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1st up for MBBC was the young Josh Hughes in his 3rd competition bout against a local lad J Darlington from the pool of life boxing club, looking a lot taller than Hughes in this 36kg contest, set the pace from the bell coming forward with good strong combinations and took advantage of the his height, unfaultered Hughes used his head coming in low working the body then the finishing with the head and scored some good clean shots, but Darlington absorbed them and kept the pressure on, but on the final bell the decision was given to Hughes his third win in a row on a unanimous decision, and hid trophy for the evening was a boxing glove signed by Amir Khan.
2nd up was our seasoned welter weight Joe Collins in a 69kg contest against another local lad Leon Carr from the Newbury and Farnworth ABC, this turned out to be a good show of boxing skill from both lads, with Carr looking the more experienced southpaw with a good range of punches, which was a disadvantage for Collins who in 20 plus bouts had not experienced boxing a southpaw although it is not an excuse as on the night Carr looked to be the better boxer, and as is usual both lads congratulated each other when the decision was given in Carr’s favour, a good learning bout for Collins who will take this back to the gym to work on and a great show of sportsmanship from both lads.
Formby Hall, Atherton, Manchester.
15 Feb 2008