Casey is preparing to be on the undercard of Bakhram Murtazaliev’s defence of the junior middleweight title against Josh Kelly at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on Saturday, January 31.
He will be battling to take his professional record to 4-0 alongside fellow York fighter Leo Atang, with both being trained by coach Ash Martin at local gym Legion’s Boxing Club.
It’s ‘all systems go’ in camp for Casey right now, who is keen to keep active and winning in 2026, after a sensational 2025 that included the step up to professional boxing.
“Training is going good, very good, and I’m looking forward to it,” Casey told the Press.
“I want to move to 4-0 and we’ve been very busy, very active to get very good shows so I couldn’t be happier with it.
“It’s all systems go really. It’s just about what comes next, so when I finish a camp, we start a new one.
“It’s the way I want it to be in these first two years, I want to be as active as I can.
“Any fight, any opportunity that comes, I’ll take it regardless.”
Preparation has been consistent for Casey, alongside Atang, who both had their last fights as recently as December 20.
They were both allowed time to rest across Christmas, with Casey even overcoming illness, before setting their sights on being ready for their Newcastle battle.
Legion’s Boxing Club Head Coach Martin commented: “They both joined each other in camp, had a few days off for Christmas and then they were straight back in.
Brad Casey currently boasts an unbeaten 3-0 record after dispatching of Dylan Courtney. Picture: Supplied
“He’s [Casey] come back into it, had a little illness that we had to get out of the way over Christmas, but he’s firing on all cylinders now.”
The chance to be on the same undercard is not something new to both Casey or Atang, with the pair previously doing so in shows.
Casey hopes it will also give supporters from York the chance to see the growing boxing talent from the city in action later this month, and he will be giving his support to Atang from the front row.
“It’s class, not only for us both, but it’s class for the York people and the York fans,” Casey raved.
“They all show their support, so to get us on the same show and on the same night, it’s perfect from a fan perspective as well.
“The way it worked last time round I was sat front row for Leo’s fight, straight after I boxed.
“I’ll come see him after my fight in the changing room, but I’ll leave it to him really and then see him later on in the night.”
Martin added: “I can only credit the managers for the opportunities that they keep getting the lads.
“When they turned professional, we made sure that we went with the best in the business to make sure that they did get these opportunities.
“The pair of them are really being looked after in the pro game, and the shows that they are getting put on are the types of things they could only dream about a couple of years ago.
“It’s all a reality now.”
Neither Casey or Atang know their opponents yet for Newcastle, with an announcement to be made in due course.
Casey believes it could be ‘a good thing in hindsight’, as he looks to perfect his game no matter who he faces in the ring on January 31.
Brad Casey poses with his team after his most recent fight. Picture: Supplied
He said: “It’s a good thing in hindsight, because we know the opponent isn’t going to change now so whoever we do get, we’ll be fixated on it.
“We prepare for everything really in the gym with Ash, so whatever is to come, we are ready for it.”
It’s nothing new for both Casey or Atang either, having faced similar challenges during their amateur career and their rise to the professional scene.
Martin stated: “When you’ve got such established amateur careers like these two, sometimes they’ve boxed before not knowing what an opponent looks like before they get into the ring with them.
“It’s nothing that we’re not prepared for, it’s nothing that’s unexpected really, whatever we get, we’ll know at least a week in advance.
“Then we go out there and do the job that the boys do best.”
To reach a 3-0 record, Casey has so far defeated Goran Kozul, Antonio Borovina and most recently Dylan Courtney, last month at Leeds’ First Direct Arena.
Casey was victorious following a decision ending in the show, with the 21-year-old pleased by his performance.
“It was good, a very good performance I thought against a very tough journeyman.
“He was very good at surviving, and I watch it back, in the moment I was very frustrated.
“It was a good performance, I was happy with it.
“I’m buzzing, but there’s still a long way to come.”
It was a welcome experience for Casey who fought for the first time with Martin not in his corner, with his coach travelling to Ghana for Atang’s fight with Baba Yusuf on the same night.
Instead, Casey had the expertise of Dave Allen, Sunny Edwards and Billy Wilson, who have all played their part in his development into professional boxing.
It has brought challenges not having Martin at the First Direct Arena, with his coach having to resort to a FaceTime call to provide advice to Casey moving forward.
“When he boxed it was before the televised show started on the BBC unfortunately, so we ended up getting a Facetime from someone who was there and watched it on that!” Martin revealed.
Brad Casey continues his journey at Newcastle at the end of January.
“It was actually a really good quality video that we got to watch it on, but we’ve got no recordings of it yet.
“We’re hoping to get those soon so that we can actually look back on it and reflect on it properly, but Brad knows himself.
“He’s a very intelligent boxer and he knows himself what he did right, what he did wrong, where he can improve.
“We’ve kind of just gone from there to take that into the next fight.
“We had Sunny Edwards, Dave Allen in his corner, Billy Wilson as well, they’ve all been able to tell us what was going on as well.
“We can just take everyone’s input and build on that.”
Casey continued: “It’s never been like that since I’ve been an amateur, he’s been to every fight and I don’t even think he’s missed a spar since I was an amateur.
“It was a very different setting, something I had to kind of get used to on the night.
“It was unbelievable atmosphere, one of the best venues I’ve boxed at.
“It was a class venue and when the main event was on, it was lit up.”
A successful 2025 included a professional debut for Casey, and an unbeaten record with three wins from three for the young York boxer.
It was a busy year for the 21-year-old, who is sticking to the same goal of staying active heading into the New Year: “Busy, very busy! It was a class year looking back, I would have never thought at the start of the year that I would have had three or four fights in three months.
“I can’t thank the manager’s enough.
“I have the same goal, to just be as active as I can and take any fight which comes my way.
“I’ll keep working hard and keep grinding.”
Tickets remain available to watch both Casey and Atang in action, with more information and enquires at Legionsgymboxingclub@outlook.com.