Swindon’s Lewis Roberts says he is ‘feeling the love’ from his hometown ahead of latest bout

SWINDON boxer Lewis Roberts says he can feel his fanbase growing after making a faultless start to
life as a professional.

Roberts, who is also known as El Gordito, has won all four of his bouts to date after making his debut
in November last year.

Since then, the 20-year-old’s following has continued to grow, with hundreds turning out to see the
talented prospect and he believes it is an integral part to having a successful boxing career.

“I’ve definitely grown my fanbase and I think in the next few fights I’ll notice it even more,” he said.

“For my last fight I noticed that there were more people there who I didn’t know personally, so I do
feel like it is all coming together a little bit now.

“I’ve had people recognise me now and then too from the event posters, which is quite nice.

“I’ve always known that building a fanbase was going to be a massive part of my career and I’m
always thinking about it now.

“Now I try and think about new ways that I can do things, how I can promote myself more, it’s
always on my mind now.”

The Neilson Boxing managed fighter is set to return to the ring next month when he features on the
latest Fight Town card at the MECA on Saturday 24th  September.

That bout will be his fourth this year, in what has been a fast start to his career as a fighter but the
20-year-old revealed it was always his intention to remain active.

“It was always in the plan to stay busy, we didn’t want to go stale and when you’re young its easy to
do that if you aren’t fighting all the time,” he added.

“We are still being a bit cautious as we don’t want to be in a rush with it. I’m pretty happy with all of
my performances so far and how we’ve built up the camps.”

Promoter, Mark Neilson said: “Lewis has made a fantastic start to his career, he’s won all of his fights
and he’s done it in convincing fashion too.

“With Lewis he’s a local Swindon lad, so we are really pleased to see so many people get behind him
at such an early stage.”