"Amazing" Alex Arthur signed Lonsdale glove also inscribed " future world champ".

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Alex Arthur (born 26 June 1978 in Edinburgh. Arthur is nicknamed "Amazing" Alex Arthur. He is currently the British, Commonwealth, European (EBU) Super Featherweight champion and interim WBO world champion. He is trained by Austin Handren

Michael Gomez fought Arthur for the British and WBA International Super Featherweight titles in a sold out Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland in October 2003, in what was the first professional boxing card in the city for almost 20 years.

A war of words was waged between the two fighters prior to the fight, Arthur had stirred up the animosity between the pair stating in an interview that Gomez "gets involved in wars with journeymen" and that "looking deep into Gomez’s eyes at the press conference, I’m not sure even he believes he can win. He’ll be so fired up I expect it’ll take me eight or nine rounds but, if his resistance has gone as people are saying, it could be a lot sooner" and "I see about 20 ways to beat him. I'm just looking forward to shutting him up.".

Arthur, who was looking to retain the Lonsdale Belt, was seen as a rising star in British boxing and was being groomed to be a future world champion. Arthur was a strong favourite to defeat Gomez and this fight was seen a as stepping stone against a Gomez how had been through too many battles and abused his body too much.

Gomez proved his critics wrong when on the night of the fight Gomez arrived in prime condition and with aggression, determination and desire. Eventually, Gomez won this bad tempered contested fight with an explosive knock out of Arthur in the fifth round. Arthur's performance in the early rounds and his resiliency before the KO saw the bout hailed as one of the best best fights in Britain for a decade. Boxing promoter Frank Warren called the fight "the greatest contest seen on these shores since Nigel Benn beat Gerald McClellan in 1995".

He made his comeback the next year on March 27 by stopping Michael Kizza in the first round for the IBF super featherweight title. On July 21 2007 he stopped Koba Gogoladze in the tenth round to win the interim WBO strap. He made his first defence on December 15 2007 against Steve Foster Jr. In what was supposed to be an easy tune up fight, Arthur struggled to win a close unanimous decision. It was a terrible start from the champion, for the first four rounds he was getting beaten to the punch and taking heavy blows from foster. He regained his composure in the middle rounds and even knocked down his opponent in the 9th with a body shot. However two rounds later in round 11 Arthur got floored himself after taking a right hand that knocked him straight through the ropes. He regained his composure and won a close decision.