LAUNCH PADLEY

Electrician Josh is ready for his career to spark into life

- MARTIN DOMIN

JOSH PADLEY had just finished crawling through a loft when he received the first inkling his life was about to change again.

Padley began his week installing solar panels in Sheffield but will end it challenging for a world title against one of the finest fighters on the planet.

But for the Doncaster lightweight, it was nothing new.

Last year he was drafted in to feature on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's knockout defeat by Daniel Dubois at Wembley, only to upset the odds and beat Mark Chamberlain in a near-empty stadium.

If the part-timer hoped victory would finally propel him into the big leagues, he was mistaken - until the call came to fight Shakur Stevenson in Riyadh tonight.