing display which included some needless showboating.

Fitzpatrick knows in the eyes of many, a fighter is only as good as his last bout, but insists his protégé’s record as a professional speaks volumes for his undoubted talent.

“This camp was really, really good and both of us want to prove something in the next fight,” Fitzpatrick told the Advertiser.

“We got a lot of attention last year because of the type of year Jamie had - he knocked guys out who weren’t supposed to get knocked out.

“With that attention people judge a fighter on every single fight, whereas in other sports a team is judged over the course of a season.

“When it comes to a fighter people ignore what they’ve done previously and think just about how they performed in their last fight.

“Jamie went in and dominated the last fight but just didn’t do it in the style which people are used to seeing from him and people got on his back because of it.”

There is no doubt that southpaw Cox will have almost all of the Oasis-filled crowd behind him as he performs in his home town.

And Fitzpatrick is believes going back to basics can help his man regain that style.

“This is our chance to remind people how good he is and what he can do,” said the Irishman.

“We’re actually going to try and do less in this fight, and he will end up doing more.

“In this camp we have gone back to the basics like balance, distance and patience.

“We’ve been working on two little moves coming out each side but we have left all the other moves alone.

“Jamie’s got such good eyes that when he gets the distance and gets his shots early he could have the tendency to start beating him up early.

“But it’s nice to break a guy up mentally first and then start taking him down.”

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