{"id":651194,"date":"2026-05-06T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651194\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:52:11","slug":"brad-rea-reflects-on-lyndon-arthur-defeat-as-he-targets-comeback-win-over-liam-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651194\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Rea reflects on Lyndon Arthur defeat as he targets comeback win over Liam Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Rea gave a titanic effort, even flooring his man in the second round, but was ultimately denied a European title triumph over Lyndon Arthur in November.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Sting\u2019 had previously elevated his career by claiming the EBU title, unanimously outpointing Shakan Pitters with an assertive performance last June.<\/p>\n

In his light-heavyweight encounter with Arthur, though, Rea was eventually forced to suffer a majority decision defeat<\/a>, despite producing one of his career-best displays.<\/p>\n

Since then, the 28-year-old has come to terms with his second professional blemish, but tells Boxing News that it was far from an easy process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always disappointing when a fight doesn\u2019t go your way. For me, the most important thing is winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery boxer knows the stuff that goes through your head after a loss. Looking back, I\u2019m like, \u2018What was I thinking?\u2019 But you do doubt yourself, doubt whether you\u2019re in the right game and doubt whether you\u2019re good enough to get to the level you want to get to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took a risk against Lyndon and it didn\u2019t quite work out, but I\u2019ve shown I can mix it at that level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to get back in there and give it another crack. The way the first fight went, I think the fans would love to see it again \u2013 I think Manchester would love to see it again \u2013 but there\u2019s so many obstacles in the way; we\u2019ve both got a job to do before we can even think about [a rematch].\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps a rematch can be explored down the line but, until then, both Rea and Arthur must remain intensely focused on their respective outings against Liam Cameron and Lewis Edmondson.<\/p>\n

Viewing this as an opportunity to showcase his full capabilities, Rea is more than happy with his opponent on May 9.<\/p>\n

Having become a father since his narrow defeat to Arthur, there is also an added incentive to get back to winning ways and create more opportunities for himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Liam\u2019s up there with the best light-heavyweights in the country. But, for me, it\u2019s the perfect fight to show what I can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s not going to be an easy night\u2019s work, but they\u2019re the fights I want to be in. I want to be in entertaining fights.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with Boxing News, Cameron effectively accused Rea of being too brave for his own good, often neglecting his defence while trading in the pocket.<\/p>\n

In response, the Lancashire man has admitted to sometimes being guilty of getting too carried away, while wondering whether Cameron can perform two roles at once when they collide at Manchester\u2019s Co-op Live Arena, featuring on the undercard of Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably right \u2013 maybe we could do with having him in the corner, telling me to move my head!<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I can get a bit excited and get drawn [into a war], but that\u2019s what the fans want to see at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even after becoming a European champion, Rea has no interest in skipping past the domestic scene at 175lbs.<\/p>\n

And this is just as well, really, because, at Queensberry Promotions, he is quite simply spoilt for choice when it comes to potential opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Rea gave a titanic effort, even flooring his man in the second round, but was ultimately denied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-651194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}