Boxing News — January 11, 2018

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WISDOM

Nothing better to

start 2018 than

knowing that WSB8

is around the corner.

Stay tuned... new

teams... new stars...

the best boxing

action!

The WORLD SERIES

OF BOXING is in a

good mood.

Arrived back on

camp today to be

Congratulated with

the Community

Award for 2017. One

thing I’ve learned

in life is that an

open hand is always

full. If there’s an

opportunity for me

to help somebody

through the

platform I have been

blessed with then

I will. We all have

something to give.

Don’t pay it back...

pay it forward.

A good lesson from

GB welterweight

CYRUS PATTINSON.

Just arrived at

Manchester Airport

to fly down to

Heathrow before we

head out to Colorado

for a 10-day training

camp. It’s time to

graft! Going to be

fitter than ever

going into this year’s

tournaments and

WSB.

The hard road

starts now for

CONOR LOFTUS.

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I joined the Royal Marines. I took a

year out before and took my time out

for training as well. It’s something I’d

always wanted to do. It’s something

different away from boxing. I wanted to

do something different. And I box for the

Marines now so it’s quite good.

It’s quite different [training in the

Marines]. It’s a lot more carrying a lot

of weight, yomping loads of distance,

doing all the tests and that. It was a lot

different. I really enjoyed the soldiering

side of it.

Did your experience as a boxer help?

Definitely the boxing helped me a lot

through marine training. Even though

they’re physically strong, being used to

JackStringer on how he

rediscovered his love for boxing

WHATwere your highlights of 2017?
I got to the [75kgs] quarter-final of the
ABAs. I got beat by Ben Whittaker. I won
the English title belt as well. I thought
I done alright against [Whittaker]. It was
my first time back in the ring in nearly
two years. That was only my fourth
senior fight. It was the first time I entered
the senior championships. It was good to
jump straight in there with him.
It was my first time in the seniors, first
time back in three years, so it was good.
I boxed against the Finland national
champion up in Catterick. It was the
Army against Finland so I stepped in
against the Finland champion [Santeri
Laine]. He was quite good and strong.
I started off boxing very well and got
drawn into a bit of a war with him. Which
I enjoyed so that was good.
How would you described your own
style as a boxer?
Sort of front foot counter-puncher.
I like being on my front foot a lot,
moving my head, throwing a lot of
shots. I’m quite aggressive myself but
sometimes I switch it up a bit. My main
style is coming forward.
How come you’ve been out for three
years?

DAVID NYIKA

ONLY22 years old, the New Zealand heavyweight is one well worth watching.

The Commonwealth Games are often a playground for the home nations with England,

Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland typically by far the strongest teams competing

overall.

Such was the case in the last edition, but David Nyika was an exciting exception when

he won gold in good style at Glasgow 2014 when he was just 18.

Subsequently he moved up from 81kgs to heavyweight. He was disappointed not to

qualify for the last Olympic Games but since that letdown he has pushed on to box at a

high standard.

Impressing in the World Series of Boxing, he pushed Evgeny Tishchenko close at the

World championships last year.

Wepick out a boxer who’s planning

on making an impact this year

Age: 22

From: New Zealand

Stance: Southpaw

Titles:

Commonwealth gold

FAST FACTS

QUICK-FIREQ&A

MISSION 2018

boxing training helped me a lot.

What was your experience before the

Marines?

I’d won three national titles before,

I won the schoolboys, Junior ABAs and

CYPs. I’d had quite a few bouts before

I joined the Marines. I boxed for England

a couple times as a Junior and then as a

Youth.

So how did it feel to get back to it?

I had my first fight back in Australia

with the Navy. That was a good

experience. I enjoyed getting back in.

I thought going to Australia it would be

worth boxing one more time. I started

enjoying it. I started getting the love back

for it.

GOOD TO BE BACK

Photo: CHRIS BEVAN/ENGLAND BOXING

IN DEEP:

Stringer reaches for

Whittaker in the Elite

championships