Boxing News – July 25, 2019

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★★★★ ULTIMATE BOXXER IV

★★★ UNDERCARD

★★★ ATMOSPHERE

Lawal

victorious

in tourney

CHAMBERS ICED

Wolverhampton novice to all fours inside

the first. He then took his foot off the gas

a little and had to contend with a spirited

fightback from his tattooed opponent

before going through 30-27, 29-28 and

28-28 on the cards of judges Sarginson,

Latham and Lyson.

Lawal’s semis opponent, East Kilbride’s

David Jamieson, came in as a late

substitute and progressed from the

quarters with a split decision victory over

Lincolnshire’s Dan Cooper. In a close

bout refereed by Mr Sarginson, I thought

Cooper might have done enough to edge

it, as did Steve Gray who scored 29-28 in

his favour; however, judges Latham and

Lyson both saw it 29-28 for David.

The Scot paid for beckoning Mikael

in when late in the opener of the semi

he too found himself staring up from

his knees. Although rallying towards the

end, he was unable to prevent Lawal

reaching the final, scores reading 29-27

for judges Latham and Lyson and 29-28

for Jamieson.

Damian’s journey began with a bang

as he needed just 130 seconds to halt

Wolverhampton’s Matt Sen, referee

Latham waving it off after Matt had twice

been sent sprawling.

But Chambers had to go the distance

in his humdinger of a semi against

Newcastle-under-Lyme’s previously

unbeaten Rhasian Earlington, who in

a bout refereed by Mark Lyson had just

knocked out Romford’s Tony Conquest

with a crashing right after just 43 seconds.

Scores at the conclusion of the semi

with Mr Sarginson refereeing read 29-28,

and 28-27 twice for judges Latham, Lyson

and Gray. What a thriller it was with

Rhasian recovering from being sent over

backwards by an excellent short right

just a minute into the opener to give

Chambers all kinds of trouble.

Earlington had him on the verge of

being stopped in the second when,

operating behind a busy jab, he slammed

home several eye-catching rights and a

clubbing late left.

With the venue curfew apparently

set for midnight it was starting to look

as if the 10-round clash for the vacant

Central Area middleweight title between

Manchester’s John Telford and Oldham’s

unbeaten Jack Kilgannon, due in the

ring immediately after the tournament

final, might well over-run.

Indeed it did, having gone the full

distance - but only by a few minutes. It

was Kilgannon, just that little bit busier,

who earned the 96-94 verdict from

referee John Latham while Telford, cut

above the left optic by a flashing right in

the sixth, pressed for long periods but was

guilty at times of not following his jab in

with something more substantial.

Sean Ben Mulligan of Prestwich,

in his first paid outing for 12 months,

triumphed 59-55 for referee Sarginson

over Warminster’s Paul Cummings, who

never stopped trying and did sufficient to

nick an exciting final session.

Mr Sarginson oversaw two fours which

finished 40-36: former winner of the UB

tournament Northampton’s Drew Brown

proved a little too savvy for Lydney’s

Lewis van Poetsch and Bolton’s Khaleel

Majid did likewise against Nicaraguan

Lester Cantillano.

One more 40-36 success came the way

of Manchester’s Sean Fennell against

Stockport’s Jamie Quinn, while Stretford’s

Bradley Rea had an early night, stopping

Huddersfield’s normally resilient Alistair

Warren, down three times from body

shots, after only 116 seconds. Bury’s John

Latham refereed both bouts.

THE VERDICTFor the third Ultimate

Boxxer tournament on the bounce,

the honours go to the boxer in the

grey shorts.

DEVASTATING:

Lawal’s power

finishes Chambers

in the final

ALTRINCHAM’S Planet Ice played host not

only to pro boxing for the first time but

to the latest instalment of the Ultimate

Boxxer series, this one featuring the heavy

hitters up in the cruiserweight division.

At the conclusion of an exciting evening

Londoner Mikael Lawal skated off

with the prize-winner’s cheque along

with the Golden Robe after sending pre-

tournament favourite Damian Chambers

of Dukinfield, Manchester heavily to the

canvas with just 94 seconds of the final

having elapsed.

Referee Mark Lyson waved it off at a

count of six to allow medics to attend

the beaten man, who had been floored

by a booming left just a split second after

seeing his own purposeful right miss by

the merest whisker.

The Nigerian-born winner, now

domiciled in Shepherd’s Bush, had

begun his quarter-final against Antony

Woolery well, sending the two-fight

ALTRINCHAM

JULY 19

FULL RESULTS

Mikael Lawal (194lbs 6oz), 12-0 (7), w tco 1 Damian Chambers (195lbs 14oz), 9-1 (5); Lawal, 11-0 (6), w pts 3 David Jamieson (199lbs 6oz), 5-1 (3); Chambers, 9-0 (5), w pts 3 Rhasian Earlington

(198 3/4lbs), 6-1 (2); Lawal, 10-0 (6), w pts 3 Antony Woolery (198 1/2lbs), 1-2; Chambers, 8-0 (5), w rsf 1 Matt Sen (197lbs), 5-2 (1); Earlington, 6-0 (2), w ko 1 Tony Conquest (199lbs 6oz), 18-3

(6); Jamieson, 5-0 (3), w pts 3 Dan Cooper (197 1/4lbs), 7-0-1 (2); Jack Kilgannon (159 1/4lbs), 10-0 (2), w pts 10 John Telford (159 1/2lbs), 9-2-1 (2); Bradley Rea (161lbs 6oz), 6-0 (2), w rsf 1

Alistair Warren (161 1/2lbs), 11-25-5 (4); Drew Brown (159 3/4lbs), 12-0 (1), w pts 4 Lewis van Poetsch (168lbs 2oz), 9-106-2 (2); Sean Ben Mulligan (158lbs), 10-1 (3), w pts 6 Paul Cummings

(153lbs 14oz), 2-36; Sean Fennell (134lbs 14oz), 4-0 (1), w pts 4 Jamie Quinn (135lbs 14oz), 5-88-2 1NC; Khaleel Majid (144lbs 2oz), 4-0, w pts 4 Lester Cantillano (139lbs), 4-31 (3).

Photo: ACTION IMAGES/LEE SMITH

Andy Whittle

RINGSIDE