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TOMMY BROWNE is going after bigger belts that this 'Oceanic' strap. His eyes are on the boxing bigtime, not babes.

Tommy Browne, 21 year old world comer from Campbelltown, is aiming to make a steep leap from WBC Youth Champion to world open champion.

In Jin Chi of Korea has accepted Browne as challenger to his WBC featherweight belt, in a voluntary defence of the title in Seoul, Korea at the end of January.

Our North American contact announced the surprise match last night, and Steve Deller of UPRcut Promotions in Sydney confirmed it was on, with purse strings still to be tied.

Tommy Browne (left) moves in

Tommy Browne successfully defended his youth title (under 24) a month ago at Homebush, against another hot youngster, Rudy Lopez from Mexico.

Tommy is rated #30 in the WBC ladder . . . a long way from the top rung where In Jin Chi stands. The Korean has been fighting the best for three years.

He ran Erik Morales close in a 12-round tussle for the WBC featherweight title in July 2001. In Jin succeeded to the title when Erik went up a division.

A swift mover with sharp punch, Tommy Browne took the Australian featherweight title against Danny Hoskins two years ago to this very day.

He won most of his hundred amateur bouts, has the highest craft and a 17-2-1 stat in the pro ranks. Only the experience of In Jin (29-2-1) might count as advantage.

Home feathers

Should Browne bring the WBC big belt home, there are a couple of homers would be looking for all-Aussie world match-ups in 2005. Gairy St Clair and Nedal Hussein.

"We'd be happy to fight both those men, provided the negotiators were reasonable," Steve Deller said.

"Mind you, Nedal couldn't expect to jump in. He's supposed to be in another division"

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