By Jake Donovan

'Silky' Wilky Campfort is understandebly excited about receiving his first career title shot... so excited that the events leading up to such an opportunity are, evidently, a blur.

The squat super welterweight will face recently crowned 154 lb. titlist Jermell Charlo on November 28 in Dallas, Texas. Despite the career-defining opportunity, he remains stuck on the perception that a fight with former champ Austin 'No Doubt' Trout was on the table at any point.

It was all that was on his mind heading into his last fight, an eventual second round knockout of Ronald Montes. The bout aired live in the Sept. 18th televised opener ofPremier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Bounce TV: The Next Round series, on which Trout serves as an expert analyst.

( Disclosure: this writer also serves as historian and unofficial scorer for the series)

"After my [last] fight, Trout was the commentator for Bounce TV. I ran up to him in the hotel lobby and said something to him. Then he acted like he didn't know who I was," Campfort (21-1, 12KOs) told BoxingScene.com contributor Tim Kudgis during a recent edition of "The Cornerman", a blog talk podcast. "I said 'I am Silky Wilky' and you will be watching the fight tomorrow.

"I asked him if I won my fight - 'would you fight me.' He said 'yeah, yeah, yeah - I will give you a chance.' Then I beat Montes and expected him to be a man of his word. I asked him to be a man of his word and 'why can't you fight next' and he ignored me."

At least that was Campford's recollection. The Florida-based boxer even took to his Facebook page to rally up his supporters at the time.

Unfortunately, he left out quite a few details.

Campfort had the opportunity to plead his case - to Trout and other witnesses - during the fighter meetings which were held prior to weigh-in. That didn't happen, as the boxer was struggling to make weight and decided to skip said meetings before arriving to the weigh-in with mere seconds to spare.

Chants of 'Let's Go Champ!' filled the hotel lobby at the Orlando Marriott hotel, where the weigh-in was held and all of the fighters on the show were housed (in separate rooms, of course; not in the lobby) during fight week.

The battle cry wasn't being delivered by Shannon Briggs, who has coined the phrase in his desperate, ongoing pursuit of a fantasy fight with World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Instead, it was Campfort, who began shouting the phrase after catching Trout as he was leaving the site.

The part where the two 'met' in the lobby is true, and Campfort did in fact introduce himself and demand a fight. Trout's response in passing was simply for the rising contender to just worry about making weight and then "just get through this fight (with Montes) before worrying about your next one."

Campfort was the last of the TV fighters to the scales, but still needed an hour more - along with two additional attempts and having to completely disrobe - in order to finally make the 156 lb. contract weight.

From there, he did his job in the ring. A flash knockdown in the opening round of his bout with Montes set off an alarm, as Campfort exploded for three knockdowns in an eventual 2nd round stoppage in an underrated action fight.

After the fight, Campfort raced over to the broadcaster's table, where Trout and the TV team congratulated the boxer on his latest win in a thrilling performance. Campfort and Trout exchanged pleasantries - all the while in a civilized tone and of the understanding that anything said before a fight is simply 'gym talk' - before going about their separate ways.

The end - at least as far as that conversation goes.

Campfort now moves on to bigger and better things. He has since celebrated his 31st birthday last weekend, a milestone that was met with the biggest opportunity of his six-plus year career.  He heads into a dangerous title fight with the unbeaten Charlo. It's a winnable fight given the team with which he surrounds himself, which includes no-nonsense head trainer Milton LaCroix and his wife Christina Swanson, a former top amateur star who also serves as his cut(wo)man.

That should be good enough for the 31-year old boxer, who is a very live underdog in the fight - a status due to his flying under the radar prior to his knockout win over Montes. Stressing over how he got to that point - especially when the details are apparently hazy - should be the least of his concerns.

Jake Donovan is the managing editor of BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox