{"id":20702,"date":"2025-04-15T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20702\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T01:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T01:31:09","slug":"sam-eggington-packs-in-9-5-house-cleaning-job-after-six-days-to-make-boxing-u-turn-for-lee-cutler-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20702\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Eggington packs in 9-5 house cleaning job after SIX DAYS to make boxing U-turn for Lee Cutler fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAM EGGINGTON threw in the towel on his 9-5 job cleaning houses after just SIX DAYS – so he could make a tidy boxing return.<\/p>\n

Eggington – who has treated fans to some of Britain’s bravest bouts<\/a> – left his career in doubt after defeat to Abass Baraou in March 2023.<\/p>\n

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Sam Eggington quit his house cleaning job to return to boxingCredit: @eggington_sam<\/p>\n

But he returned with a comeback victory against Alan Sebastian Velazquez in November to get back to winning ways. <\/p>\n

It also brought an end to Eggington’s brief, week-long job clearing out houses with his brother. <\/p>\n

Eggington, 31, told Ring Magazine<\/a>: “I went and worked with my brother for a bit. It was alright, it is what it is. <\/p>\n

“There was nothing happening at the time so I got a job with my brother. We were cleaning out houses for the council, I didn’t mind it at all.<\/p>\n

“But to be fair pal, I know people keep saying ‘Sam went and lived a normal life’ but I was there from probably Tuesday one week to the Wednesday after. <\/p>\n

“I barely had a full-time job. I went for the interview, I got the job but I was there for six days max. The job was good but I was just cleaning out houses.” <\/p>\n

Eggington has been in brutal bouts and come up controversially short before – like his Fight of The Year with Ted Cheeseman in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n

He lost another tight points decision in Telford against Baraou for the 154lb European title – losing hope in the sport in the process. <\/p>\n

CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM \u00a310 DEPOSITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He said: “I was just like, I’m not getting any favours in close fights. <\/p>\n

“I don’t think I’ve ever got the rub of the green or the right end of a close fight. <\/p>\n

Epic trailer for Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron rematch <\/p>\n

“The Cheeseman fight was another one I thought I won, the performance was unreal.”<\/p>\n

Eggington – who admits to not watching much boxing as a fan – returns against Bournemouth’s Lee Cutler on Easter Sunday in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Topping the bill is the rematch between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron. <\/a><\/p>\n

Cutler beat Stephen McKenna in a breakout performance in December – not that Eggington saw it though. <\/p>\n

He said: “I didn’t watch it, but as long as I do what I do, I’m 100 percent confident it’ll be a good night. <\/p>\n

“I’m not going to change my style for anyone. You go and watch the best Sam Eggington, that’s what people can expect on the night, I’m not changing a single thing for him.<\/p>\n

“I always make sure in my fights that I don’t make myself look like a fool. I’ve been stung once against Hassan Mwakinyo where he caught me early. <\/p>\n

“I train so hard, 12 hard rounds, I’ll throw as many shots in the 12th round as I do in the first.”<\/p>\n

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Lee Cutler faces Eggington in BirminghamCredit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAM EGGINGTON threw in the towel on his 9-5 job cleaning houses after just SIX DAYS – so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,8845,1268,897,209,8310,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-20702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-cleaning-hacks","10":"tag-homes","11":"tag-jobs","12":"tag-longtail","13":"tag-section-sportboxing","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114339399885129219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}