Boxing News – July 04, 2019

Gareth Jones seesGavin beat

Solano in a frustrating battle

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GWYNNE

& BEAR IT

WELSH lightweight champion Gavin
Gwynne had to overcome his own
frustration as much as Nicaraguan
Arnoldo Solano in a bad-tempered
eight-threes at Merthyr Leisure Centre.
Despite winning every round, the
Treharris fighter was docked two points –
in the fourth, for feigning to kick his prone
opponent in the head, and in the last, for
punching after the call of break.
Solano, whose frequent visits to the
canvas included two ruled knockdowns

• in the fourth and eighth – was also
  penalised in the final session for a low
  blow. It meant hard-pressed referee Reece
  Carter ended with a strange-looking 78-
  tally in favour of the local. More than six
  inches shorter than six-footer Gwynne,
  Arnoldo naturally tried to bore his way
  inside, which, coupled with repeated
  holding, led to “Double G” losing his cool.
  There was a similar discrepancy in
  height between the other Nicaraguan

visitor, Edwin Tellez, and Swansea

southpaw Kristian Touze, who danced

around his stumpy foe to win 59-55 for

Mr Carter.

Promoter Chris Sanigar now plans a

showdown for the vacant Welsh super-

feather throne between Touze and

Carmarthen’s Angelo Dragone, who

whitewashed Guildford-based Greek first-

timer Ilias Liokaftos 60-54 on Martin

Williams’ card.

Another debutant booked for six-

threes, Thamesmead’s dreadlocked

Daniel Alder, did not make it to halfway,

Bridgend puncher Robbie Vernon

dropping him with a short right in the

third. When a disoriented Alder turned

into his own corner on rising, Mr Carter

waved it off at 1-41.

The night’s best performance came

in the fourth six-threes, Risca’s sharp-

punching Jake Tinklin taking every round

for Mr Williams against the increasingly

tattooed Fonz Alexander, from Newark.

Two four-threes saw 39-37 wins for

Ammanford’s Jake Anthony over late sub

Nathan Junor, from Derby, (Mr Williams)

and Cardiff newcomer Lloyd Germain

against ringwise Yorkshireman Danny

Little (Mr Carter).

THE VERDICTGwynne will need to

show greater self-control in his

forthcoming final eliminator.

MERTHYR TYDFIL

JUNE 29

FULL

RESULTS

Gavin Gwynne

(142lbs), 11-0 (1),

w pts 8 Arnoldo

Solano (148lbs),

14-20; Kristian Touze

(133lbs), 8-0-2,

w pts 6 Edwin Tellez

(131 1/2lbs), 12-51-

(6); Jake Tinklin

(147 1/2lbs), 3-0,

w pts Fonz Alexander

(148 1/2lbs), 6-

(4); Angelo Dragone

(141lbs), 5-0, w pts 6

Ilias Liokaftos ( 141

1/2lbs), 0-1; Robbie

Vernon (141lbs), 3-

(2), w rsf 3 Daniel

Alder (140 1/4lbs),

0-1; Jake Anthony

(176lbs), 6-0, w pts

4 Nathan Junor

(183lbs), 0-2; Lloyd

Germain (155 1/4lbs),

1-0, w pts Danny

Little (155 1/4lbs),

8-58-2 (1).

AMBITION PAYS

BOXING returned to the Holiday
Inn with this three-fight dinner
show featuring a couple of six-
rounders which went the distance
and a single four which made it to
three-quarter mark before being
halted on medical grounds.
Unbeaten six-footer Iain
Martell [inset] from 10 miles up the
road in Marsham, stepped up the
quality of his opposition by going
in with London’s two-time Southern
Area cruiserweight title challenger

but unfortunately this one was cut

short when a cut by the corner of

the home man’s left eye, the result

of an accidental clash of heads

in the second session, worsened

sufficiently at the close of the

following stanza for a halt to be

called.

Mr Cook’s card showed Owen

ahead to the tune of 30-28.

THE VERDICTBlunden’s injury

the only downside as the three

home boxers triumph.

Ossie Jervier.

Boxing in his home city for

the fifth time, the fighter dubbed

“Badman” duly improved his

100 per cent record by

dominating sufficiently

enough to secure

the 60-55 verdict

of referee-for-

the-night Lee

Cook.

Local

welter Liam

Goddard,

a southpaw

also boasting an

unbeaten ledger,

went one better by

taking all six sessions on the

referee’s card at the culmination of

his contest against game Michael

Williams.

The Leicester man seldom has his

arm raised at the finish but almost

always makes it through to the final

bell while proving tough as old

boots.

The remaining bout

featured two-fight

Norwich novice

OwenBlunden,

a 20-year-old

who hasn’t

dropped a

round since

joining the pro

ranks and who

in his most recent

outing had required

less than a round to see

off Barking’s Reece Smith.

The super-lightweight was

pitched in against experienced

Derbyshire operator LeeConnelly

Martell steps up a level and

overcomes Jervier

NORWICH

JUNE 21

★★★ WHOLE SHOW

★★★ ATMOSPHERE

Photo: ACTION IMAGES/ADAM HOLT

★★★ WHOLE SHOW

FULL RESULTS

Liam Goddard 4-0 (1), w pts 6 Michael

Williams, 2-15; Iain Martell, 6-0 (2), w pts

6 Ossie Jervier, 6-9 (5); Owen Blunden, 3-

(1), w td 3 Lee Connelly, 7-45-3.

WINNER:

But lots for

Gwynne to learn