Boxing News – July 04, 2019

Andy Whittle sees the home

boxers dominate throughout

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WHITEWASH

DESPITE losing almost half of its eight
scheduled bouts in the week prior to the
show, this Sunday afternoon Frank Duffin
promotion at the Municipal Hall certainly
wasn’t lacking in atmosphere.
The number of tickets sold was
undoubtedly hit by the late withdrawals,
with just a smattering of punters on the
usually packed balcony - but the five
home boxers who did remain all boasted
their own noisy pockets of followers. Just
as well, though, that there were few if any
supporters of the afternoon’s visitors who,
pretty much as expected, failed to win a
single session.
The one shared round of the afternoon
came on the card’s only six-rounder, a
light-heavyweight encounter between
Fleetwood’s unbeaten “Dangerous” Dan
Catlin and Llanelli-based Pole Robert
Studzinski – but even that was wiped
out when Robert, who spat his gumshield
several times, was counted by referee
John Latham in the dying moments of the
second when after been tagged only the
ropes kept him from going down.

Clash of the afternoon was the four

between local lad Sam Larkin, who

worked well behind the jab to open an

early lead, and Hull’s Luke Fash who,

increasingly feisty, didn’t find favour with

all of the locals.

Those watching with an unbiased eye

however enjoyed the fare with Larkin a

worthy winner, but made to work.

Jamie Kirkpatrick was the third man,

as was the case when Accrington’s Artif

“Sniper” Ali opened proceedings with

a shut-out four round success against

Islington’s Jules Phillips. What Artif will

have learned from the exercise is open to

question.

The two remaining contests, the first

refereed by Mr Latham and the second

by Kirkpatrick, brought 40-36 victories for

Blackpool’s unbeaten Alex McCloy over

Glasgow’s still-winless Gary McGuire

and for popular Earby novice Josh

Holmes, who dominated throughout

against Braintree’s Dylan Draper.

THE VERDICTA truncated version of

what was initially planned, but the

fans still enjoy it.

COLNE

JUNE 30

FULL

RESULTS

Dan Catlin (167

1/4lbs), 3-0 (1), w pts

6 Robert Studzinski

(172lbs), 5-41 (3);

Artif Ali (131 3/4lbs),

13-2, w pts 4 Jules

Phillips (129 3/4lbs),

2-22; Alex McCloy

(157 1/4lbs), 12-0-1,

w pts 4 Gary McGuire

(154 1/2lbs), 0-9;

Josh Holmes (137

1/2lbs 10oz), 2-0,

w pts 4 Dylan Draper

(145 1/2lbs), 1-35;

Sam Larkin (131lbs),

2-1, w pts 4 Luke Fash

(127 3/4lbs), 2-49-2.

FIELDS DAY

BARELY a month passes without
hard-working promoter Tommy
Owens putting on a show and
while promotions up and down the
country the same night were falling
by the wayside at the 11th hour
his latest offering in the Holte Suite
at Villa Park went ahead without a
hitch.
Not for the first time in recent
months, game Brummie Ben
Fields raised a few eyebrows. Hot
on the heels of a revenge win over

Maguire, who was cut both above

the eye and on the nose.

THE VERDICTThe fifth show of

the year at this venue and the

promoter is showing no signs of

slowing.

Manchester’s Kane Gardener and

a draw against home man Denis

Denikajev at York Hall three weeks

earlier, he had his arm raised again

as Shaun Messer adjudged him a

59-57 winner over Burntwood six-

footer Sean Daly, who had won all

eight over the distance.

Ben travels again later this month,

for a booking against former English

lightweight champ Lee Appleyard,

in Rotherham. He won’t be there

just to make up the numbers.

In charge for two other bouts

and scoring the rest for trialist Chris

Dean, Dudley official Mr Messer

adjudged Stourbridge’s Sam “The

Savage” Eggington a shutout

40-36 winner over Islington’s busy

and durable Jordan Grannum.

He also had Birmingham’s Cori

Gibbs, in his first bout for nine

months, winning by the same

score against Stockport’s Jamie

Quinn.

In those he scored from ringside

there was another winner from

the Gibbs family, super-lightweight

Tion Gibbs securing career victory

number seven with a 60-56 success

against Wolverhampton’s unbeaten

Clayton Bricknell.

In the one remaining six,

Birmingham lightweight Ishmael

Ellis won an entertaining bout

against Canning Town’s Lee Hallett

by a closer score of 58-56.

Winners over four rounds were

Brummie lightweight Kaisee

Benjamin and Coventry bantam

David Seymour, who respectively

triumphed 40-36 and 39-37

against Thornton Heath’s Richard

Samuels and Middleton’s Steven

Ben’s fine recent run

of form continues

BIRMINGHAM

JUNE 29

★★★ WHOLE SHOW

★★★★ ATMOSPHERE

FULL RESULTS

Ben Fields (146 1/2lbs), 6-7-2, w pts 6 Sean

Daly (144 1/2lbs), 8-1; Sam Eggington

(163lbs), 25-6 (15), w pts 4 Jordan Grannum

(161 3/4lbs), 5-54-2; Tion Gibbs (139lbs

6oz), 7-0, w pts 6 Clayton Bricknell (138lbs

14oz), 2-1-1; Kaisee Benjamin (150 3/4lbs),

8-1-1 (2), w pts 4 Richard Samuels (147lbs

10oz), l-6; Ishmael Ellis (137 3/4lbs), 11-1,

w pts 6 Lee Hallett (144 1/4lbs), 1-18; Cori

Gibbs (137lbs 6oz), 13-0 (3), w pts 4 Jamie

Quinn (139lbs 6oz), 5-87-2-1NC; David

Seymour (118lbs 10oz), 6-1, w pts 4 Steven

Maguire (117lbs 2oz), 0-15.

★★★ WHOLE SHOW

WINNING TEAM:

Larkin can now

boast two wins

from three