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Watch the Riviera Box Cup amateur tournament where the future stars of boxing from the region and further afield will be looking to showcase their talents.

Order of fights:
Mohammed Al Amin vs Ghaffer Azeez
Ben Morris vs Kai Carhart
Matthew Cook vs Ronnie Mills
Patrick Mongan vs Nedas Smatauskas
Faye McCormick vs Ella Doe
Nojus Baranauskas vs Tarrell Atkinson
Elliott Cameron vs Mustapha Mybe
Oliver Strand vs George Jones
Teo Miles vs Liam Dunne
Thomas Brazier vs Zakariya Zuman
Ollie Lee vs Morris James
INTERVAL
Aaron Lane vs Boyd Chapman
Sonny Studley vs Daire Halfpenny
Dre Patterson vs Oliver Culling
Johnmara Aduramoia vs Giedale Stewart
Khurram Ali Shan vs Neo Judge
Anya Wilson vs Saanya Mobeen
Charlie Miller vs Hannah Jeffery
Liam Huntley vs Harry Burke
Charles Murray vs Jamal Franklin
William John McCarton vs Anthony Ibekwe

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pretty well and uh yeah fun very very fond memories. I in some ways I think more they’re probably the fondest. I think you know pro the pro game is unbelievable and there’s amazing highs and you get to travel the world as well but like there’s something pure about the amateur game that it’s just yeah it’s special and that is exactly what I’ve learned from covering these box cups as you see there are clubs from all over the world so not just here in the UK uh Ireland Wales and Scotland but we’ve got visitors from America uh people come and shook my hand saying you won’t remember me but you covered me 10 years ago in the gym Fraser Clark when he was on last time he said representing your club the pride in the badge the pride in the vest it’s something very very unique but also it gives you that grounding doesn’t have to but I feel like everybody that’s had a really established amateur career it does give you the grounding for the pro career later on so this is a little bit of a conveyor belt that the champions of tomorrow today almost yeah look you’ll always get uh the exceptions to the rule your Fabio Wardley but generally speaking 99 times out of 100 guys that make it in the pro game have had good solid amateur backgrounds. They’ve got the pedigree for one, they’ve got the schooling and um you know, even the mindset that they build along the way uh all all a massive part of their development. Yeah. And I I don’t want to oversell it, but for a lot of these uh young men and women, this will be their World Cup final today. The buzz, this is not me blowing the Sky Sports trumpet or anything like that, but the buzz to be able to box live streaming on Sky Sports is uh has gone down really well. We should be putting more effort back into the grassroots level of sport because for a lot of these um clubs that you’re seeing on the screen here, this is uh almost sort of like their dayto-day. They’re not paid for it. a lot of these coaches and volunteers and I think the amateur game particularly doesn’t get enough love because any amateur gym in any community it’s almost a community center it’s uh it’s a hub it’s it’s not just about the boxing I don’t think I can say it any clearer than that the beauty of amateur boxing is understated I think well you hit the word you said their community you know I was over in Ireland a couple of weeks ago at the uh hurling all island final which you know there’s 90,000 people there is one of the one of if not the biggest sporting event of the year in Ireland. It’s on n you know RT terrestrial television but these are they were amateur players. It’s a community sport and I think you know there’s talk you know should you bring should it be professional these players the commitment they’re putting in but I think if you if you brought money into the game made it professional you would lose that community feel and I think it’s the community of it all that makes it so special and you look here and these people your amateur boxing club and we talk about your Brendan Lingles of the world and my club coach would have been the same and you talk about social workers well the these are the these are the frontline social workers the amateur boxing coaches is, you know, not every fighter here is going to turn professional and go on and become a star and make a living out of it. Not, you know, some of these might not turn pro at all, but these coaches have helped all of these young people find direction, find purpose, find discipline, find focus. It it’s I mean, I could go on and on and on. You you just cuz it’s it’s it’s kind of limitless the benefits that they they bring. Yeah, I think we can sum that out by saying support your local amateur club because it is a cornerstone, a a foundation of the community and it’s a it’s brilliant to be here. It’s a real privilege for us uh to be here uh to cover the Riviera Box Cup. We were here yesterday. So again, it is one of those idiosyncrasies. Some of the fighters that we’ve seen today have got straight finals, so they won’t have boxed yesterday, be it because there wasn’t enough at the way or it’s just they’ve got a buy, they’ll be boxing for the first time this weekend today. But we were here yesterday where we got to see some really, really good semi-final bouts. And it is that great thing that you might have to box twice in a weekend. And actually a lot of the amateurs that I’ve spoken to, they’re a bit gutted that they haven’t boxed twice in a weekend. It is a real um war of attrition. Uh you got to stay at the weight. You got to make weight twi make weight twice. Easy for me to say on a Sunday morning. Um but it is it is great. It’s a tournament format. Uh you want to be the best in your weight class. You want to walk away as Riviera Box Cup champion. I loved boxing in the multi in in the multinations tournaments when you you boxed three or four times in consecutive days because once you got that first fight out the way, that first win under your belt, the nerves kind of left you. You’re on a roll now. Your confidence is high. You’re um you’re kind of rolling with it off the back of the last performance. You know, you feel unbeatable almost. So, uh yeah, I think once you get that first win, even though you’ve uh I’d rather get the win than get the buy. Yeah, I hear you. I hear you. We saw a mixture of weights, abilities, and styles yesterday. Uh, you know, it is fast and furious. One of the things I learned on a personal level from the uh Manchester Box Cup, you simply don’t have enough time to call every punch because it is fast and furious. Uh, do you think that the amateur game all has changed from uh your day? is the the way to win an amateur bout still the traditional um fencing style or do you think that we have seen a little bit of an injection of the pro style here? I mean some of the some of the fights we saw yesterday wouldn’t be out of place in in a pro ring. Some really high standard uh boxing. I think I think the you can’t reinvent the wheel. I think people did try and adapt to the computer scoring and they probably try and readapt now to back to the three three minutes. You know it was 42’s computer scoring. Now we’re back to the 3 minutes. Uh no head guards. Um yeah, the tiny but but but ultimately I think the best guy is going to win the fight. You know what I mean? Um the people were were trying to fence a little bit more at times with the computer scoring, but then you say that there were guys I’ve seen lots of guys that were really successful that would come forward. Yeah. Fighters with pro styles, you know. So it’s uh you know. Yeah. Yeah. There was no complaints from me. And it just a just a little bit of an elaboration on a point that we made earlier. That conveyor belt of talent, you know, we wouldn’t have the jobs that we have if it wasn’t for that conveyor belt of talent where they stake their claim uh you know, hone their skills to one day hopefully we see them under the bright lights of professional ring. I know that’s not why we’re here today, but there has been that trend of it is a it is a fast track. It is a a route to the pro game where we we end up seeing these guys in years to come. We could be seeing the stars of the future. I would say we probably will see someone today. You know, I remember way back again back to the Crystal Palace days. David Haye was a 18 months or two years older than me. And I remember him boxing for England on a Monday night at the Hilton I think it was. And you know Steven Burch, good mate of mine at the time as well. He bucks and he dropped a guy and everyone was raving about and I remember thinking I want to box against America at the Hilton on a Monday night cuz it’s on Sky Sports. Yeah. And we still play the David Haye amateur knockouts even now. I think we’ve played some of Paul Smith’s amateur knockouts. Everyone that we’ve worked on uh that went on to sort that world title level. We always go through the archives to see if we can find when they were amateurs. It’s very very interesting. One thing I would say is I don’t think it’s not cool illusion, but the ring that we’re featuring today, ring A, where we’re very happy to be uh ringside, it looks a tiny little ring. And yesterday, it did lend itself to some real not rock andam robots, but it, you know, if you are a back foot boxer, I’m looking at that ring there. You haven’t, it’s not an optical illusion. It does feel like a small ring. You haven’t got a lot of uh you haven’t got a lot of reverse gears there, I don’t think. I think it’s a smaller ring. I think, you know, to what we’re used to seeing, you know, we see the 20 21. Yeah. And and and obviously the international boxing Olympic, they’re going to be huge rings as well. So, it is a smaller ring than those, but I’ve got to be honest, I’ve seen smaller. So, the format today, we’re going to go through uh the first 12 bouts. There will be a very small interval and then we’ll be back. So, don’t go anywhere during the interval because we want you to stay um as is the way with these sort of traditional uh amateur tournaments. We got some of the bigger boys later on um that we previewed yesterday. Uh we’re looking forward to that. But it’s a it’s a nice atmosphere. I hope it comes across on our streaming today. It was so loud in here yesterday. I think I described it to you as when you first come in, it is almost like uh overload of the senses. It’s loud. It smells like you would expect an amateur tournament smell. It was hot in here yesterday. But the noise and you add into that the bell, the horn, the whistle, the cheering, the warming up because behind that blue barrier when we went to that overhead shot where we showed uh all of the clubs warming up, everyone’s standing next to each other and everyone’s firing the pads. We’ve got some music going on where people are warming up. I can’t really explain to you what that’s like. It is a complete sensory overload. I know how my daughter feels now. She goes to soft play and she’s knacking and she needs a nap when she comes home. That’s what I was like last night. So, uh, yeah. Anyway, all jokes aside, it was bedum. It was chaos, but it was magical. It was great. But one of the things cuz we was on a bit of a scouting mission yesterday, weren’t we? To try and find some fighters that we think would lend themselves to today. Trying to watch three fights at once. It’s hard enough watching Yeah, it’s hard enough watching one fight. Uh but the crowd make a difference, don’t they? Uh what was quite nice is when one fight finished in one ring, people sort of gra gravitated towards the next ring and uh it it it was so loud. But I can imagine boxing in front of that atmosphere and we’re in a leisure center with hard floors, hard ceiling, hard walls. It really reverberated. I hope we can get that across today. Yeah, I mean I think yesterday there was there were probably more fights because it’s been a there’ll be less today because it’s the finals, but um yeah, the energy yesterday was incredible and I think the I think that will be just as just as strong today with it being the finals. So, uh yeah, I’d be surprised if it doesn’t come across and the viewers don’t kind of feed off it just as we did yesterday. Can’t not mention it because we went out to watch it last night. Um consumed most of the card. Moses Atuma was a brilliant junior amateur. Uh, and a lot of the clubs and coaches around that we’ve been speaking about yesterday weren’t sure which way that might go, but he blew Dillian White away in quite spectacular fashion and uh I don’t know what your thoughts and feedback from that were. It was it was a statement performance. It was a statement, but I expected it. I I thought it was, you know, he’s he’s active, he’s sharp, he’s the real deal, you know, he’s not just who he’s blown away as a professional, knowing what he achieved as an amateur. I believe he’s never lost. Yeah. He he won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships. He’s a special special kid, special talent. Um and you know, Dillian having three fights in three years, being at the back end of his career, I just wasn’t surprised. I kind of expected it. Uh that said, when they when they go out there and actually do it, it’s still still impressive. And uh it it’s diff I’m thinking I’m looking at the heavyweight division. I’m trying to think who do I think would beat him. You know, Usyk probably would, but he might not. And I wouldn’t I think after Usyk going for as long as he’s gone, you know, to 38 now. I wouldn’t like to see who’s given risk losing to it now. I think I’d like to see him retire, but um no, he’s a special talent and I would I would say unless you know there’s something we haven’t seen a in his armor, is he chinny? Has he got no stamina when it’s get to later rounds, you don’t know these things until you know these questions are asked, but uh on the evidence so far, he looks like he is the future of the heavyweight boxing division. They are about to uh cue the MC for our ring which will be our opening contest between Finchley and Magic Hatton uh gymnasiums. Magic Hatton obviously one of your old gym mates, the brother of Ricky Hatton, Matthew Hatton. Uh we were hoping to see him yesterday. Uh Jack Hatton was originally down to boxing this tournament. Um, those of you that follow the the Hatton lineage, I wouldn’t blame you if you started to lose count because just when uh Ricky’s mom and dad thought they could rest, uh, we’ve now got the next generation. Uh, but we have Muhammad Al Amin and Gaff Aziz. So, let’s hand over to our master of ceremonies for the introductions. Well, I’ll I’ll tell you exactly what’s happening because it is quite hilarious because there are three rings. There is only one MC. He he was in the process of announcing uh another ring. So uh we’re just waiting our turn. It’s like a taxi queue at an airport. Uh we’re behind another flight at the moment. And once they’ve taken off, we’ll go. boxing club Muhammad Alin and his opponent in the blue corner from the magic m magic hatton club Gaffa Aziz red Alamine blue Aziz Okay, final instructions. So you would have got from uh MC RAP there we have Muhammad Alamin representing Finchley and Gaff Aziz representing Magic Hatton in the blue head gear. I got a chance to see Gaff Aziz briefly yesterday. It was pretty impressive actually. Long levers which are used to great effect. This is at uh 51 kilos. So this should be fast and furious. Matt. Yeah. Well, Alamine, you know, setting up well here. Southpaw stance looking for the just walking to a left hook there. Oh, good left hand down the middle though from Alamine again. I can say the southpaw. Good left cross. He’s looking to land that with the pressure from Aziz is good. Yeah. So Aziz looking to score with that long left backhand, but you’re right, it was Alamine who had a good couple of uh moments there and he did that traditional amateur celebration by putting his hand up to the judges and say, “Yep, that was me.” Aziz using the fngs but walked into a a left uppercut there from Amir. And there’s a gunshaw gone flying there. I think that’s Aiz. Yeah, I can see Alamine has still has his in. So, uh just be a short delay here while this gets cleaned and put back in. It’s pretty even sort of contest so far through the first minute or so. Look at me. Good straight back hand from Aziz. [Applause] But a nice counter left hook there. And again from Muhammad Alamin. He was just perhaps guilty, Matt, of just admiring his work for a fraction there and got caught by Aziz. And it’s it’s really cool fire this. [Applause] Yeah, nice left hand down the middle. Yeah, good jab again from Alamine. [Applause] Alamine sunk to the body there with a right hand and landed right in the solar plexus. This is a good end to the round for Muhammad Alamine from Finchley. [Music] [Applause] Yeah, Alamine finishing the wrong the round strongly. [Applause] Good left hand though from Gapiz. Yeah, he’s been a very competitive first round. cuz he started well, but Alamine certainly I think found a bit of a groove, didn’t he? As you say, there’s nothing in it. It’s these rounds are incredibly difficult to score. Most of the time because so much happens as he’s just getting a slight ticking off for holding. Good round. Good finish to the round as well. Listen to me. So, let’s head into the Finchley corner. Just a little bit about Muhammad Alam. Favorite fighter to watch is Bam Rodriguez. I have to say it is a a sign of the times. When I asked most of these amateur kids, who do you most look forward to to seeing? There was a lot of Ban Rodriguez at the lightweights and a lot of Shakur Stevenson, two very good amateurs. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. And very different styles, you know, Shakur master boxer, centerpour, bam bam, you know, more high tempo aggressive body shots. This is the magic happen corner. Danny Benson doing the corner work there. Gaffaziz looking to go pro eventually, but he’s in no rush. He’s a winner of the Manchester Box Cup as well. He’s boxing this sort of format as both exchange back hands. I think it’s actually exchange of jabs. I’ve got my lefts and rights confused. And this is this is an allout sort of slugfest there, but there was some good quality as he just gets bundled to the ground. Yeah, Alamine just get a bit of trying to get a bit of space there and throw those body shots left and right. Wondered if the pace might slow just a little bit. It’s pretty good gauge of distance there from Alamine. Avoided any anything coming back from Aziz who was looking to throw. Yeah, again Alamine just trying to use his physical strength to push Aiz off, get a bit of momentum, get a bit of space to get his shots off. Muhammad Alamine is a Haring finalist from this year and the London divs as well. So this pedigree just looking to faint with the feet there just stamping his lead foot on the canvas as both looked to load up. Not sure who landed cleaner there really. Thought Alamine landed a nice one too. Probably had the better of the exchange. Yeah, and Alamine just opted then just to put his hands down by his sides and just beckon as he’s in who was fainting again with his front foot just trying to draw a lead. And there came a good shot from Alamine. [Applause] Accuracy wasn’t quite there from Aziz, but because of the volume actually, he probably got the best of that exchange because whilst the first couple missed, he did eventually land. Yeah, he came through, didn’t he? Landed at the at the end of the combination. [Applause] Good sort of leaping jab there from Alamine as well. Snap the head back of Aziz. Aziz just on the break there with a couple of good long backhand lefts. Oh, and again knocked him right onto a a left hand there. Gather. Yeah, that was a lovely shot from Aziz. I think he’s lost his gum shield though. Or one of them has. Yeah, Ziz. His gum shield has been displaced. Japanese enjoys watching a new way and Bam as well. So, a lot of love for one of the pound for pounds in Bam Rodriguez. Alamine with a good right hand and then chops one over the top as well. Yeah, but he’s landed a good solid left hand hand down the middle as well. Yeah, this is good. This is level pain. It’s again, it’s impossible to call every shot because they’re both landing here. It’s good second round for both fighters. [Applause] and mean just tries I suppose what’s traditionally the Roy Jones hand behind his back. I sort of think of Andrew Shelby when I see that prestigious amateur talent. [Applause] Nice sort of uppercut to the body there from Aziz. Yeah, good finish to the round here from Aziz just trying to force Alamine back, but he he engages Alamine. He’s quite happy to have this sort of fight. It’s good action. Yeah, good in and out with the feet there as well from Aziz. This is going to be the most obvious thing I’ve said. Both looked like they were feeling the pace at the end of the second round. Is it any wonder? Yeah, absolutely. But and you know, this is a a hardfought fight, a close fight. It could, I would say, come down to this final round. I agree. And surely that is what Danny Benson is saying in this blue corner. You have to go out and win this round. And I would think in the Finchley corner of Muhammad Alamine, they’re saying exactly the same thing. I could quite easily see that 1-1. Yeah, definitely. Aziz very good in and out with his feet. Deceivingly uh long left hand from the southpaw stance. And I’m sure they’re equally tired, but just looking over to the red corner. Uh Alamine really, you know, throwing that towel in his face and he’s got his hands on his knees there. Was sucking in a lot of air and Aziz is the first to rise. Just wonder if he has a little bit more in the tank. Let’s see. I might be doing Alamine a bit of a disservice, but he he didn’t need that. That was a brilliant start from Aziz. Yeah, and those, you know, in the amateur game, those back those back hands that land clean that snap the head back, they really are the best shots because very easy for the judges to pick up on them, you know, when there’s so many punches being thrown, sometimes shots can, you know, be missed by judges, but when the the backhand lands cleanly and the head snaps back, there’s no missing that one. Yeah, that’s the one, isn’t it? Just feel like Aziz has just got his range, just got a a a judgment of the distance here. I make you right, Andy. That could be crucial. You know, when it’s three rounds, it’s such a sprint. You know, you haven’t got long to get the timing of the other fighter and get the read of him. You’ve got to get it quickly. But, you know, here are here we are now in the final round. And, you know, the pace probably just slowed a little bit because it’s been a frenetic pace. And you can see already the accuracy from Aziz is improving now. I don’t know is Alamine a little bit tired. His reflexes reactions not as quick but I think Aziz you see he’s landed a lot of good back hands which have snapped the head back landed cleanly and I think the the extra freshness or fitness from Aziz is uh pretty evident here. That was the biggest intake of breath from Alamine just trying to fill up the petrol tank a little bit. Really good show opener here in ring a Riviera Box Cup. Aziz just trying to back Alamine into the corner. Good body shot. What’s that? The gum shield. Yeah, this is a strong final round from Aziz. The gum shield came out but I actually think it was a perfect body shot right into the middle uh of the belly of Alamine. Agreed. God, he does look tired, Matt, does he? Yeah, definitely. As he’s the fresher of the two here, he looks sharper now. He’s having a good round here. And you think it’s a huge disadvantage to box on the Saturday. Uh but I just wonder if Aziz has got himself into got himself into a rhythm. It’s it’s really good to see can Alamine just find something in these crucial last few moments. Just getting ticking off for holding as well from the ref straight back on him. Lovely body shot. Credit to Alamine though pushing Aziz back just trying to free his own arms. Yeah, he looks really tired, breathing heavy now. Alamine, I think this has been a strong that point off. It’s a warning because that is twice in the round that he’s been warned for holding. Yeah, he’s and and that’s because he’s so fatigued. He’s just trying to force as he’s back on work as he spins out quite nicely to be fair. Brilliant action from both. Leaving nothing in the tank. That’s all we ask. You don’t want to leave it to chance. You want to sit in this seat afterwards and say, “I gave it absolutely everything.” Yeah. And I think they can both say they’ve done that. I just think the the the pressure of the two here doing the better work. I love the shot from Aziz. Gave the little half step, little fake, half step back and walk him onto that straight left hand. Palamine pouring all out here but not much quality coming from him now just because he’s so tired now he’s biting down on that gum shield though Matt he is really really going for broke brilliant well done to both fighters that is what we expect and what we come to expect from these box cups great advert for amateur boxing Muhammad Alamine and Gaff Aziz really really good show opener yeah brilliant from both men I thought Alamine started But Aziz certainly finished stronger. We’re just having a look at body language as well, which is all important as uh Gapaziz just gets looked at by the doctor. Muhammad Alamine, I’m I don’t say with any comic in my voice, he was absolutely spent at the end there. He gave everything. Congratulations to him because there could be nothing worse than sitting back down thinking I could have done more. I don’t think he could have done any more. Muhammad Alamine, he definitely couldn’t have done any more. He looks discolored. Yeah, he has. He’s that tired. He looks to me uh Gappers is that he feels like he’s done enough. That is a a confident man in the blue corner there. Well, he certainly finished strong. That was a big last round from Aziz. I thought Alamin won the first second was close. I think the second however the judges scored the second round could be the decider here. Okay, let’s get confirmation of the result. I can see that the scorecard is being walked over to MC Rap at the moment. So, we won’t have long to wait. Must be a horrible weight though for these two. Okay, I think we’re just about ready. So, we will have confirmation of our winner [Applause] decision in a blue corner. Gaffoiz. Yep, it is Gapaziz who gets the Well done both boxes. Very well said. Well done to both boxers. So, Gaffaziz becomes Riviera Box Cup champion in his 16th bout as an amateur. So, still early days, but I think he did really well there representing uh Magic Hatton ABC. So, Matthew, if you’re watching, congratulations. Your day is off to a very good start. You should have been here, Matt. Yeah. Where are you? He’s just going to come over and join us. So, bear with me one second. I’m just going to pop a headset. Gaff, come and join us. Gaff, hopefully you can hear me on that. Can you? Yeah. Congratulations. Uh, Matthew uh, Mlin and I were talking through that, Muham Muhammad Alam. He had quite a strong first round, but it just seemed you kept a cool head in a hot kitchen and trusted your engine and boxed really well down the stretch in rounds two and three. Exactly. That’s what I tried to do. Um, I’ve got a good tank engine, so I just tried to use that. I said to my coaches before the fight, I’m going to ease into the fight. Um, see what he’s going to do, and then from there will work. And then I I feel like I executed that pretty well. Yeah. Did you feel you were breaking him down, especially in that last round there? Yeah, I thought because he was holding quite a lot, so I felt he was struggling with his tank and um, yeah, I was breaking it down. I definitely hurt him to the body and his gum show came out and I saw that and yeah from there it was good. Final word to you. How you going to celebrate today or is there anyone at home you want to say hello to your Sky Sports debut? Yeah, big up uh my family support and love me. Big up my mom Paty. Uh thank you to my coaches Danny Benson, Steven Buckley, Matthew and Dave Blow. Um big season ahead. Gaffrey Ziz lookout all glory to God. Lovely stuff. Thank you very much for joining us, Gap, and wish you all the best. Congratulations today, Riviera Box Cup champion. Well done. Now, it’s going to be a false habit today. I can only apologize if I keep saying Manchester Box Cup because it’s in my brain. I don’t think I did there, but there’s something in the back of my brain telling me that every time I say Box Cup, I’m saying Manchester. But congratulations to Gaffaziz. That was really nice, wasn’t it? That that was a nice show opener. He did well there, especially down the stretch. Very much so. He come out at the start of the third round and he just took control. He he jumped on him. He hit him with a a big left hand from the southpaw stands right down the middle. Left cross. Beautiful straight shot. Snapped his head back. I think hurt him. And I and I make him right. I think he did hurt him with that body shot when the jump shield when he spat the gum shield out. I think it was a Yeah, we called it at the time. So, it just shows it shows we can do one thing right. But I certainly think we called that and he he he was reading the pace of the fight as well. He was in and he and he was picking up on the body language of his opponent. He knew, he sensed that he was dwindling, that he was weakening, and that that that inspired him, that motivated him to really put his foot on the gas and and go through the gears and up the pace, turn the screw, you know, really keep the pressure on him. And he did that uh very strong last round. Uh and a thoroughly deserved win. Yeah, it is about pacing it because we’ve said already it’s fast and furious, but actually pacing it is key. So, I’m just going to spin you guys round. So this is ring B and ring C. So our two fighters for our next bout are just about getting ready at center. But the reason you can hear so much going on in the background is because you’ve got ring C getting ready on the far side there. They’ve just completed their first bout. You’ve got ring B where you can hear all of the fans cheering. And I often think, God, I hope we haven’t picked this wrong and there’s an absolute barn burner in ring B and we don’t know. But you we’ll never know. Um and then this is us ring eight with the branding. And this is our home for today. You can see that uh who’s that in front of us there? Bodman. Uh so that’s Kai Carheart is ready in the blue corner. We are just waiting on the far side for Ben Morris from Old Swan to make his way round to the red corner. I can see that he is nearly ready. and we will just announce our fighters over in ring C and we won’t be far away. Good to see I’m going to say this now because I I know that there’s a few of them here today and certainly at the other box cups that we worked at. Really good solid pros putting putting time back into the amateur game. So, Magic Matthew Hatton, you I don’t want to give him too much praise because he stood us up today, but you know, people like Matthew Hatton going back to where they started and putting time and effort and energy into the amateur game. We need it. We need you guys to give the skills and the the education, the advice back. So, it’s great to see. Yeah, very much so. Um, makes me feel guilty that I’m not probably doing a bit more, but I do I do go to an amateur gym by me. Uh, I train there myself. Uh, try and give pointers when I can, but of course, I’m I’m busy with you guys. Exactly. Look, we’re your excuse. And it’s not easy. It is Well, we sort of touched on it, don’t we? It is almost a full-time job for these guys. A lot of them have got day jobs, but they have to give up their evenings. Certainly catching up with Josh Burnham. He said, “Look, I’ve had to bring my family down to I’ve got an amateur tournament every weekend, weekend by the seaside in the Riviera Box Cup. I bring the the wife and the kids down for a weekend.” It’s you’d have to give up almost every single night. Uh so that’s why I never get tired of of saying well done to these guys. So we’re nearly ready here. Unfortunately, we lost our second contest, Kimberly May Watson and Aaliyah Sema. So, it’s a shame for those uh females that we won’t get to see them today, but we do lose fights on the day with the weigh- in and traffic and things like that. So, we’ll skip to bout number three. This is Kai Carheart in the blue. He’s 16. He’s got his birthday coming up in December. 60 kg. He has won this competition before back in 2021. He’s a Riviera box champion. Nice little line as well. This is his last fight before he leaves for the army going into Harri Haragut College. Ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to go. Number two in ring A, a 2008 60 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the old swan of a boxing club, Ben Morris. and his opponent in the blue corner from the bombing amina boxing club in Cornwall. Kai carart red Morris blue carart. [Applause] [Music] Okay, so I will reinforce that even though you would have heard that loud and clear. Kai Khart local in the blue down in Cornwall Boxing Club. Ben Morris, old swan, which actually up Liverpool Way. He is in the red. So, here we go. This is at 60 kg open class. Car in the blue. Morris in the red. Good start from Kai Carart. Landed a couple of real nice looking back hands off the back of a one-two combination. atmosphere really ramping up. Really good start here from Kai Khart. Yeah, landed a couple of really solid right hands. Yeah, and right at the end of the extension of the punch as well. Was a really good shot on a couple of occasions there from Carheart. Nice composure though from Ben Morris. He hasn’t lost his shape yet. You think though he do well just to try and flick that jab out a little bit as he does there and just try and keep Kart at range. Yeah, you see Morris trying to use his face just got caught with the right hand there. He’s trying to attempt the left uppercut. Left himself open for the right hand from Kart. Yeah. And I would never try and coach, but at the moment he just needs to either move his head or keep that left glove up a little bit because that right hand from Kart was landed on more than one occasion. And it is going to be what catches the judge’s eye. Good body shot from Morris just sinks down with a left hook to the body. That’s much better. Yeah, I mean he’s got the left hand low. He’s trying to be loose with it, but he’s got to be careful like you say down that left side cuz Kart’s very accurate with that right hand. And again to reinforce, I would never ever try and coach because couldn’t throw a left hook from a coat hook over here. Good right hand from Morris on this occasion. Really nice. Nice to see them working away on the inside as well. Morris just tries to bring an uppercut back up through the middle there. That was nice from Morris. Didn’t come off on this occasion. Just touched with the jab. Couldn’t really even throw it and then tried to whip the right hand over the top. Yeah, I could see what he was doing. Trying to give the faint, trying to lure Karta in, half step back and then trying to walk him onto the right hand. Didn’t quite land it, but it but the uh you know, it was the right idea. Yeah. And then Khart really climbs into a right hand, which he didn’t quite throw straight, which is probably why he he landed it. Just arked it round. Really good shot from Kart. car just getting uh a little bit cramped for room there. Both sort of cancelelling each other out. And then Carheart lands with a couple of good right hands. Good pressure from the Bodman boxing club fighter. Morris comes back with a bit of physicality of his own just trying to back Khar up and in the middle of that did land a good right hand just getting a ticking off though for perhaps being a little bit too physical. And then Kohart leads off with a right hand which lands. [Applause] Okay, so I think that this is Dennis Crosby leading the corner. If it’s not, it’s either Bill Nubry or Steve Owen Car, his postfight celebration meal. He’s most looking forward to a Donna kebab, man after my own heart. And as I said, this is his last fight before he leaves for the army where he’s hoping to join the Paris or the mechanics. [Applause] Big fan of Canelo Alvarez. Big George Foreman. And then we flick across to Ben Morris as I said from old squad which is up Liverpool. Anthony Galvin and Fran Harding who I think is an old pro actually leading the corner there. And he won the youths in 2025 did Ben Morris. So he’s got real pedigree. Had about 30 fights and he was a really good kickboxer. won a world title on three different occasions, looking to turn pro eventually, and he’s actually going to be joining the Joe Gallagher Boxing College in September. So, shout out to Joe Gallagher, who I very much hope is on his road to recovery uh after uh his recent illness and recovery from cancer. I know it’s an ongoing journey for Joe. So, if he’s watching or he’s listening, hope you’re doing well. And I hope you’re happy that we’ve mentioned the Joe Gallagher Boxing College. back to this one. I think it was a good round on the hole for Kai Kaha in the blue. I think so. I think the um sort of leaky defenses of Maris down that left side, although he landed a lovely left hand there then. Yeah, right at the end of a combination. Good shot from Morris. You know, I see the elusive style. I can see what he’s trying to do with that left hand low, but I think in the first round he didn’t quite have his distance or his timing and K uh Kart was able to exploit that with his right hand leads. He was he was finding the gaps and uh yeah, I think he won the first round Khart. So Morris, you know, got it all to do now. Yeah, he just got a warning there as well. I think it was for pushing off looking at that gesture rather than holding. [Applause] This one has settled though, hasn’t it? Always frantic in the first minute or so of the first round, but both are standing in center ring here at the moment, just trying to draw a lead. Oh, heads came perilously close there. Just a tiny little bit scrappy, but it’s to be expected cuz both are trying to put a dent in the other. This is where Morris might want to work though and he does find a little bit of space and get some shots off. But Carheart was quite quite good working off the ropes there and again he created that angle which he loved that spin off. Yeah, he chimed in lovely there and landed a good left hook. [Music] Morris just looking to get back to work behind that jab. HubS with a right hand and a left hook to the body. But he’s probably got to keep working here when he has car with his back to the ropes. [Applause] both landing. This is a much more even round this second one. Yeah, a lot closer. Just c got caught out of range there. Morris just didn’t quite take his feet with him and Carheart made him pay. [Applause] [Music] Yeah, just falling a little bit short there. Morris needs to get a little bit closer with his feet before he leads off. [Applause] That’s not our bell in case you’re wondering why we’re still going where the air horn over in ring A. It’s good work from Morris. He’s just keeping his foot on the pedal at the moment. Yeah, good good head movement there. Good upper body movement from Morris. and and in the process of that he was able to turn car onto the ropes and a good end to the round for Morris. Yeah. And he and it probably needed that after the first round. So that was much better from the old swan fighter. Keep them out. Squeak them out. Yeah. Come on. this round. Yeah. Come on. Let’s open. Get back. Come on. Stay out. Easy. Stay out. So, we don’t have sort of designated effects, mics, here, but you could pick that up. He was just getting a bit of a ticking off there. Like you said, just you got to take your feet in and take your feet out. But he was very, very clear there. Anthony Galvin, I presume. Need this last round. Need this last round. In fact, I’m wrong. That is Fran Harding. I can tell from the initials on his t-shirt, so apologies to Fran, but he made his message very, very clear there. You got to go out and win this. But I’m, you know, I didn’t hear it, but I’m sure in the Bodman corner, they’re saying exactly the same to Kai Kahar after such a promising opening round. You probably got to make sure here as well. I think so. Couple of real big hooks exchanged from both fighters there. If they’ve got the rocket in the corner, it’s landed. Probably going to get a ticking off there. Carart. Yeah, he’s he complains, but he certainly made sure there Carart that he he made his way into the neutral corner. It was a bit like Barrera with Nasim Hamemed, wasn’t it? Rammed him into that corner post. I was only talking about that this morning. Spooky. Oh, good right hand from Carheart because Morris just fell short. Although the combination punching from Morris, he’s given up throwing the single shots and he’s throwing in threes and it’s it’s made a difference. Yeah. And that double left hook, body and head, you know, goes down with the body, comes back up to the head. He said he said he likes to know. I do think without putting people in pigeon holes, it’s a lovely Mexican trait. Left hook to the body rather than lead off with a jab, go bang, bang, come over with the right hand. I love it. [Applause] These are all important moments though. Who’s going to seize the initiative and make sure? [Applause] again. Morris trying to work the body. [Applause] He’s probably throwing more here, Morris. I’m not sure about the accuracy necessarily, but he is out of the two. I think he is the one that’s probably throwing. And there was just a shake of the head there from Kart, which is probably a sign that this sort of tactic has just frustrated him a little bit. Again, going to the body and head with the left hook. Uh Morris Can Khan just get back to his boxing here? Cuz he started so well, didn’t he, with especially with the right hand where he couldn’t really miss. Yeah, I think he’s probably a little bit tired here, Kaha. He’s not as accurate. He’s not as sharp. His feet aren’t as good at getting in and out. Morris just laying on the pressure here, trying to back him up on the ropes, leaning on him even. Yeah, I I think you you read that perfectly because even the physicality of Morris has just taken it out of Karta. Although he comes around the the side again with that right hand which has been a good weapon for him. Both tired now. You can tell who’s got that last little bit of fuel in the tank here. Yeah, just kind of keeping your show, keeping your shape here, keeping your composure and digging in. All sort of those three things at the same time. Just to get the better of this last sort of 30 seconds. Both really digging deep here. Really digging deep. Who can make sure? Who can get over the line? Kart’s hands now by his side. He’s obviously very tired. Just takes a real big intake of breath and then throws again. Nice great action. Neither wants to be denied. And that is the final bell. They embrace him. They should. They should be very proud of that. Really good contest. Really strong finish, I thought, from Morris. Whether or not it’s enough, we’re going to see cuz I think he was certainly I would have had him slightly behind going into the last round, but he but I think he had a good last round. So, be interested to see. I think that second round could be the decider. That was a cloak that was swing round. Yeah, it was really close. You’re right. You depends which way you sort of saw it and and what you like. I think you’re right. At the very top of the show, we were just talking about when you go away from the computer scoring, and I’m no amateur boxing expert, but that changed to almost the the pro scoring has lent people trying not trying to beat the computer anymore. [Applause] I would say neither look particularly 100% confident that they have done enough. No, it’s close. And I think they both know that when they say done enough, I would say that neither are 100% sure that they’ve they’ve got it. I don’t think they could have done any more. They couldn’t have done any more, but I think they both know it’s close. Scores are still being toted up at ringside. We are furthest from the MC’s platform. So, the scores, you can see one of the representatives wearing uh the England boxing shirt at the back there. He will take the result card and he will walk it over. I hope he runs, but he will walk it over to MC Rap to make the official announcement. These are horrible moments in the pro game, aren’t they? when you wait and wait and wait. I presume it’s every bit as frustrating and nerve-wracking in the amateur game. Yeah. And it never leaves you that. It just it stays with you from all the way up. Yeah. You can see behind us representing the Sky Sports Banner. I’m on TV so it’s that way. But we’ve got a really good crowd in. One of the things people drift in and drift out because if your fight is on tonight, you I say tonight later on this afternoon, you’re not going to be here this morning. But it it’s like a conveyor belt of of people cycling through, but you’ve obviously got gym mates as well. It’s uh it’s well attended. Yeah. Here are some of the fans. We talk about the sensory overload, don’t we? So if you’re here all day, you’ll be drained by the time you meant to box later on. So yeah, you need to be careful of uh making sure you’re switching off and relaxing. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number two in ring A by a split decision in a red corner. Ben Morris split decision. Old SW turning up Ben Morris. And I think we probably called it right. It was the last two rounds where he really dug deep that got him over the line. Would you agree with that? I think so. Yeah. The particularly the last round was a was a really good one. Well done to Ben Morris. It’s a long old journey uh from Liverpool. So, he will be delighted. He’s just with his gym mates and coaching staff over the other side and uh he is going to make his way round. There’s the two fighters receiving their medals and Ben hopefully in due course. He’s on his way. Oh, okay. We will have this uh occasionally where they need to go off and see the medical staff. Uh so Ben is going straight off to see the doctor. So we will not get an interview from Ben. He could be someone that we catch up with later. [Applause] I was about to say mom’s already mom’s already [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Okay, so we move on to our next bout. in the blue there. That is Ronny Mills, I believe, from Down End. We haven’t quite got Matthew Cook yet. He is just making his way. I can see. Give you a little bit on Ronny Mills while we wait. Uh 17 years old from down end. What has he achieved so far? He won the Riviera Box Cup last year, so he’s back trying to defend his title. He boxed in the uh Haring Gay boxing tournament. He reached the finals weekend in Rotherham this year. Most looking forward to enjoying a pizza when he wins. So congratulations. He has plans to attend university in anatomy and physiology. So there you go, Matt. One of your specialist subjects. I’m sure you got a lot in common. H favorite boxers to watch is Lomacheneko as well. So if he can produce even 1% of the LMA skills as an amateur, one of the best amateurs that we ever saw, maybe the best, let’s be honest, one of the best amateurs ever, he’ll be doing well. And I think that I I hope that he’s Craig Turner uh or Bailey Phillips, I believe that might be in the corner. So let’s go over to the red corner. Hi ladies and gentlemen, just before I announce the next bout, just to clarify, Ben Morris of Old Swan won bout number two in ring A. So Ben uh sorry, Ben Morris of Old Swan won last the last bout. Okay, moving on now. Bout number three in ring A 2008 60 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Holland Shaw A Boxing Club, Matthew Cook. Matty Cook in the red corner and his opponent in the blue corner from the down end club in Bristol, Rody Mills. Red Cook, Blue Mills. [Applause] Okay, so at the start of the the announcement there, you would have heard that little bit of clarification which kind of left Matt Mlin and I looking even more lost than we normally do. But whilst I was listening to the MC in the previous bout, whilst the right man was announced in the ring, Ben Morris from Old Swan, I believe the hand of Kai Khart was raised. So I don’t think either were particularly happy. Hence, we didn’t hear from Ben Morris, but the right man was announced. Just the uh the wrong hand was raised. So Ben Morris, clarification there from RMC that Ben Morris won that fight. [Music] I told you it was going to be wild. Yeah. Yeah. No, and and I can imagine in a close fight there going to be all sorts of conspiracies there saying he raised my hand. He the ref knew I won it, but I think he just got it wrong, didn’t he? I think so. Yeah, I think so. Let’s hope for a smoother journey in this one. So, Ronny Mills against Matthew Cook. Ronny Mills bobbing and weaving here. Nice little rhythm already. You can see he’s trying to punch up the head movement. You can see he’s bending his knees. Got a nice pro style already. jinking around as well. Yeah, Matthew Cook, the taller of the two, you would guess with the longer levers, but certainly Ronny Mills, I mean, there’s a little bit of Nick Ball in there. I know different stances, but sort of squat powerhouse whipping up with with perhaps shorter arms. Like I say, he’s got a real nice style and just a little bit of movement on the way in there with the jab and snaps the head back of Cook. Really good start. Oh, and that’s absolutely perfect. from Ronny Mills. Brilliant. Yeah, you can see he’s got that pro style bouncing, jinking almost, you know, Andy Morris, Ricky Hatton, and the days they they were very much like that bouncing nice rhythm punching up that movement. Cook just snapped Ronnie Mills’s head back though. He needed that Matthew Cook. Credit to him for for keeping calm and then he sinks a couple of hooks to the body. Needed it though. Yeah, one name you missed out there that came to mind. Boxing out that crouch, Michael Gomez as well out your old gym. Yeah, definitely. It’s good action though. It’s fastpaced. Such an impressive opening sort of minute from Ronny Mills from down end. But Matthew Cooks just trying to keep his shape here and just he could just stop Ronny Mills on the way in. He doesn’t need too many of them though where he’s his head is snapped back. He landed a lovely left uppercut, left hook there, Ronny Mills. I’d be amazed if he wasn’t a Ricky Hack fan. and he just moves off the line and creates that angle to chop a right hand over as well. You see the style of a certain boxer you can see the fighters he’s he’s probably modeled himself on or he’s copying tried to emulate better from Cook though just using those physical attributes just to back one he into his own corner. Yeah, Cook trying to get some space, trying to fire some body shots in. [Applause] See there that nice rhythm you see bouncing, you know, pivoting to the side, left uppercut, you know, that’s the really nice fluid boxing skills. Like I say, almost Ricky Hatesque. Matthew Cook, he hasn’t he hasn’t quite been able to put any manners on uh Ronny Mills yet to just deter him coming forward. But if you could just uh perhaps sneak one through the guard there. The accuracy isn’t quite there from Cook. And that’s a really really good first round from Ronny Mills in the blue. We’ll make our way into that corner. They will be delighted surely with that that first round. And I believe that’s Bailey Phillips. Let’s go over to the red corner. Matthew Cook when he slows down and then back low. Chin down all the way out. Yeah. Chand up. Chin down. Chin down. Chin down. there and there both just we we did catch that, didn’t we? Uh Dawson doing the uh the coach in there. He just say you got to try and keep that chin down and he did pay the price a couple of times there, Cook, everything is about perception, isn’t it? And when your head’s being snapped back like that, even if you’re having moments of success in between. Yeah, a little bit probably too upright. And you know, NS on the upper hand, he’s got that pro style. He’s jinking. shifting his weight from side to side. He’s, you know, head movement. Nice. Really boxing in a lovely rhythm. Light on his feet. See him there just coming under the shot, spinning off the ropes. Cook just trying to get that jab going if he can [Applause] as is the pattern of his fights. He’s settled into a bit more of a natural rhythm here. Pace has slowed understandably. [Applause] You can just see him there bouncing, fighting off that rhythm. You know, he’s punching from side to side. He’s he’s he’s really, you know, punching off the head movement, weight transferring left to right. Fighting in a rhythm, you know, it’s effortless. He’s so be energy efficient as well, boxing like that. shot. And then a good sort of left uppercut there as well on the way in. Did Mills in the blue. Concious looks for that counter right hand. Doesn’t land it on this occasion. Again, there just going for that left hook combination. Didn’t land that time. [Applause] just a little bit untidy at parts in this round. He’s certainly had a better round cook, hasn’t he? Not sure if he’s done enough to level it up on the cards. The pace has certainly slowed, hasn’t it? Things like that won’t help him, Cook, because again, Ronny Mills in the blue just landing the eye-catching shots. Yeah, definitely the better shots, the clean shots that snap the head back again. I think it’s been a another good round for Mills. Certainly finishing strong here. over by the winner. [Applause] Cook was just waiting to uncook a right hand. He does finally land one. That was a much better shot, but he got caught before that. These are better shots from Cook. Needs it though. [Music] Better end to the round for the Holland Shaw boxer in the red. But perhaps again Ronny Mills in blue may well have had the lion share of that round. It’s be interesting to see how this one works out from the inside. Okay. When you’re switching off on the outside step, go and work on the inside. So, in the blue corner, they’re telling Mills, just when you’re on the inside, you got to let your hands go and keep working. Work on the inside. Don’t wait for Don’t wait for that up. If you’re going spurrch, you’re going to you can’t do nothing in the way. You got to be busy when he’s doing a double whammy there. We had a little bit of language that slept through. So, apologies for that. And then uh we got a kick to the camera as well. So, he’s making friends over in the corner. There is Andy Cross, our cameraman. You got the message though. The the message to Cook was when he’s not working, you’ve got to work. There’s no point in you standing off him. And you think perhaps he is going to need to work twice as hard here, Matthew Cook, just to try and force something. That was a good body shot from Cook. Yeah, I think that Cook needs a a huge round here. I think that Mills won the first and the second round. I think he’s boxing in a in a lovely rhythm. Really found a groove. Like I say, good head movement. Even the straight shots, even though he’s the shorter guy, he’s landing jabs on Cook. Oh, and a lovely shot there as well from Mills. Yeah, boxing really well here. Cook trying to work the body now. Yeah, and this is where he really just needs to stay on Mills. That was a bit of short right hand from Cook. Didn’t particularly land clean, but the intention was there. and again chops it down. But but Mills has never really been deterred, has he? He’s always working and always throwing pretty much. Yeah, he’s in a nice rhythm. He boxes in that rhythm. You can see he’s jinking, he’s twisting side to side, you know, say good upper body movement, nice footwork as well, and everything’s just flowing for him. And he’s landed some lovely combinations, the left uppercut, left hook, and even the one two. So he’s, you know, he’s got a good repertoire there. He’s got the short uppercut hooks on the inside, but he also can land the nice straight shots as well. Just a warning for holding for Cook. Could do without that. Oh, big hand left. Huge right hand. Yeah, the right call as well because that really did spin his head. Great shot from Ronny Mills. Can he just keep his foot to the floor here, Ronny Mills? Because that was a big shot, big round. He’s so loud in here. And the referee’s got his back to us. I actually didn’t hear him. I didn’t hear him say stop boxing there. Perhaps a bit unfortunate. Cook just gets caught on the way in and then turned. Yeah, I don’t I don’t think he did that on purpose. He just got turned, didn’t he? Mills turned him in the corner. So he I don’t think Cook was looking away. And this is where this is a horrible situation for Cook because he has to force it. But he’s taking shots, taking his own risks. He’s already been administered account in this round. Must be a horrible situation where you know you’ve got to roll the dice, but you’re on the back foot. Yeah. Well, he he I mean he’s way behind, isn’t he? Here. Um Yeah, that belt. That’s our belt. That’s our horn. So you would you would think Mills definitely very decisively. Yeah, brilliant performance. I thought he was impressive from the first 30 seconds came out. Like I say, just shifting his weight from side to side. Faint head movement, punching off the head movement. Um like I said, I would be amazed if he wasn’t a Ricky Hatton fan. problem with some of these 17 year olds will even have sort of been well that is now I feel old now I feel terribly terribly old well well if he isn’t a Ricky Hatton fan I suggest he goes and watches Ricky Hatton because there’s the similarities there you know that rhythm that that left hook the way he throws it the uppercut the left uppercut left hook combination the body shots so uh yeah if Ronnie Mills if you haven’t seen Ricky Hatton watch him yeah there’s a lot to work with there that was Uh, impressive from Ronny Mills. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number three in ring A by unanimous decision in a blue corner, Rody Mills. Dad end. Ronnie Mills gets to the Well done by Foxes. [Applause] So, I have to explain what’s happening here. The the MC is down the other end of the room. The the referee didn’t hear the MC, so they don’t know who’s been announced as a winner. We’ve already heard that Ronny Mills has been declared a unanimous winner. And the MC thinks I’ve already done it. Your winner by a unanimous decision in Amy Mills. Number three in the blue corner, Ronny Mills, Danny. So good that we got it twice. Congratulations to Rody Mills. We got it in our ears. Whether or not they got it in the hall, I’m not sure, but uh bear with us. It’s it’s a fluid process with the uh I think that was the performance of the day so far. Yeah, he did well, didn’t he, Ronnie Mills? And I I’d be interested to ask him, you know, when you start like that, you know, must be such a confidence boost. So, man, I’m just going to put my microphone down and welcome Ronnie into commentary. the blue. Okay, sorry we had a couple of technical difficulties there. Congratulations, Ronny. I mean, what a what a performance. Me and Mlin were were watching that statement of intent from the first 30 seconds. I mean, confidence must have been flowing. Yeah. I mean, that’s just the way I fight. I just intensity from the first round. I stay on them cuz I’m quite short for my weight. Um, and yeah, just keep on him on them and got the win. Yeah. But you you use that to your advantage with that style almost sort of exploding into it. Matt wants to know, have you watched a lot of Ricky Hatton? Are you a Ricky Hatton fan? because there are so many traits that you you’ve either borrowed from him or you have him in in similarity with him. Um to be honest, I haven’t really watched a lot of Ricky Hatton, but a lot of my movement has come from my former coach Joe Hughes, ex-European champion. We know Joe very well, and he used his uh physical disadvantages as a massive advantage. That’s really interesting. Yeah. And um I learn a lot from him. It was a a big step up moving from the Alliance to England boxing and trying to throw my right hand like uh um cuz Joe obviously he throws his left quite a lot and I had to work that out of my style a little bit. Um but yeah, it’s been a good couple of seasons at England Boxing. Well done to you. So I just want to check this. So you’ve got university plans in anatomy and physiology. Is that right? Yeah, that’s what I’d like to do. Um, but at the moment I’m studying biology and uh PE at A level and also philosophy and ethics. So I might go into that sort of field. I’m not really sure. I have no idea. No. But you’ve got a nice balance here with the boxing. So does the boxing still take priority because you’ve obviously got a knack for it. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Okay. Just in case your parents are listening, I’m not trying to get you out of education, but um what do you want to do next? I’m not sure. I’d like to uh box for England in the amateurs. I wouldn’t like to go pro. I’d like to uh try and get on the England pathway, sort of establish myself in the championships and go well from there. Great shop window for you. Congratulations. And I’ve got plans now celebratory pizza. So go and enjoy it, mate. Congratulations, Ronnie. Well done to you. Can I just thank Craig Turner, Bailey Phillips, Connor, uh Ben, I don’t want to forget anyone. Matt, and my mom and dad. Yeah, you did it. Well done, mate. Bonnie, congratulations. Well done. Well, it’s interesting, Matt, isn’t it? He’s never He’s He’s not really watched much Ricky Hatton, but he has watched a lot of Joe Hughes who Yeah, huge. Exactly. You’re exactly right, though. They had Bell’s py Joe Hughes and uh had limited use in one of his arms, but would use that as a tremendous left hooker left to the body. He he number of different ways. A a 2008 kg contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Hardwick Boxing Club, Patrick Mongan. And his opponent in the blue corner from the Guilford Boxing Club in Ireland, Nidus Smatoskus, Red Mongan, Blue Smatoskus. Okay. So, we will keep reinforcing that. So, Patrick Mongan in the red from Hardwick, Nidas Smatauskus, one of our Irish visitors from Guilford Club out in Ireland in the blue. This is a [Applause] 71 kilo contest. So, Mongan in the red, Matascus in the blue. Now, we got to see Matascus yesterday. He was one of the standout performers, it has to be said. Really sort of uses his natural levers and his natural physical advantages to his advantage. Got a really good jab as we saw there, but more than that, out the south starts got a lovely straight left backand. So, Patrick Monger, who I didn’t see, I have to be honest, uh, who’s got a very good record on paper as well. Be interesting to see how he fares. Your Smatauskas, you know, he’s well set up, isn’t he? He’s got a nice stance there, bouncing on his toes, light on his feet, and like you say, he’s very accurate with that left cross down the middle from the southpaw stance. It’s a nice counter left hook from Mongan in the red, but he did take a shot back from Smatowska. So success for both [Applause] [Applause] just misses with a right hand, but just lands with the straight left. This is evenly matched, well matched at the moment in the opener. Yeah, you can see uh just trying to land the short right as Smataroscus comes in. [Applause] Short right hand did land on that occasion from Mongan at the end of the exchange. [Applause] Oh, good left hand from Smatascus in the middle of a three-punch combination. Yeah, Smatas his accuracy is just he’s not quite there yet, but I think he you can see the he’s got the right idea. He’s trying to put the shots together. He’s trying to catch Mongan as he comes in and falls short, but he’s he just hasn’t found his range yet. I don’t think it’s Matauskus. It’s such fine margins, isn’t it? The difference between finding a range and not finding a range is is a matter of centimeters, if not millimeters completely. And I don’t think he’s quite there yet, but you can see what he’s trying to do. And again, good work from both fighters. Perhaps Mongan had the better of that exchange. This is high quality stuff, isn’t it? It’s uh Both are really just trying to get the measure of each other at the moment. But that’s a lovely shot from Matauskas. Actually on that occasion did take his feet with him and found the range with the left hand and that’s what he’s been missing. He’s been just punched it from a little bit too far out. Needs to get his feet that little bit closer which he’s doing now. I think he’s there’s more snap on the end of the punch. I just wonder if that could be a frustrating end to the round for Mongan because he was probably level pegged pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe pegging through that but neascus just just took the play away in the last 30 seconds or so we’re in that corner now so these are our visitors from Ireland Guilford Boxing Club great to have them over here Over in the blue corner, Patrick Mongan over in the red corner. Patrick Mongan is deciding to stand in between rounds. I think that was Zabi given the instructions there in the red corner. Second of three. Smatascus in the blue. Mongan in the red. Nice body shot there. It’s a clash of Southpaw against Orthodox in terms of stances as well. And Spatus has just used that Southpaw stance to get the measure of Mongan towards the end of the first round, landing a couple of real eyecatching straight left hands. It’s a good right hand from Mongan just as Smith just fell short. Got to punish him on the way in if he’s going to throw that sort of shot. Yeah, I mean Smackus tongue twisterus is trying to keep his range doing the right thing, but he’s just got to get the sweet spot where he’s close enough to land his own shots far enough then to get back out there. I think times he’s he’s trying to keep that distance and then he’s just falling a bit short himself when he tries to throw his shots. [Applause] Good jab from in the red. [Music] You got to work. again. They break the head. [Applause] And again, it’s a good fight to watch, isn’t it? Cuz both are obviously very highly skilled. I just wonder who you feel is is getting the better of these exchanges because they’re very very close. Yeah, you can see they’re they’re both trying to outthink each other, trying to set traps for the other one to fall in and counter the other two counter punches really. But uh I think Smatauskus is probably having the better of it just [Applause] And we’ve mentioned in other contests, it’s fine lines. It’s just that bit of accuracy that’s perhaps letting Mongan down because he’s matching Satowska’s punch for punch, but accuracy wise, perfect example there long right hand. You know, he’s not particularly close with that. No, you know those long left, straight left hands that kind of snap the head back. There they are catching shots. It’s close though. It’s close. We’re not suggesting either way which way it’s going. Could all could all be on this last round coming up as we’re in the final embers of the second round. [Applause] Mongan still stands in the red corner and in the blue corner, Smatascus is on the stalk. He He doesn’t give much away. He’s not a huge talker. um wouldn’t want to play poker with him as well cuz he’s very poker faced sucking it in. But Mongan just of the two looked a tiny little bit more tired as they went back to their corners there. They’re imploring in that red corner for Mongan. Just keep throwing that jab. We haven’t really This one hasn’t been a battle of the jabs perhaps. No, it’s South for an unorthodox, isn’t it? It’s more a battle of the backhands. I I I do feel that Smatowskis has got his nose in front. Um I think it’s on to to come out here now and have a big last round. I agree. I agree. We’re not the men in the no. Scoring judges at ringside are the all important people that you need to impress. So, we don’t know. It could all be on this third and final round. Smallus in the blue, Mongan in the red. Mataska certainly has had some of the eye catching work, the cleaner shots, but in between that, Mongan’s been chipping away trying to cut that tree down. Just hasn’t quite found the home for that um right hand, Monger. Even in a couple of occasions in this round, he’s thrown it, but he he’s not been able to land it clean. He’s tried to catchus on the way in a few times. Had some success whenus has led up with to the lead right hand. He hasn’t really had too much success with both really going for it here. Mongan boxing like a man that perhaps needs to win this last round. The more he’s taking chances though, he’s left Smatauskas with a couple of openings. It’s whether Smatauskas can take those opportunities, but certainly Mongan is up the ante here in the red. Yeah, and I think he needs to continue to do so. Yeah, he’s got to keep forcing it. You’re right. Don’t leave anything to chance, but Matalus just keeps that metronomic type rhythm that he’s got. Good counter left hand there Matalcus and then he steps into a jab but perhaps just showing one or two sides of fatigue himself here. I think yeah to be expected as well it’s again these are fastpaced three uh three round fights [Applause] just trying to get that jab going. Patrick Mongan in the red. That was a nice right hand from Mongan. He may well be winning this last round just on work rate alone. He’s I reckon he’s probably thrown twice the amount of punches that Smatauskus has thrown. It’s It’s about the accuracy though. How many of these have really landed? But he’s giving it a go here. Mongan. [Music] cuffing right hand as they they break goes body head and does land on that occasion with the left. Yeah. And the shots that kind of snap the head back which are reason to score again there. Lovely left cross through the middle. Snaps the head back and they’re they’re the shots that are easy for the judges to to score. [Applause] body. [Applause] Last 10 seconds in this final. Well done to both boxers. He certainly gave it as all his all in that last round, Patrick Mongan. Wonder if those first two will have gone smatascus’s way and that could be the difference. Let’s see. I think so. He’s got his favorite fighter Nidus Smatowskis as as Usyk. I suppose that’s the that’s the way now, isn’t it? Every big Southpaw you’re kind of looking at Usyk. Exactly. Talk about a man who uses it to his absolute advantage. Alexander Usi. be the man that Moses Itama boxes next. I think the boxing world is still sort of coming to terms with the fact that Moses was so explosive last night out in Saudi Arabia. Both boxers getting the checks from the ringside doctorus [Applause] has plans to get himself into the trades. Isn’t quite sure in what role yet, but plenty of time. He’s only 17 years old. Boxed here last year. Nidus Matauskas in the Riviera Box Cup. So he’s got some form. Can he win this year? We’re just waiting for confirmation. The scores will be run over to RMC. So we do have this little sort of pause in proceedings. [Applause] All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number four in ring A by a split decision in the blue corner, Nidita Smith. Split decision. So I think Patrick Mongan going for broke in the last round. Uh certainly impressed one of the judges, but uh Nidita Smith, is that the right winner for you? I think he was the right winner. Yeah, I thought he landed the better shots. I thought he he definitely won the first two rounds. I thought he probably could have nicked the last round as well, but certainly for me he uh he landed the better shots, the cleaner shots, and was a deserved winner. [Applause] One, two, three. Nudes, can you hear me in your ears there? Uh, congratulations. Uh, how do you think you boxed there? And were you confident that you were going to get your hand raised? Yeah, I was confident, but I felt tired in the last run. Yeah, he came on strong, didn’t he? Do you think you put sort of the money in the bank in the first two where you seem to find a really real natural rhythm? Yeah, it was really like good in the first and second. The third it was just like kind of tired. What is the magic of these box cups? Cuz you’ve been here before. You’ve uh won on the road before. What is it like boxing twice in a weekend for someone that hasn’t done it? It seems like a real buzz. Yeah, it’s really good like sleep in the hotel like traveling and stuff. It’s just like good to be here fun. What do you want to do next? What does the future hold for you? I don’t know yet. Haven’t figured that out. You’ve got time to. Congratulations and well done, Riviera Box Cup champion for this year. Well done. There he goes. Congratulations to him. Short and sweet. They’re the easiest ones, mate, aren’t they? You spoke more than he did. No, I know. Got guilty of that every single time. But you’re getting a feel for it now. The Box Cup. It’s It is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? There’s so much going on, but the quality of the boxing is good. Yeah, definitely. The intensity has been great as well. and all the lads. Well, you know, nice and fit, conditioned, uh, and in terms of, uh, effort and will to win, 10 out of 10. Yeah, we’re just, uh, awaiting our MC to introduce our next contest, which just by looking at the colors on the far side of the ring there on your screen, I believe that’s Oliver. Ladies and gentlemen, number five in ring A, 2007 51 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Rushton and Hyam AA Boxing Club, Gary Sigury and his opponent in the blue corner from the Tobay AA Boxing Club, Jed Baker. Red Sigury, blue Baker. [Applause] Well, we have lost a contest today and I believe our MC perhaps has announced that because whilst I can see the colors of Tor Bay, I would say that this is Lewis Harding from Ormsby and Oliver Groves from Tor Bay. [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Okay, we are underway. So, we believe that this is Lewis Harding and Oliver Groves. Groves looking for the right hand to the body. Again, nice double jab there from Groves. And again, lovely right hand. Nice sort of patient, relaxed, compact style here. Set up well. Coming in nicely behind the double jab. Looking for that right hand, body and head. [Applause] Yeah. So confirmation despite the announcement that you have Ollie Groves in the blue who lands a good right hand there and Lewis Harding in the red from Ormsby. Not much between these two in terms of height and stature. Olly Groves is a West county’s challenge champion. Lewis Harding, he’s got good pedigree as well. Boxing in the NAC’s where he got beat by the eventual winner, lost in the quarterfinals. Groves just trying to get that jab going. Groves in the blue gloves. [Music] couple of good right hands there from Groves, but Harding in the red lands a really good counter shot to the body there. Oh, good right hand. His back was to us. I’m not sure if that landed 100% flush, but it was a good right hand from Harding. Yeah, I couldn’t really see it because like you said, the angle didn’t didn’t suit for us to to catch that shot. Good jab to the body followed by a right hand from Groves in the blue. But Harding’s got some some good skills when he’s up close and he’s just landed a couple of body shots as well. This is high quality stuff actually. This is really good work from both boxers. Yeah, both men happy to stand in distance and trade shots here. Body and head, uppercuts, even just short little straight shots. Double jab right hand. Even though they’re at mid-range, the straight shots can still land. You just got to shorten them off. And actually sometimes they’re more effective cuz you’re not expecting them. Yeah, you brace with the uppercut or the hook and then they just keep with the double jab right hand from mid-range kind of takes you by surprise. This is really good. This is almost foam box stuff. I said that it felt like it was quite a small ring. What a great end to the opening round there. Both fighters standing almost forehead to forehead and letting hands go. Really, really good to see. Just a little nick there to the right eyelid of Ollie Gross, but to me that looks like an old injury. I’m not sure if that is from this contest. That is Daryl Aspen in the corner as well from T Bay Boxing Club. [Music] works in retail. There’s Holly models himself or he enjoys watching Shakur Stevenson Crawford and Lewis Harding 23 from Msby. Coaches are Mark West and Craig Shelton. You say he’s got good pedigrees boxing in the air in the NAC’s. [Applause] Really good opening round from these two as well. Very little in. Groves just got caught there, but then answered back with two very good shots of his own. Yeah, you see Groves is fairly well schooled. He’s nicely set up, compact. He’s got his hands tucked in, his elbows tucked in tight. He’s always trying to come in with a double jab. He’s working the right hand, not just behind the double jab, but also to the body. Um, and he wants to try and create some room to to work, but you can see also that Harding wants to stand up, you know, head to head and trade off, works the body, uh, uppercuts almost almost like a pro style really. This is the closest we’ve had, I think, to a pro fight. They they’re both very evenly matched and uh happy to stand in range and bang away. Defense has been good as well. That was nice from Lewis Harding. Just came just around the side of the guard of Groves. He’s looked to land a couple of meaty body shots as well which have landed on the arms of Groves. But Lewis Harding in the red throws a lovely left hook to the body there again. Blocked I think from Groves. Yeah, good action here from both men. Like I say, it’s uh good technical as well. Good jab there. I think the gum shield’s come out. Yeah, that is the gum shield of the red corner. Harding. It was a good jab from Groves. Just a bit of rest bite cuz it’s been a great pace so far. I expect they’ll get straight back down to it. That’s the first time I think the referee’s had to be involved. They fought so clean as well and both happy to box on the inside. Groves getting caught there. Went for the uppercut, left himself wide open, and Harding was able to capitalize on that. That is the danger of of that shot. High risk, but uh it’s great when it comes off. Throw an upper up front out. You do, you leave yourself open. Yeah. The phrase I’m looking for, it’s it’s high reward, but it’s high risk. Yeah. Yeah. That time he does partially land it, but Harding comes back through the middle himself. Yeah, that was a nice uppercut left hook and then he went downstairs with the left hook to the body to finish the combination and yeah, landing. I think there’s probably a bit more pop on the shots of Hardy. I was just about to say I wouldn’t want to score this because there is nothing between these two. It is going to be a little bit of what you like. It is going to be a little bit of what side of you the ring you’re on because some of these shots to us look like they’re landing. Some of them look like they’re being caught on the gloves. It’s fine lines and they’re both landing simultaneously at times. I really really cannot emphasize how good this is to watch live. I hope this is coming across at home wherever you’re watching us streaming on Sky Sports Boxing. Hope you’re enjoying the coverage of the Riviera Box Cup so far. This is great action between Lewis Harding in the red and Ollie Groves local from Tor Boxing Club in the blue. Great round again. What a good fight. [Applause] Little bit closer. And you were trying to inside. You don’t need to. You don’t need to. Such a big hand. You need a little [Applause] nice long difficult questions. Which corner would you rather be in going into the last? Would you rather be in this blue corner that we’re seeing here of Groves or would you rather be in that red corner of Harding again the blue corner of Groves chose to sat to sit down in between rounds and Harding chose to stand. Yeah, I don’t think that’s a reflection of who’s more tired. I just think some people like to stand up. They feel like they they can get the air in better. Yeah. And neither have shown any signs of fatigue. It’s been such a fast pace. So, you wouldn’t blame them, but it’s been it’s been great. Yeah, there’s not a lot in it. I would probably rather be uh Harding. I just think he’s kind of grown as the fight’s gone on. He’s getting better. Uh I think he’s got more snap in his shots, but Rose, like I say, he’s nice and compact. He’s got good defense, but I just think Hardy probably got a advantage of speed and also hits a bit harder. A good body shot there from Hardy. Nice jab, too. Yeah, I think actually one of the things that’s really worked for Harding is that switch from body to head. He’s done it really, really well. Good jab from Groves though. Can’t put a right hand on the end of it and then gets caught himself. I think they’re both landing good shots. You know, he gets caught with a shot then fires back and lands and you know vice versa. Same for Groves. Yeah, I would I would definitely see this again. This is really good action. And I did say at the start of the day, I’ve given up trying to call every shot because you can’t. This is the perfect example of it. If you’re calling one shot and the other’s landing is brilliant action that those were good looking shots from Harding, but the defense of Groves, they were all taken on gloves. Good count right hand from Groves. Yeah. And then come back with a jab. So he’s not being nice and cute here. Groves. just being a bit more tight with his own defensive and a bit more conservative, but he’s he’s picking his shots well here. Yeah, cuz there’s every chance this could be 1-1. There’s every chance that it could be on this final round. We don’t know. We don’t get privy to the score cards as the old scoring you would get a you get the scores at the end of each round in an international boxing tournament. [Applause] Not far away there. Harding with a left hook. Take a bow, lads. This is brilliant. This is brilliant. And the ref, he hasn’t had to really get involved. Perhaps that is the first time that the action has come to a standstill. No, it’s been brilliant action. Fiercely fought, but high quality, too. Yeah, it’s not been wild at any point, has it? They both kept their shape. Oh, good shot from Harding with the right hand in the red. We could hear the slap on that here. You see there, there’s one, you know, probably one two that went in there. Difficult for us to see here, but I’m judging by the movement of the shaking ahead of Groves that they did connect cleanly. That was a really good little period. While he grows the back, comes Harding and lands some brilliant shots of his own. Brilliant finish. Great fight. Well done to both fighters. That is what amateur boxing is all about. You can see exactly what that means to both fighters. Pride in the badge, pride in the vest, pride in their own individual performances, brilliant action. I have no idea who’s won that. Yeah, I mean, they both poured their heart out. I don’t think either could have given any more and or even performed better. I think whoever gets it, fair play to them. Who whoever doesn’t get it, I wouldn’t be disheartened. You played your part in a great fight and you’re going to have a good future as well. No, but equally when it’s that good and it’s that close, it’s going to be a heartbreaker, isn’t it, for the for the guy who doesn’t get it. And it’s easy for me to say that, you know, having been coming out the other end, you know, it’s all right, lads. It doesn’t matter. You’re going to be fine anyway. You know, it’s my whole world. Imagine everything to me. Imagine if someone said that to you after Felix St. You know what, Matt? You had a look, you had a great night. One of the great performances, but you’re not world champion. Yeah, exactly. You don’t want to hear it. You would have given that death stare that I’ve seen only once or twice, Matt. I have to say I have to say now we have that agonizing weight. Let’s see who’s going to get this. I don’t know if these two are friends. I doubt it. But they’ve certainly shared three brilliant rounds there where they know a hell of a lot more about each other than they did when they started. I can see that the scorecard has made its way over to MC Rap. So, let’s see who’s going to get the nod in this one. Groves in the blue, Harding in the red. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number six in ring A by a split decision in the red corner. Lewis Harding. Well done both boxers. Yeah, I I I thought he nicked it. I thought he I thought he won it. I had him winning as well. That said, if it had gone the other way, I wouldn’t have said it was a robbery. It was a close fight. Um but but I think the right it was the right decision. I I had hardened winning also. Yeah, it’ be interesting if he comes and join us joins us. I think he will. Uh what he thinks made the difference there because it was nip and tuck all the way through. But I have to say, no wonder people are shaking his hand cuz it was really, really good fun. I’m just going to come off coms for a second and help him out. Lewis, can you hear me? Yeah. Welcome to our world. Congratulations. What a performance from you there. We think that’s probably fight of the day in ring A so far. What do you think made the difference, Seb? Because there was very little between you and it made for a great spectacle. Yeah, I felt like I just had to work hard in the second and third round cuz thought it started off a little bit slow. Were you confident that you had done enough though? Yeah, well, I thought it was close, but I didn’t think I did just get it. Yeah, it was really good, mate. I hope you’re proud of yourself with that and when you watch it back, you’ll be um delighted with how you got on. What are your plans for the future in amateur boxing at the moment? Uh, I just want to carry on boxing and going in as many competitions as I can to get experience. Perfect. Anyone you want to say hello to or a shout out to? This is your chance on the big platform. Uh, I’d just like to thank my coaches for putting all all the work that they always do, five, six days a week. So, I appreciate it. Well done to you, Lewis. Hope you enjoyed that, mate. Congratulations. You’re Riviera Box Cup champion for this year. Well done. Can only apologize. I have no idea why I’m shouting at him. I’ve just been through just been through three rounds and I’m shouting in his face. You’re shouting with excitement and he’s struggling to speak cuz he can’t breathe. He’s that knackered. I’m having the time of my life over here. I’m having the time of my life. Um, it’s wild. I think you can tell from the coverage that it’s uh every bit as chaotic as you hoped it would be. And a quick turnaround. And a quick turnaround. Yeah, Matt, there’s no chance for you to sip your cup of tea or quasant because we are moving on. The reason I can tell you what’s coming up next is because I recognize [Applause] both of these fighters. I think we’ve certainly covered our fighter in the red corner before, FA McCormack. All right, ladies and gentlemen, boat number seven in ring A, a 2007 under 54 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Magic Hatton Club, FA McCormick. And her opponent in the blue corner from the Christ Church Boxing Club, Ella Doe, Red McCormack, Blue Do Okay. Yeah. F McCormack, 18 in the red headgard, red gloves, boxing out of the Magic Hatton Boxing Club, and Elodo in the blue, 17 years old, boxing out CNC Christ Church. That was actually a father and daughter combination there. That was Nick Doe that we saw in the blue corner. This is our final at 54 kilos in ring A. Here we go. So FA Formic in the red just leading off with a nice jab. She is the slightly shorter of the two. Ella Do in the blue. and the blue shorts. Actually, probably closer to the Ricky Hatton shorts. White with the blue with the silver trim. She’s the taller of the two. [Applause] It’s a good jab from Fay McCormick. Elodo just looks to counter with the right hand. It’s a nice measured start from both fighters here. The force just looks to whip that right hand Matt over the top. See do trying to like pull back with the long left hook as she comes out of range. Trying to work the body now too. There’s a good body shot from Elo there right in front of us. Left hook. So far these two are really evenly matched. Perhaps the reach advantage of do could be somewhat of a deciding factor because uh there’s been a couple of cases there, Matt, where she’s just had the measure of fame and she’s just able to flick that jab out, get straight back out of range. Yeah, she’s quite light on her feet and she’s trying to control that distance, isn’t she? But she’s got to be careful if she stays there too long at mid distance trying to exchange. That’s when McCormack can have success. Yeah, I think she did have some success there. McCormick in the red. That was a three-punch combination. Just let it go, Ella. Do it was easy on the eye. And there’s a left hook at the end of the combination there from D in the blue. And again, these are shots that are easy to to score, easy for the judges to see. [Music] [Applause] Stick jab from Ella Do. She’s at sick form at the moment. Has aspirations to be a tattoo artist. [Applause] Ella’s got some real pedigree. She’s actually the Haringay champion. She’s Golden Girls champion as well. There’s another box cup down in this part of the world, the Baron Box Cup. She’s won that twice as well. That was a good opener. So this is the little bit father daughter. When you’re in the middle of the ring relationship that we’re talking about this is Nick do where is that Christ Church? Do you know where that club is? D me live on air there. Absolutely dumb me. No, I’ve never heard the second half. That was a lot better than the first. Don’t switch off. See if I can find out for sent scurrying for that info. Now, Matt Who did you like in that opener? Not that our opinions necessarily matter, but I wonder which work. I thought El landed the more eye-catching shots, the cleaner shots and more of them. I think I think McCormack’s got to try and find a way to get closer to try and drag go into a fight, you know, you know, a boxing match at long distance. I think she’s going to come come second best all day to Elodo just because she’s shorter. She hasn’t got the the reach and uh and the speed of foot probably not quick enough to to get in and out. It’s almost like she’s got a very good jab Ella though, hasn’t she? I wonder if she can just try and slip that jab on the way in. [Applause] To answer your question, I think Christ Church is born this way. Okay. But I would just say any supporters of Christ Church boxing club, don’t come for me. If we’re wrong, Elodo just looked to really step into a long right hand there. That’s a good jab from Flame Cormarmac. Good job, McCormack. needs more. She slips a right hand down to the body. See, when these exchanges are happening here, when Ala eldo comes in and she’s at that mid distance or close range trying to fire short bent arm shots, hooks and body shots, that’s when McCormack should be looking to capitalize. [Applause] She’s used her left hand eldo very well, hasn’t she? To a pretty good success. Yeah, and she stays nice and side on there to keep herself that extra bit of bit of distance. Those are good body shots from Ella though. But in between these spells, F McCormick has not been without her own successes. She just got perhaps caught once or twice that is caught all right here. It doesn’t mean that she’s not the ring shots herself, particularly with her right hand. She’s landed some nice right hands uh for Cormma. Even though kind of putting the combinations together and exchanging, she does fire back with some nice right hands for CMA. Two right hands there. One didn’t land clean, but the second from El was a really good shot. Yeah, I think the first one just kind of knocked her off balance and pull her into the right position where D was able to land the second shot cleanly. What can FA McCormick do here in these final stages? She’s got good support up on the balcony from her teammates F McCormick. [Applause] [Music] End of the second round. Some success for both fighters there at the end of the round. You need to start the round then finish the round. That’s interesting if that is Nick do there. He said you won the start of the round and you won the end of the round. How crucial is that? Cuz it’s what stays with you. I think it’s human nature but you It’s like recency bias. You you remember the end of the round and you remember how they started. Sometimes that drifting part of the middle unfortunately is is what the bit that’s forgotten. Yeah. It’s catching the eye, isn’t it? I mean, if you initiate and start well, they’re looking at you straight away and then okay, that could kind of be balanced back out middle round. But then if you finish strong again, then it’s almost certain that’s what the judges remember at the end of the round when they’re making the decision. Danny Benson in the magic pattern corner. [Applause] And that is the contingent from Magic Kton Jin. Gapaziz up there with his winners medal. Screaming Makon who looks for a right hand at the start of the round. She doesn’t quite turn it over fully or she didn’t on that occasion. So it doesn’t quite land with maximum effect, but it did land. [Applause] Good combination punching from both parties there. Just stood in range and then the corner comes over the top with a right hand. She’s having some success here in the corner. Maybe she’s been told in the corner, look, you’ve got to go out. You’ve got to try and win this last round. Yeah, her right hand being a her best shot of the fight, you know, luckily that’s one of the easiest shots to to see to score. Very eye-catching and she always fires back with that even when those unloading combinations which she’s done more so as the fight’s gone off particularly with the body the hooks but she does fire back with her always fire back with a straight right hand. Can she go again for corner? Certainly one of those punches in that three-punch combination from Mela do landed there. The the first and the last didn’t find a home, but it’s a good shot in the middle from Do in the blue. [Applause] Just looking to put a bit more on these punches. Do I think good jab stiff left hand just hits McCormick in the forehead. Great support for Lo just behind us here. [Applause] [Applause] A bit of flare there from Elo as well. She was sort of shaking the right hand and then through the left through the middle. Yeah, just trying to bounce up on her toes, get light on her feet, get a bit of rhythm. [Music] [Applause] Standing count there for F McCormick and it was good from dope to be honest. It was a good combination and they were stiff shots. Yeah. Yeah. Totally agree. I get the impression she is just putting a bit more into this uh shotwise in the last round. Just trying to make sure. But the sound of the punches, it sounds like she’s putting more into it. Yeah, she definitely she’s really sort of stepping in with the shots, isn’t she? Got a bit more, you know, potent behind the shot. Bit more power. again. Blacking a hard one too there. And that is the final. Great support for both female fighters. The Ella Ella contingent behind us. Very very happy. She was well supported as well. Fe McCormick by her teammates predominantly up on the balcony. Yeah, I mean a a very fiercely fought fight. I think Elodo has got it. Certainly Mora played her part in a a very entertaining fight. She lit boxing heroes as Katie Taylor and Nicer Adams, both pioneers. Katy Taylor for Ireland and Nicer Adams for Team GB. Shows what we know. We thought Katie Taylor was slowing down a few years ago. She continues to prove everybody wrong. I mean, certainly one of the best amateur fighters I’ve ever seen. And now as a pro, I mean, absolutely brilliant. [Applause] Perhaps even more impressive for Ella though is that she was out for eight months before Haring Gay Box Cup with injury. She’s still kind of working her way back, but you probably wouldn’t tell from that performance. Very, very impressive. Let’s get confirmation of the result. I can see that the scorecard has made its way over to MC Rap. Let’s see. Gentlemen, the winner of boat number six in ring A by a split decision in a blue corner. Elodo. Well done both boxes. Well done both boxes indeed. It’s split decision, but I think from our position we felt like Elodo had done enough. Yeah, like I say, I’m not surprised it was split decision cuz it was close. So, you could you could see how it could go either way, but certainly we felt that Elodo had the better of it and and was uh you know, rightly called the deserved winner. Yeah, hopefully she is going to come and join us now. So, I’ll just uh help her get sat down and put the microphone in her hand. Can you hear me, Ella? Yeah. Oh, great. Congratulations to you. That was really good fight to watch. What do you think made the difference there between you and Fay? Um, I think I was just like a little bit sharper, a little bit quicker and just getting in and out just as quick cuz when she was holding on, she just held and I was working in that. So, I think that’s what made the difference. You’ve got great pedigree obviously Haringay and things like that but you have been out with this injury. We you couldn’t tell from that but do you still do you feel you’re still building back? Um I think I am a bit yeah I mean the strengths definitely come back but it’s just always that worry in my head that it might happen again cuz it could always break and yeah. What are your long-term dreams and aspirations uh in boxing? um hopefully turn pro, hopefully win um a world championship at some point and just anything like that really. Got this real great story as well in terms of jobs. You want to be a tattoo artist. Is that right? Yeah. I um just had my 17th birthday on Tuesday. Got a tattoo gun. So, I’ve just started practicing in that and hopefully get really good and make some money out of that as well as bottom. Do you know what’s really interesting? Off camera before we started, Matt Mling was saying he’s he’s he’s willing to give up his body, desperate for a tattoo. So, I feel like we’ve got this natural chemistry here where he he’s pulling your leg. We said that loser has to get the tattoo. Uh, and you’ve got that uh father daughter relationship as well. So, as much as this win is for you, I’m sure the smile on your dad’s face at the end there, he must be very, very happy. Yeah, he loves it. Um, it’s great having him as a coach as well, it’s a lot easier. Um, and it’s great having him in by my side the entire time. Can you go and have birthday cake now? Yeah. Yeah, missed my birthday cake. Had watermelon instead. So, going to go home. My mom and my sister are going to make me a cake. So, can’t wait. Massive congratulations. You know where we are if there’s any cake left because if there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s eat someone else’s birthday cake. Absolutely. Congratulations to you, Riviera Box Cup champion for this year. Well done. Thank you so much. Number seven in ring A, a 2007 60 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Empire Boxing Club, Nois Baronovskis and his opponent in the blue corner from the Heart of England AA Boxing Club, Terrell Atkinson, Red Baronovkus, Blue Atkinson. So you will have heard that there. This is our 57 to 60 kilo open class final. So representing Empire in the red, Nois Baronowskis, Heart of England in the blue, Terrell Atkinson. [Applause] So Atkinson in the blue, Paronoscus in the red, and we’re underway. So first thing to notice is Nessa switchers. It looks like battle of the southpaws Matt. Yeah, two southpaws here. And both look sharp, don’t they? Yeah, very much so. I think perhaps to switch now orthodox. Perhaps the shot that landed there might have been from Baronowskis, but it was fast and furious. That one did land. Yeah, from Baronus. Hard left hand as Atkins kind of came in a little Atinson a little bit too quick and walked onto that back hand. Slight tourer of the two is Noas Baronowskis who doesn’t look to be a switcher. He looks to be a natural orthodox. Now before you ask me Matt, Heart of England, Celestia based for Terrell Atkinson. Yeah, I don’t know it. I’ve never ever heard of that club before. Must be a new club or newish. Obviously I’m departed the amateur code a long time ago. It wouldn’t have to be that new for me to have no heard of him. Baronowski’s got fast hands and he switches very nicely from head to body. And there was a nice body shot there from Baronowskis and another sort of stiff right hand. So the action continues here. Yeah, Baronas is just kind of pouring with that lead hand. Just get keeping it low, but nice and loose with it. That was nice though from Terrell Atinson after a little bit of a sort of storm there at the start of the round. Atkinson certainly found the home for a couple of good shots there. Yeah, you can see the two quality operators. Baronowski nice and elusive with a nice repertoire and then Atinson come more compact but also you can see he’s well schooled. Some good upper body movement from Baron Ascus has just sort of slipped out the way. does have that amateur trait. Every time Atkinson lands in the blue, Baronowskis looks to get back immediately. Jump straight on Atkinson. Yeah. And Baronus with the hands down. His his defenses are more leaky. He trying to You can see he relies on reflexes and movement, upper body movement. But Atinson compact, keep the hands nice and tight. Just that short right hook counter there would snap the head back in close fights and exchanges. You know, he’s probably having the better of them at the minute. Atinson, it was nice cuz he had a nice high guard as you referenced and then he he caught them on the gloves. Wasn’t quite a catch counter, but he threw at the right time. So, it’s good defense and good attack. He didn’t have to, you know, he didn’t in the amateurs when this hand speed sort of really quick. You, you know, you’ve got to be fast. You can’t afford to load them up for telegraph or pull back. Good action. Really high quality opener. So the heart of England Boxing Club up Leicester away. We think this is Nick Griffith or Nick Griffin. Couldn’t quite tell. [Applause] Turo Atkinson worked as a support staff uh at festivals. Just looking to keep his amateur career rolling. Just said to me, “Look, no real plans. Don’t make too many plans. Just keep it rolling. keep it winning. He’s done well. He’s won a Midlands Box Cup and he’s twotime regional champion. Ed Bilby Silver as well. He uh won a bronze medal here last year, so he’ll be looking to go one better. That’s not our bell, lads. We’re the airborne. And we’re away. It’s caught me out so many times. Very, very fluid Baronowskis, isn’t he? And you were perfect in that analogy of like he’s very fluid upper body movement, reactionbased. He throws some shots from unorthodox angles as well. He’s not easy to read. No, it’s kind of that kind of loopy scoopy kind of style, isn’t it? He’s ary with the shots, but he’s uh like I say, if he can find a rhythm, it’ be good. Difficult manic beat because he’s he’s elusive. He’s got he’s nice and relaxed. He’s good speed, good reflexes, like I said. Um, but Atinson, I think he’s the antidote to that. Stay tight, stay compact, keep the pressure on him. Keep come straight down the middle. You know, if they’re going wide with the shot, you come straight down the middle, you should beat them to the punch. You see him there, Atinson coming straight down the middle with the left hand, he snap the head back. And one of the downsides as well to what uh Baronowskus, the way he fights, is when you do get caught with your like that with your hands down, your head snaps back, it looks bad. It’s very eye-catching. I know this is a bit of a weird sentence as well, but this is almost battle of the defenses. It’s the fighter in this contest that has the better defense that may well be the most successful because offensively they both throw really eye-catching shots. They’re both confident combination punching, but Atinson at the moment with that high guard perhaps a little bit more traditional. He’s avoiding fewer mistakes. Yes, exactly right. Making fewer mistakes and when he does get caught, he can ride in. doesn’t look as bad where where Baron gets gets caught and he’s kind of low and low and the head’s not half high off. It looks bad. It’s very free flowing though this contest. It’s it is easy on the eye. It’s good to watch. Atinson growing in confidence you feel not for the first time has landed a couple of good shots that has snapped the head back of Baronowskis. Yeah. And again lovely. It’s it’s like, you know, a guy here, they both got good good, like I say, good offensive game, but the guy with a better defensive game is Atkinson, and that’s probably giving him the edge in this fight. It’s good work from Terrell Atinson. Relaxed style and stance of Brown. Can he just make that pay at the moment? Oh, nice right hand lead. Right hand just stepped in, threw it short, bashed, left head, sorry, Baronowskis firing back both hands. Yeah, he really puts a lot into it. Baronowskis, that was unfortunate. He just kind of got caught on the ropes there and Atinson really took advantage. This is brilliant stuff. [Applause] Good round. Really good round. One round a piece. Okay. So, I I could see that as well. They’re telling him in the corner whether or not that is to motivate him. But you could make a case, I think, for the fact that Baronowskis had the majority of the first round won that second round. Perhaps the clearer of the two. Say so. You know, I think I heard him say, you know, round a piece and I would make him right. I think as you stated there, I thought Baronowski bit more flare, bit looser, started quicker, won the first round, but I think Atkinson really came out strong there in the second. And I think Baron’s defense is letting down a little bit, caught the shots where the head got snapped back and it looked bad. So, you know, I think I think one might be probably one a piece here and this could go down to the final round. I don’t want to not name check people. Uh, but some of the information we get is from the fighters themselves in that corner. All I have is Dalma and Dave. So, apologies. I don’t have his surnames, Dalma and Dave, but those were the uh two that you saw giving instructions there in the red corner. And you feel that they probably sent Baronowskis out to say the same message in that red corner. It’s probably one of piece you’ve got to go out and win it. And it’s a good start so far for Baronkers, but Atinson has got that nice tight high guard. So, a lot of those shots were landing on the gloves. But what’s happened there? What have we missed? It’s a head guard problem. I you know I didn’t want to comment on it because I’m not sure if it was really a a point but because the hair is bursting out the top of the headguard every time a shot does land from Atinson worse. It looks worse. Yeah, it does look worse. They managed to tuck some of that under the red head guard now. So, we’re back underway exactly where we left off. It’s It’s fast. It’s furious. It’s high quality. It’s Riviera Box Cup live on Sky Sports Foxy. I hope you’re enjoying wherever you’re watching our content. It’s going to get Yeah, he is going to get a ticking off thereas just for pushing down. But it on the whole has been a very very clean fight. [Applause] [Applause] Good from Terrell Atkinson. Just spun his man. Faronowskis really does sort of throw caution to the wind, doesn’t he? Yeah, he landed a nice combination there, Aronoskis. But yeah, there’s a a real intensity here. Final round, both men. I wouldn’t particularly want to judge this, but I think it’s very very even. Very tight. [Applause] Oh, good counter right hand from Atkinson. Landed partially. If it landed any cleaner, I think he might have been in a bit of trouble there, Baronowskis, cuz he he stood square on, you know, and it’s shots like that that catch the eye, you know, there’s an exchange there. Baronis was unloading, probably not landing that much, hoping to land on the end of the combination, and then Atkinson kind of mugged him out of it. kind of just landed a quick right hand rolled underneath and the head blew back of Baronowskis and you know that’s what catches the eye. Matt, we’re going to need a Pauly Malinagi moment. Someone’s got to get in there and cut. Poor Najes Baronowskis’s hair is holding him back. Is there a barber in the house? Good right hand from Baronowski. He hasn’t actually employed that tactic too much, but it really worked in that little short um period there. Just boxing and moving. Tap and go. Tap and go. Nice working again there. I hope he won’t regret not sort of doing that earlier cuz he when he gets mobile, he’s a lot uh more effective and a lot more difficult to pin down. That was nice defensive work from Atinson on the ropes there. Last 10 seconds. They got to go here. Someone’s got to make sure. [Applause] Who’s going to have the final say? Who has come out on top in that one? Either way, again, without being too condescending, both fighters there can be incredibly proud of that performance. That was a really good fight to watch. Yeah, very good fight, great intensity, great desire, great heart, but great quality as well. Um, but I think Barow Baronowski could might need to get a haircut. Yeah, I’m going to if he does win, I’m going to be sat next to him. I’m not sure if I’m in the position to tell him to be honest, but tell him I said so. ju just because you know it looks worse when you get caught and it you know it goes down in his eyes a little bit and it breaks the flow of the fight. It’s just not probably looks well and it suits him but from a boxing point of view it’s it’s a bit of a disadvantage. Wasn’t so long ago though that you you went through co and then you kept it going and then you kept it going and you you know it suited you. I’m not going to lie. You had a bit of flowing locks there yourself. Don’t do yourself down. I had it l once in my boxing career uh when I fought Andrew Face and I remember Frank Warren saying to me after you need to get your hair cuts. Every time you get caught your hair goes flying. It looks worse. There you go. I mean people think we’re just chewing the breeze here. But that’s a chewing the breeze. Shooting the breeze. Chewing the fat getting I’ve had a hybrid. I’m a hybrid. I’ve had a nightmare. Okay. Just checking to see if our score runner has made his way over yet. I can see that the piece of paper is shortly to be united with our MC. So, it will be either Baronowskis in the red or it will be Terrell Atkinson in the blue. It was Nip and Tuck. Certainly, it could be all on that last round. So, let’s find out. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number seven in ring A by a split decision in a blue corner. Terrell Atkinson, Art of England. Well done both boxers. Well done both boxers because that was a really high quality fight. Really enjoyed that. One of the best we’ve seen today. Nice clash of styles as well because they were very, very different. Yeah. No, I really enjoyed it. like you say for all the reasons you just stated there rightly um very different styles different skill set um very evenly matched battle of wheels um yeah it was high quality stuff just see that Terrell just being brought over to our position here so I’ll help him out [Music] our champion for 2025 to Aton And well done. That was a great fight to watch. Matt and I enjoyed it because it was it was a real difference in styles, but seemed to lend itself to a really watchable contest. What do you think got you over the line there? Yeah, I think it was a really good batch and uh like you say, styles make fights and I think those two fights were really good and obviously like the styles of him of course and uh obviously I land some good shots and he got me good sometimes as well and I think that’s what makes boxing great. Yeah, it does. You’re 100% right. I actually think maybe the difference there was you perhaps had the tie to defense actually. you know, both very good offensively, but defensive offensively, but defensive wise very, very tight today. Yeah. Well, my coaches sit there and say, “You got to put your hands up.” And obviously I listened today. Sometimes I don’t listen. I get a load of the ball kick from him. But yeah, today I listened and obviously that’s what got me the victory. So your Sky Sports debut. I’m going to have to give you one yourself. You can’t swear. Uh so apologies for that. What do you want to do next? Uh what did I have written down for your celebratory meal? Burger. So you got to find yourself a burger down here before you make the long journey home. nice juicy burger, fishing tricks down the seaside, donuts, you know, and then yeah, obviously looking towards the future, I want to sit there and obviously hopefully championships obviously turn the senior by January. So obviously hopefully I can go far. I think I’ve competed against good boxes. I boxed Adam Mak last season in the Riviera and some people thought I did really well put my own especially with the experience I had and experience he had. So yeah, look where he is now, you know, in the pro game. It’s not too far away. I’m going to let you go. Thank you so much. You are our champion for this year. Congratulations. contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Wolves Den Amateur Boxing Club, Elliot Cameron. [Applause] and his opponent in a blue corner from the Telford AA Boxing Club. Mustapa Moy Red Cameron Blue Moy. [Applause] Okay, so just to confirm that one more time in the red representing Wolves Den that’s Elliot Cameron and representing Telford in the blue Mustafa Mai. This is our 60 kg final. Hope you’re enjoying our coverage of the Riviera Box Cup so far. So we await the air horn and away we go soon. So Mai in the blue, Cameron in the red. It is another clash of Orthodox in Cameron and Southpaw in M. Just get the opinion straight away. This is going to be a really good clash of styles as M really looking to find a home for that long left hand. And he he did more than once. Well, Mark Mike’s come out super fast, you know, really aggressive, looking to unload straight away with a barrage of shots. That was good footwork and defensive sort of upper body movement from Elliot Cameron, but because M is throwing so much and he’s so aggressive, eventually one of those was going to get through and it did. Just got to keep a cool head here Elliot Cameron in these opening stages. M representing Telford. So kind of up your way Matt and Elliot Cameron. So definitely up your way. Good jab from five in the blue. Cameron just looking to get that jab going. And interesting there he didn’t throw it straight. He almost sort of screw shot. Screw shot with it. Yeah, it was nice. Needs more though because at the moment the output is coming from M. Not necessarily the accuracy but the tempo. The tempo. Exactly. Perfect word for it. [Applause] I think the higher tempo, you know, suits, he’s bouncing it. He wants to be aggressive. He wants to be high up town where I think Cameron’s trying to slow it down a little bit to give himself a bit of room, bit of time. He wants to think about it a bit more and set some uh you know, little traps up to to capitalize and and think outs uh mind with the pace being temper being so fast. It’s the sort of thinking’s out of it a little bit and it’s just high octane stuff. He stood tall and he stood still uh Mustafa M. And that was the that was the antidote I think that Elliot Cameron needed because he had a real good period there and it all started from the fundamental jab right hand the old one two but again I think Vibes just trying to keep him under pressure so much that he hasn’t really got time to think about anything in terms of offense. He’s so busy thinking about defense surviving because he’s under the kosh that he can’t really fire back. So in essence I think M’s defense is his attack. He’s done okay though Elliot Cameron certainly in the second half of that round just to stay with M. And the question has to be when you fight like that at that tempo can you do that for three rounds? Well, if my always fights like that, then he probably can where it so it’s going to take more out of camera. And if he doesn’t fight like that and he’s going to stay with him, it could hit him, you know, later on. This is Simon Higgins in the corner, who I think is Coach Simon on YouTube. So, I’m giving him a shout out there. Subscribe. Oh, nice. Nice. and this is the opposite corner Elliot Cameron. I think this is Reese Redmond. You can see in the black t-shirt there describing a bucket. That’s a better angle. There he is. That’s why it’s so loud in here. And I have to say, as I can see out the back there that the sun is out, it is really starting to hot up here in terms of temperature. Not just the action, it’s it’s going to get harder as the day goes on. It’s a bit like your cool temperatures. Just fell short there. Elliot Cameron with a one-two, but the intent was there. Let’s see if Mustafa May can find that pace again. That was a better right hand from Cameron. Yeah, that was a good right hand from Cameron and it was because he didn’t have to close the distance. It was um M coming forward onto the shot. But this is ferocious. This is ferocious. Mustafa M. He is all gas. No breaks. Yeah, he is ferocious. This is fast pace. This is tenacious. He’s letting both hands go. Does he need to pause here and breathe a little bit though unless the camera can jump on him and make him go again? Cat is exactly right though because as soon as he pauses, Cameron just goes. I wonder the tactic surely from Cameron is just try and stay with him when he’s flat out. Then as soon as he has to take a breather, you’ve got to go Elliot Cameron. You got to go and meet him. Yeah. Weather the storm. Damage limitation. Stay tight. As soon as he stops, chop on him cuz he he’ll need to breathe then. He’ll need to breathe. And he landed square there. They both are throwing. And I think this is what he’s doing here, Cameron. He knows when Mes in, you know, when he’s having his moment, he’s going to have his moment. He’s going to want to load. You’ve just got to let him go with it and just try and tuck up tight. Don’t catch any shots. Wait for him to finish. And as soon as he finishes and he wants to step off and get a breather, shook on top of him and make him go again. And was that a sign there? The referee ticked him off for it. It’s amateur boxing. It’s It’s very much about spirit of the game, but he sort of stuck his chin out there as if to say, “Is that the best you got? I’m still here. needs more though because it’s still M. It’s still M doing the running but fair play to Elliot Cameron because he’s walked through the storm. Can he take a few steps further? See, he come out so fast at the start of the round. I think it’s it’d be it would make sense for Cameron to think, you know, first minute and a half of the round, let him have it. You know what I mean? And then and then the second half of the round, that’s my territory cuz he’s going to come out so fast. There’s no point me trying to match him for speed because he’s quicker than me. Let him unload. Just catch the shot. Take what take whatever he gives me. And then when he needs a breather sort of second half of the round or when he slows down, that’s when I need to go to work. This is so watchable. This is really, I think, amateur boxing at club level. You’re probably not going to get more entertaining than this. It’s just flat out boxing. It’s really, really good. Yeah. Good trade up here now. Exchanging punches. Both men getting caught with shots. Cameron thinks he’s taken. Yeah, he thinks he’s taken that second round. Could it be what we wish for all to play in the last round? Who knows? I would say it probably is. Let’s hope so, cuz if we get a repeat of the first two rounds, we got to make certain. We got to make certain. Okay, take it out. Got to make certain. I certainly call that there. Okay, combination. You need to use the back goant for your absolute. I love that. That is two real animated caution, passion, desire, will to win. Come on. This is what you came for. This is what you’re watching for. All to play for in this final round. Our Riviera Box Cup final. Elliot Cameron in the red. Mustafa M in the blue. It’s probably been the fastest pace and the fastest tempo that we’ve seen all day. I think certainly from Mustafa vibe at the in the first round and half anyway particularly he he just come out like a bull at a gate unloading and that tempo and it was a case for count’s got to just try and you know weather that early storm wait till he could kind of adjust and acclimatize to that speed and then get his own shots off when the pace dips a little bit. It’s been clean though for you know at times it’s been wild but it’s been really cleanly fought contest. Both missed opportunities there. Cameron missed with the right hand and M could have made him pay and just missed it with a backhand himself. I would say Matt just at first glance he hasn’t come out as guns blazing my he does look a little bit more measured and actually I think he’s boxing he’s boxing quite well for it. Yeah, I agree. No, he’s he’s definitely it’s been a slower start to the round than the previous two but I don’t know if that’s cuz he’s thinking about it more of feeling the pace. Yeah, good point. cuz there is a more tired look even to the punches when they’re coming back. So this is where Cameron’s now got to up the pace because if Mark’s trying to slow it down cuz he’s feeling it. That’s where Cameron’s got to bite down on his own gum shield and try and turn the screw here and up the heat. And almost this is you almost want to say this is what you waited for. This is what you’ve weathered the storm for. It’s just how much did it take out of Cameron and those attacks from my Yeah, this is it now. I would say probably I would say there’s a good chance of round a piece and whoever wins this round. So far it’s close, but this is where Cameron’s now really got to turn the screw here. Yeah, just sort of cuffs him with a right hand there. Easier said than done, but this is surely where picking your punch is the most important. Yeah. And and Mike is feeling the pace here. is tied. So, he’s just got to try. Don’t throw loads of punches. Just wait for your moments and try and pick good punches. Try and pick, you know, pick out some quality shots that catch the eye. Good for conserve energy in between. Good from M. But Cameron, he’s just banging away there cuz M’s holding on the blind side. I think the most important thing for Mu is not to get ragged as he’s getting tired. Don’t lose your shape. And he didn’t there. That was nice work first and third there from my Yeah, good. But you know, Cameron’s tired, too. But it makes such a great spectacle when they’re almost operating on empty. Brilliant. Yeah, brilliant fight. Absolutely. Brilliant. Yeah. Well done, lads. Really well done. [Music] So we’re on that aerial shot there. He’s he’s just above us. Mustafa M. He looks really happy. Elliot Cameron, he’s looked out to someone in the crowd behind me. You can see us on this shot here. That’s me and Matt at the top right. Someone behind us. He said, “Did I win?” I couldn’t see the response, but it shows that when you’re in a fight like that, you don’t necessarily know. It’s hard to know. You’ve got no idea if you’ve won it or not. It’s hard to know when you’re in a fight like that. It’s close. It is close. We’ve seen quite a few split decisions today, which I is the amateur game. I’ll be surprised if this is any sort of unanimous decision because hate that phrase, it’s what you like. But in this one, it is what that’s caught your eye. Yeah. And in a fight where the pace is frenetic and there’s so much leather being thrown and you’re you’re a judge depending what angle you’re on, it’s hard to catch. Did that shot land clean? Was that scoring punch? Was it partially blocked? Both with brilliant records. Didn’t even get a time a chance to sort of tell you what was going on there. But Elliot Cameron’s won plenty of box cups. Durham Capital, Riviera Box Cup, three-time regional champion. Mustafa M’s won 41 and 56. That’s pretty strong record as an amateur. Midlands champion as well. Ed Bilby champion. Warehouse Box Cup champion. Okay, so we’re just uh we’re on ring B announcement at the moment, but it will be us next. Look, can you see they both they both think they’ve got it. The score has just been walked over. So, will it be M in the blue or will it be Cameron in the red? Let’s find out. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number eight in ring A by a split decision in the blue corner must have a Telford. Well done by Foxes. Yeah, fair decision. It was a razor thin close fight. Split decision. Um I think the first two rounds probably won it. Um, first round was really good. I think he slowed, but then he dug in in the last round. Even though he was vis, you know, you could see he was visibly tired, he dug in there and uh and pought his heart out to win the last round and to win the fight. Mustafa, can you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you, boss. What a fight. I mean, that is that is the fastest pace fight we’ve seen all day. I get the impression that you loved every second of that as well, even at the end of the first round giving the Sky Sports cameras a wink. How do you think you performed and how happy are you with how you boxed? 100% I can do better. Um, three weeks ago I beat that lad unanimous. But today, you know, he had a plan and he stuck to it and you know, he did well. So, fair play to the lad, but I could do much better. What about your engine though? Tell us your secret because that is some pace. I mean, you don’t get that by not training hard, obviously, but were you confident in your gas tank going off in one and two like that that you could you could keep that pace up? Yeah. Um, I think every month this year I’ve fought. Um, this year I’ve had like, let’s say, 20 fights. Uh, I’ve lost twice this year at 60 kg against two European gold medalists. The rest of them I won. So, you know, I’m fighting all the time. I’m always fit. I’m training more than once a day. I’m on it. I love the sport and I just love boxing, you know. It’s not really a drag to train. I love doing it. What a blessing that is and we love covering it. I have to say is absolutely brilliant. This is our first Riviera Box Cup. You’re a star in the making there. What do we look out in the future for you? What do you want to go on and achieve in this sport if you can? Um, I’d love to be I’d say undisputed at featherweight but besides that really I’m looking to be a world champion with any belt but up to welterweight from featherweight to super welterweight. Yeah, there you go. Will you remember us when that happens and come and see us again on Sky Sport? Andy. Yeah, lovely to meet you. Congratulations to your Riviera Box Cup champion for this year. Congratulations. Anyone you want to say hello to before you go? Of course. Yeah. Um, I want to say praise to Allah. Thank you, man. He gives me everything constantly. I lost so many times. I thought I’d never win, but he kept, you know, giving me opportunities to pay myself. I want to thank my mother and my father. You know, she came from Gambia. It was very hard for her. She really struggled to just keep me fed and clothed. I want to thank, you know, my sponsors, um, Mr. Russ from Dino Rod and Gizer’s Boxing. And I want to say hi to my girl Vander in Kokell. I love you to bits. I know you’re watching this right now. So, hello. You’ve done brilliant. You don’t need any help with the interviews. Well done. Congratulations to you. [Applause] It’s just a casual undisputed atweight but he’ll take world titles anywhere up to worldwide open contest. Introducing in the in the red corner from the Leicester Raywoman’s AA Boxing Club, Oliver Strand. And his opponent in the blue corner from the ring a boxing club, George Jones, [Applause] red strand blue Jones. If you’ve just tuned in, that fight that we just watched there, if you haven’t really watched a box cut before or club boxing before, Mustafa M absolutely brilliant. That is why we do it. Congratulations to him. And on to the next George Jones in the blue from the ring ABC, which I think is just down the road from me in Brol. So tiny little bit of bias there, but Oliver Strand as well from Leicester Railway Man. So, Strand in the red, Jones in the blue. Good right hands there from Jones, but Strand slightly taller of the two. Was looking to get his own work off as well. Matt, this is this is not much of a feeling out process. J particularly straight down to it. Landing some good hard right hands. Staying a bit more low, a bit more compact. If you watch the Manchester Box Cup, be familiar with the Taylor Twins uh from Bambbury. I watched George Jones beat one of the Taylor twins yesterday. And he boxed exactly like this. Very, very strong, very physical, very tight as well. Never loses his shape. Punches quite hard I think as well. So Strand, you would think he’s probably got to just try and use those long levers which he has very long limbs. just try and get that jab out and deter Jones from coming forward. Yeah, he’s just thundering in a little bit with his head in the air a little bit too much and and and Jones able to exploit that and capitalize on it. Like I say, keeping his chin nicely tucked in Jones nice and low and he’s quick with the re u he’s quick with those counter right hands. He doesn’t try and telegraph it or load it up. He just pops it out there nice and accurate. In the middle of that, there’s a rule might catch him right hand to the body lead and then left hook from Strand. Certainly one of them landed. That’s a good body shot from Jones with the left hand straight into the midriff. Jones in the blue from the ring. ABC long established club. I think they’re actually losing their building in Braltown Center. So they’re looking for a new premises. I hope that gets signed off as soon as possible cuz that’s a great gym in that area. Jones again looking to the body. People actually talked to Strand, his brother and his dad yesterday. Caught up with him as well. Yeah, very very nice family. Yeah, it’s quite tall. Tall for the weight. Very tall. Very tall. Just getting caught with the right hand here from Jones. Yeah, he got caught twice there as well again. Did Strand in the red. Certainly the early running in this fight is with Blue George Jones. Nice jab there though from Strand. And that’s what he’s got to do surely. I’m no expert here. But when you’ve got long arms like that, just try and ramrod that jab out. Yeah, but he’s got to be cute with it because Jones is looking to come over the top of it, looking to count and work off that jab. So, he’s got to use baits. He’s got to mix the jab up head and body. Uh, you know, vary the speed of it as well. Maybe faint the jab, turn into a screw shot right hand. Good first round. First one in the bank. That’s the first round yesterday. [Music] This is George Jones. the blue corner from the ring. [Music] over to the red corner. David Strand uh fatherson combination railway men’s club, six time finalist, Irish national champion as well, Oliver Strand, 18 years old. Would [Music] you edge that first round to Jones? I think so. I think he probably landed the the better shots, the right hands particularly. Uh I think defensively Strand was a little bit open, particularly in the first half of the round. Came out a little bit laxed defensively. Was getting caught with shots. Two jabs and two left hook leads there from Strand. Just trying to create that little bit of distance between him and Jones. Maybe get Jones just thinking about coming forward. You know, good left hook, body and head there from Jones. Just came inside the jab strand and went body, head, left hook to the head. Certainly landed and was eye-catching. Yeah, he’s physic, you know, I don’t know him. I’m not in there, but he looks very physically strong. Uh George Jones just with the way that he I mean, he uses his body on the inside like this. Yeah, they’re both 18, but Jones looks more mature, doesn’t he? Strange, you get the impression he’s going to fill up. You know, wants to go pro one. He was a light heavyweight. Yeah, definitely big frame. Got caught with the right hand there and it snapped the head back. Catches the eye. Like I said, little bit opened down that left side like heads came together quite nicely there. You know, you’ve seen some fights without the head guard. That is one of those ones where you’re like, “Thank God for the head guard.” Still came very, very close. If they didn’t flash, [Music] referee just trying to let them work it out, which is good in the amateurs. do like to see that it’s the way to develop skills of fighting on the inside which very important when you when you go pro. That’s a nice nice straight stiff eye catching right hand again from Jones in the blue. Good left hook though from Strand that time. Did find a home for it. Nice and long. Sort of slapped with the left to the body, but it was a good shot. Sounded good, but I think that maybe didn’t quite turn the knuckle part of the glove over. Yeah, he went he went long wide with it, didn’t he? Left hook to the body. I think they I don’t think it clashed the arm. It sounded like a slapped slap that could still render me completely unconscious. Good exchange of punches there. Both men landed some decent solid shots. First warning for Strand for holding. You’re right though in that exchange they both sort of I’m not going to say caution to the win, but they both stood. They both stood uh in range and were happy to let their hands go. I have been passed a piece of paper. So, it’s a public apology. It is Rab Butler, not MC Rap. So, I wasn’t trying to put our MC into some modernday drum and bass MC partnership. It is MC Rab Butler. Yeah. I don’t think drum bass would be his era. You don’t know that. You don’t know that. You don’t know that. So, MC Rab back to the real world in this blue corner. There’s not a lot of panic there, I would say. I think they’re happy and I would be happy too. The blue corner, you know, red corner just got to tighten up on his own defenses and get caught with too many right hands. I think he needs this last round more. By Strand [Music] hasn’t had, you know, he’s had pockets of success, but no real periods of success. And he will hope that in this third round he can perhaps really make a dent in George Jones in the blue. Ollie Strand in the red. That’s just from our position though. It could be different. You know, he landed a nice jab there a few moments ago. Um Strand like to see him like do that. Be more bit more varied with the jab. you know, jab, head, body, faints, faint the jab, hook off it, just a little bit too predictable. And I think Jones is trying to work off the jab. He’s reading it. That’s the perfect use of the word. He He’s read the strand attacks, hasn’t he, Jones, from the start, everybody just getting a bit tangled up there. Warning for Ollie Strand for holding. Both letting go there as they were on their way in or caught your eye there. Was it Strand probably threw the bigger shots, but it might have been Jones that beat him there. Yeah, I think he’s more accurate, wasn’t he? That short right hand left hook. Strand kind of thundered in. Money just needs to not thunder in so much and be a bit more careful and calculated his way in. And where you’ve used that word read, that is kind of where he has read Strand’s attacks. I think he’s read him and he’s timed him. He’s timed him as he comes. He knows he’s going to thunder in. As he does, he goes right hand, left hook, just short and sharp and accurate. Doesn’t load up. Doesn’t look for power. Just puts it there. And actually the momentum of Strand coming onto the shots gives it a bit more potency again there. Nice short right hand. [Music] A little bit of blood from the nose from Strand, but there is an argument that perhaps has the paces slowed. This is where He might be able just to take advantage, but every time he has, it’s probably a single shot of success. Jones seems to match it. Yeah. [Music] He’s nice and compact, isn’t he, Jones? And he’s been a bit more selective with his punches. He’s picked his shots well. Picked his moments well. Another warning for Strand and feared that that would be that. So warned for the same offense. So what’s that? Disqualification. Over. Disqualified. Bit harsh. I thought it’s diff. It’s difficult, isn’t it? You feel like in that sort of contest, it wasn’t fought in any ill manner. No, it wasn’t outrageous, was it? What he was doing. Rules are rules. He’s paid the price for that warning. uh earlier on in the round warned again for holding and that’s it. Shame because you would have liked to have seen him uh hear the final belt. But could the nut just take points off? Would that have been more sensible? Give him a public warning to a point. It’s one for someone with a bit more knowledge than me. I suppose once you’ve been warned for it, once you’ve been warned, you know he’s on your case. You got to make every effort not to do it. Agree. From our position here in my uneducated view, felt a tiny bit harsh cuz it wasn’t really fought in that sort of manner, but that’s the rules. It’ be disappointed Oliver Strand. I don’t want to second guess what was happening in the fight. Felt like George Jones in blue may well have had his hand raised anyway on points. Just waiting for our scores to be run over to MC Rab. But this is one where we don’t need to wait for the decision uh to find out the winner. It will be George Jones from the ring. Will be this year’s Riviera Box Cup champion at 67 kilos. Maybe not in the manner that he would have wanted, but I’m not sure it will. bother him too much. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number nine in ring a uh the your winner by disqualification, George Jones. The ring in the blue corner. Well done to George Jones from the ring. Confirmation of the result. We’re rattling through. So, we’ve got a couple more. We’ve got three more before the interval. We’ll take a short break, but stay with us because it rolls on pretty quick. Hopefully, George is just going to come and join us over in commentary. So, I’ll just uh help him out. George, can you hear me? Just about. Just about. Congratulations. Well done. Perhaps not the way you wanted to win it, but I don’t think it had a huge effect on the result itself. You you seemed in control there. How happy are you with your performance and how you boxed? I was pretty happy with the performance. Like um like it’s a shame it got stopped for disqualification, but onto the next one. Yeah. What is next for you? Because you’re doing well. Can we show the medal cuz we actually haven’t shown one of these yet. So this is your Riviera Box Cup medal. You know, you’re you’re racking them up now. So what does the future hold for you? Um you know quite ambitious with the boxing. So um whatever it brings really you know I don’t want to set achievements I don’t want to take but at the same time I don’t want to underachieve nothing. So wherever it takes me I think one of the things that Matt Mlin who’s seen a lot of fighters come through never lost your shape never lost your composure and fought at a pretty good pace there as well. Yeah you know it to do with fitness. I um try and quote regularly just so I can perform the best I can but it’s best you know I can do personally. Sky Sports Dave for you as well. Anyone you want to say hello to before we let you go? No, I’m all right. Okay. All right. Congratulations and well done to you, George. Well done. [Applause] [Music] Hasn’t got anybody that he wants to say hello to. I think I think he was a bit shy. Yeah. Congratulations to him though. Good club as well. the ring. [Music] [Applause] Okay, we’re just waiting for MC Rab, but you can see that our fighters are in the ring. So, we’ve got Liam Dunn in the blue from Odyssey and Tio Miles Barnhill in the red. Let’s get MC rep to confirm that. Ladies and gentlemen, b number 10 in ring A, a 2007 71 kilogram open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Barton Hill Amita Boxing Club, Tio Miles and his opponent in the blue corner from the Odyssey Amita Boxing Club, Liam Dunn, Red Miles Blue Dunn. Tremendous support behind us for Liam Dunn from Odyssey who are actually all in our hotel and uh have been very well supported club this weekend. Tio Miles in the reds 18year-old from Barton Hill. Both with good pedigree as well. Liam Dun’s a national finalist. Won the Riviera Box Cup last year. So we’re underway. done in the blue, Miles in the red. [Applause] [Music] Some good shots there from both men, but perhaps Tio Miles snapping the head back of Liam Dunn was the more eye-catching of the two. They’re both very tall, Matt, aren’t they? With long arms. God, there’s some loading up going on here. Some serious damage looking to be done. It’s wild from Miles, but a few of them did land. Well, Miles is like a man going for broke here in the first round. He’s throwing absolutely everything into a lot of these shots. Maybe he’s seen a weakness or something in Liam Dunn where he thinks he can get him out of there. Maybe it’s that nervous excitement. Liam Dunn is probably just going to have to try and stay calm here. He did land a really good counter shot. He going to need a few more of those cuz Tio Miles is giving him giving him a few counter Liam Dodgers needs to sort of stay tight defensively and weather the early storm and then look to, you know, fight back in the second half of this round, which I would say we’re approaching now. Yeah, they’re fast attacks from Tio Miles. Yes, he’s loading up, but they’re fast hands. He really whips them in. Some of this is is pretty heavy going for for the second time. Uh he sort of told him off the referee for not using the knuckle part of the glove, which is vital in amateur boxing. Nothing wrong with that short right hand. [Applause] Lot of energy here. Lot of energy in this first couple of minutes here. Yeah, I think the I don’t know what the word is. The the gung-hoess of Miles early on I think probably shocked Dun a little bit but I think Don just starting to kind of get back into it. Get, you know, get into the fight now. Not back into it. Get into it. And the left hook was pretty good from Tio Miles. He’s missing as well. Again, you’re going to ask that question that we asked earlier. Gas tank. Can he keep that sort of uh energy level high? Can he keep the power and the spite in the shots? There’s no rest bite yet for Liam Dun from Odyssey in the blue. Tio Miles in the red, that’s a better shot. Textbook jab. Who knew? [Music] Yeah, exactly. When a guy’s quite wide like Miles is, you know, swinging his shots wide and ary just stay tight. comes straight down the middle with the straight shot, the jab, the straight right hand. That’s the buzzer. Don’t win every time. You would say though, from a Miles point of view, Tio Miles, if there’s nothing coming back, it doesn’t really matter. He’s confident he can keep doing that all day. Um, some of it landed, some of it didn’t, some of it was good on the ice, some of it wasn’t, but it was really effective. He he might be able to, you know, keep landing, but the the explosiveness, the speed of them, the accuracy that will dwindle as he gets tired. And I don’t care how fit you are. You know, when you’re boxing with that kind of energy and you’re loaded up like that, it does take it out of you. So, it is going to it is going to dwindle even if he grits out and keeps it going. Um, he won’t keep it going to the same quality. And when the quality leaves him, that’s when Donna will be able to capitalize. [Music] You ready? You sure? Hill, the club that Tio Miles is representing. [Music] Back to it. Liam Dunn from Odyssey in the blue. Tio Miles in the red. And it was a pretty heavy artillery first round from Tio Miles. What can Liam Dunn do in this second round? [Applause] We’ve seen that a couple of times, not too often, but just got a bit ugly on the inside and resulted with Miles on the deck. No knockdown. Just sort of a wrestling for supremacy there. Miles lands a right hand, but it was right at the end of his range and perhaps not the most powerful. As if he was just a little bit closer, but it was still a eye-catching shot. [Applause] [Music] Long left put from Miles. Scores. You know, someone like Miles is a difficult opponent cuz he’s unorthodox. He’s awkward. He throws shots that you’re not expecting, but he’s quite explosive. And he actually, if he throws and he misses, he still wraps you up. So even if you make him miss, you don’t necessarily make him pay. The D supporters behind us were just boyed there just because there was a couple of shots from Dunn which did land or partially land. There’s a good jab as Miles was coming forward. That was good cuz Dunn used all of Miles’s momentum against him and he’s got to do he’s got to keep doing that. You know, he’s got to try and time well that that you know this is better from Donnie landed a solid right hand there as well. He’s got to try and use uh Moses’s attack against him, you know, as he’s thundering in. So, give the faint, take the step back and, you know, meet him as he comes, walk him on to the shots. He might have to go through a bit of fire to get there, though, because Tio Miles landed a really good body shot at the start of that attack. So, Liam Dunn, if he’s going to get it done, it’s not going to be easy. He’s looking a little bit more ragged here now though, Miles. And, you know, mouth open, breathing heavy. [Applause] What are we going to get here? Uh warning for holding for miles, which is probably a sign. It’s a public warning. So I think if you have a warning in the same round for the same offense more than twice, I think you could get disqualified. [Applause] Both guys breathing very heavy here, Matt, as we approach [Applause] end of the round. That’s Liam done there. When he broke when he got to get out of the way and counter. So yeah, I’ve just had that clarified. It’s if you get this if you get you can get two public warnings, you get a point off. And if you get a third one for the same thing in the same round, you’re disqualified automatically. Yeah, I think that that is the correct interpretation that we got to give him a name check. That’s John Denon, our amateur boxing expert. Which is actually what we saw in the previous fight. So that now that makes more sense. Yeah. Yeah. Because we did I think we both thought it was harsh considering the context of the fight which was hard fought but not you know not badly fought. You know there was no ill it was a clean fight just fought out high tempo but it’s the repetitive nature of the offense. It’s the same offense back to this one. This this one is enthralling. I’m not 100% sure that I would want to say which way it’s gone or which way it’s going. Certainly Tio Miles had the best action in the first round. How much of the tank he had to empty to do that is to be debated. Could Liam Dunn have taken that second round? I I could see a world where he definitely did. Could it all be to play for in this last round? Yes, there’s been plenty of that. Plenty of real heavy artillery. Some of the shots look wild, but I’d counter that some of them have been really effective. Yeah, that’s the thing with with Miles. He is unorthodox. He is a bit wild, but he’s he is a he is effective. He’s got fast hands. He’s quite explosive. So, you know, Liam Dun’s more technically well schooled, more orthodox, more correct, and he’s more probably more consistent here with his, you know, his shape and everything else, but certainly the wildness, the unorthodoxness of um Miles Miles makes him makes him awkward, difficult to read. So, uh, I think Dunn’s got to sort of it’s all to play for here. I think I think if Dunn has a strong finish, he can win the fight. But I think, uh, you know, Miles, even though he’s tiring, he’s still he’s still awkward. He’s still a bit dangerous. But it is effective work from, uh, Miles. This is this is the issue now. Now, though, going to hurt him cuz he’s he’s being warned as a point off. Public warning to point off, I think. [Applause] [Music] Yeah, point off. It is going to hurt him then. Still piling into these. Oh, good right hand from Liam Dunn. Now he has to make him pay. Yeah, good right hand from Dunn there. Miles tired now. So, as his defenses are getting a bit more scattered, a bit more ragged, he’s losing his shape. This is where Dunn’s sort of superior technical ability, keeping his shape, keeping his composure. You’re going to give him the upper hand here. So, he’s just got to try and [Applause] Oh, good right hand though from Miles there. He’s tired, but he’s he’s digging in. He’s never stopped throwing. That’s the one thing I would say. He’s very very tired. He’s not stopped throwing the the tank looks to be on red. You can’t accuse him of not giving it everything. You just want to can done find some clean work here. He hasn’t really yet. That’s clean work. That’s a good left hand. And he just I think a little bit disorganized there to Miles. He felt that left hook. Yeah. And just got to get a bit of room here. can’t allow to fall in where Miles can grab a hold of him and tie him off. He’s got to keep that distance. [Music] That is it. That was for a number of different reasons really, really intriguing and enthralling. And I think Don had a strong last round. I think he’s happy there. I think that he feels that sealed it for him. It’s going to be interesting cuz that middle round could actually be the swing round then. Yeah, agree. had so many split decisions. Have we had a unanimous yet? I think nearly everything has been a split. It’s it’s so difficult, especially we found where the way we’re sitting here again. You can see us at the top of your screen there. When the your back is to us, you think it might have landed. You think it might not. It sort of hammers home. We see it all the time in professional boxing. It can make a difference what side of the ring you’re sitting. just final checks with the doctor. Really, really good fight. Really good fight. They’re pretty confident behind us. Uh the Odyssey Boxing Club supporters for Liam Dunn. I know that won’t be their support or their opinion that matters is is the three scoring judges at ringside. So, let’s see. Could see that the scores have not quite made their way. How many people can give us a wave there? Look, there’s there’s one. I’m just waving to myself here in a void. There’s two. There’s three. There’s a couple. Word gets around. There you go. It’s how Mexican Wave starts, Matt. Go on then. I can’t. I can’t. A few champion medals there as well. Good to see. They’re still totaling up these scorecards. You can see behind Tio Miles there. That is the allimp important final scorecard which is going to be handed to one of our colleagues at Riviera Box Cup and then it’s going to be run over to MC Rab. He’s on the far side. So the message is on the way. Not long to wait now. Will it be Miles from Barton Hill or will it be Liam Dunn from Odyssey? Agonizing weight. There you go. All the way down the far end there is MC Rab. That on the table there is not the Champions League trophy. It is the Riviera Box Cup. So here we go. All right. Right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of boat number 10 in ring A by unanimous decision. In a blue corner, Liam D Odyssey boxes from Odyssey. There you go. I think it probably was the second and third rounds that made the difference there. You’re right. I think so. I think so. I mean, because Miles just came out so fast, so wild, so explosive in the first round, it was kind of difficult for Dun to get any kind of distance or or timing or read of him. I think he was just sort of in survival mode, you know, just trying to weather the storm. But when that initial onsort left him, that’s when Dunn was at, you know, superior technical boxing ability took over. Can you hear me, Liam? Well done. Congratulations to you. That was very entertaining to watch. It was quite easy to read as well. He came out flying. I mean, absolutely. Uh, pedal to the floor. How do you stay composed and try and get a read on that and then back your own engine and back your own heart and your own ability down the stretch? Well, I was just trying to tuck up, stay on my jab, you know, keep him at range while he’s trying to throw these big shots and then he ended up falling in with them and then I could counter. Could you feel him wilting down the stretch? Yeah, definitely. He definitely didn’t have the engine for to keep that up for the free round. So, yeah, it worked well for me. Now, I’ve got uh a compliment and a criticism. The compliment, what great support from Odyssey Boxing Club. The criticism, you’re all in the same hotel and every time I’ve made it down for breakfast, there’s nothing left. So, who has been taking all of the sausages and bacon? I blame it on Ross, the coach. Yeah. Yeah. He was not at the bar last night watching the boxing with us. He was tucked up in bed. What about the future for you? What uh does this sport hold for you? Obviously, Riviera Box Cup champion, so congratulations. But what do you want to what do you want to achieve as an amateur? Well, uh this season I want to keep training up into the NAGBC’s and then hopefully win that and then go on to the ABAs as a senior cuz I’ll be a senior next year. Brilliant. Well, we wish you all the best. Make sure you come back and see us. Okay. Congratulations to you. You’re Riviera Box Cup champion for this year. Thank you. Well done. [Applause] All right, ladies and gentlemen, boat number 11 in ring A. a 2007 71 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Eastgate Amida Boxing Club, Thomas Brazier and his opponent in the blue corner from the Mannings Amida Boxing Club, Zachariah Zuman. Red Brazier Blue Zuman Okay, so here we go. Thomas Brazier in the red from East Gate just to reinforce and Zach Zuman from Mannings in the blue. This is our open class final. 67- 71 kg. You know, Zuma started really quick on a ran across the ring, but he’s, you know, settled down now. Switching southpaw. Oh, not lovely left hand down the middle from Zuman. Very confident young man. Zaka Zuman came up and introduced himself to me yesterday. boxing out of the Manning’s gym. He’s won four Box Cups, [Applause] the Hull, Edby Warehouse, and Manchester Box Cup as well. Didn’t box yesterday, Zach Zuman. So, we’ll have that freshness. Thomas Brazier’s got a good pedigree though, boxing out the Orthodox stance in the red. East skate boxing club, four-time Eastern County champion. What are you making of this so far, Matt? Yeah, I don’t know if it’s always an advantage getting the buyer of I mean, absolutely you’ll be a bit fresher, but you also might took you a bit longer to get going. Uh you’ve boxed the day before. You’re kind of into it. You’re confident and you, you know, you might start quicker, be a bit sharper. [Applause] Evenly matched here. I think c certainly so far Zuman looks technically a little bit better, you know, more set up, better set up and he’s thinking more, but certainly uh Brazier put some nice shots together as well. Yeah, now orthodox uh Zuman and actually box is really nice out that stance. It was an straight left followed by the right hand. The old one too. Yeah, there’s plenty on that right hand as well. And just from his sort of mannerisms there, you get the impression confidence is flowing for Zaka Zuman. Yeah, Zuman. There was some nice shots there. He he he caught Brazier on the way in. Timed it nicely. Caught him with the right hand. Back to Southport. Zuman in the blue. Sra has just got to try and get a read on that. What’s the man there? Jack to the body. Brazier 18y old representing the skate. [Music] [Applause] Oh, good right hand from Thomas Brazier. Perhaps not at the sweet spot of its arc, but it he threw it straight. Zaman comes flying straight back. God, good action from both of these. Good contest so far. Good open up. Pretty easy on the eye. Got a bit messy at the end there, but apart from that, it was fought very clean. Can you just notice the atmosphere because there isn’t We have had a little break in the other two rings. The decibel level was completely dropped. Feel like we’re in a library now. Still talking quietly. Yeah. And I guess some of maybe the earlier people who boxed. Yeah. People drift in, drift out. That is one of the beauties of the the box cup has to be said. This is the zooming corner. Big fan of Terrence Crawford. Bam. Rodriguez of course in that mega fight. We don’t get many I would say to your left do actually but mega fights sort of corpse it’s mega fight historic isn’t it it’s historic mega fight that’s coming up what month are we in that’s coming up next month isn’t it so middle of August so about a month’s time so back to this one Zaka Zuman in the blue. Thomas Brazier in the red. Second of three. Brazier just falls a little bit short there. Just got to take his feet with him. Looks to throw almost like a bolo punch there to the bit of the stomach of Zuman. Doesn’t land it. Pursuitman just holding his feet nicely there. Just dipped out of range a little bit. Just half a step and allowed Brazier to fall in and just caught with a couple of nice shots. It’s a whipping shot there from Zuman. Brazier to be fair is quite happy to indulge and stand with Zuman. I wonder if it was just slightly talking fractions just quicker hands from Zuben that made the difference there. Yeah, better from Brazia. But you know he’s kind of willing to trade off and you know open up with shots Brazier but I think he’s actually playing into the hands of Zuma cuz he’s a bit quicker. He’s faster reaction times and he just beaten him to the punch. Frzy just looks to go down to the body. [Applause] [Applause] Not sure which stance Zuman is more effective. He seems very natural in both. It’s such a skill to have, isn’t it? To be smooth out of the orthodox and the southpaw stance. Could you have boxed south ball? Yeah, I could in the amateur turns out for a little bit here and there but um I could box south but yeah in the amateurs I did a couple of whole rounds as a as south when I you know was up and going to compliment and sometimes it worked because some people really struggled with south. So if I kind of felt you try it and if it felt the guy really couldn’t cope with it then I’d stay there. Um and I guess that’s what Zum’s doing here. You know he’ll go sad for see how that gets on. I don’t know which he is more natural. Is he more south? Is he more or certainly whichever one you do, some guys struggle with with that. So that you mean that was a lovely from the from the south. Yeah. Yeah, that was a lovely left hand down the middle from the south stand. So maybe he’s better as a southpaw in this fight against this opponent. That’s a good body shot as well from Zum. He hasn’t stopped Brazier coming forward. will just hope that he can just have a little bit more success offensively because he has when he’s got Zuman in this sort of position, he’s not really been able to make it uh count. That’s two down. [Music] thinks he’s amateur records it fight by fights he’s 27 wins against over 60 ft so very very respectable still early days 18 years old same age Thomas Brazier then remember that Take the head off blind here. Not a riot act, but that was a lot of motivation in there. Just trying to fire him up a little bit. Thomas Brazier sense it he he has to win this round. You know, I think they’re regardless of what’s happened before, it has to win this round. They were just saying to him, just make sure you take your head off the line. He’s quite he is quite a sharpshooter, isn’t he? He has made brazier pay when he’s just stayed there too long. Yeah, I mean sort of firing Brazer up might not be the thing to do because if he’s too fired up and he’s too gung-ho, that’s kind of playing into the hands of Zuma cuz Zuma has walked him on to shots. But then, you know, if you’re behind and you’re losing, you still you’ve still got to try and motivate him, haven’t you, to go out there? Yeah, he’s really going for it here. Brazia, some of those have landed. Certainly. How much has he taken out of his own tank? Certainly he did land there in a couple of those attacks. [Applause] Good jab from the alter stance from Zuman in blue. Yeah, I think Zuman, you know, more relaxed. He’s able to see see him coming. He’s able to read him. He’s able to time him. He’s able to walk him on to the shots. Wasn’t the cleanest, but not a bad right hand from Brazer. just at the end of its sort of arc. Zooming around the top of the head. Needs a few more of those. Brazier if he can. [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Still Brazier coming forward, but Zuman is not for the first time. He’s kind of got the answers, isn’t he? Yeah, that’s what I mean. It’s It’s almost like the harder Braze is trying, the more it’s working against himself because he’s coming in thundering in, but he’s actually walking on to shots because Zuman’s kind of got the timing of him now. Got the got the he’s reading his the pace of him and he’s he’s able to walk onto shots. Nothing wrong with the heart or the engine of Thomas Brazier, though. Found a little bit of success there by just banging away to the body. If you’re hitting something, it’s not a bad thing. hit anything, hit something, just keep landing if you can. You see, over three rounds, you haven’t really got long enough to try and, you know, drain him enough to you’ll be able to come on strong later. It’s uh when a guy’s better than you, more relaxed, better at long range, can pick you up, he’s a bit quicker. It’s going to be a difficult It’s going to be difficult to get to him over three rounds. Last 10 coming up. You heard that on the microphone there. Brazia, fair play going for broke. Zuman as well. Great shot. Oh, well done lads. Terrific finish. Yeah, good fight. Well done. [Applause] So, we’ll just have uh both fighters be cleared by the doctor. I mean, great effort there from Brazier. He never stopped trying. He, you know, he really poured everything he he he had into that fight. I don’t think he could have given an ounce more, but I I felt that he was the quality shots, the clean shots were coming from Zuma and he was able to pick him up a little bit, use his own aggression against him a bit. Zumi in the first couple was did some real eyecatching work, didn’t he? [Applause] Just glancing across at a couple of the other rings there. Ring B, ring C. clubs from all over. It’s been really well attended this year’s Riviera Box Cup. The only thing we didn’t bring was the sunshine. Ended up in the middle of a storm down on the seafront yesterday, didn’t we? No. Freezing. No good at all. Coming down on Friday, it was 30°. It was like sweltering. Hottest day of the year probably. And then the last two days it was Yeah, we’re just about to get confirmation. Thomas Brazier very very confident here. So, let’s see. Nice respect between the two of them. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of uh about number 11 in ring A by unanimous decision in a blue corner. Zachar Zuman. Zach Zuman. Well done, lads. Yeah, probably as we thought those first two rounds he he did do a lot of clean work. Nice thumbs up from Thomas Brazier as well. Zach, we can’t hear you. Come and tell us. Come and tell us down in the interview. He’ll be all talked out by the time it gets to us. Just gave us today’s word. I wish I knew. Let’s get him down into interview position. Well done to Zach Zuman. I think probably makes him a fivetime box cup winner if he’s won hull Ed Bilby warehouse in Manchester. He’s doing the world tour. He’s making his way round. He’s coming. Right. I’m really well. Can you hear me? So yesterday you come and found me in the crowd and said you’ve got to film me. So we did. The one mistake you’ve made, we couldn’t hear what you were saying to the camera. So tell us now. What was it? Um, I just wanted to say a massive, massive thank you to everyone in back in Birmingham for supporting me. Thanks to my coach, Anthony Manning. Thank you to my strength and conditioning coach, Daniel Allen. Without these guys, I’m nothing. I only started boxing at the age of 15 and if it wasn’t for these guys, I wouldn’t be where I am now. Um, I’m my own biggest critic, and I know that wasn’t my best performance in there, but I’ve been extremely active this season. I’ve been struggling with the weight cuts to a little bit, but listen, it is what it is. I extend my win streak now to eight wins and eight unanimous wins. So, I can’t complain with that. Um, my opponent was a good lad. Thank you guys for watching. It means the world. And I just want to say lastly, massive, massive thank you to Sky Sports. What they’re doing. They’ve done the Manchester Box Cup. Now they’re doing the Riviera Box Cup. We did the without these guys. Grassroots Abage are boxing. It’s nothing. Um, and let me stop you. We can’t do it without you. So, don’t need to thank us. We should be doing more of it. Are you uh better out the Southport stance orthodox? You’re very good and very smooth in both of them. But we were trying to debate whether or not you’re a natural orthodox or natural south ball. Uh natural south ball. Yeah. Well, I’m not sure if you remember this, Andy. Who did I say was my favorite fighter yesterday? Do you remember? Bon Bam. Bon Bam. Exactly. Um best switch in the game. I love watching them box. They’re so unique. They’re so creative and I learned so much from them. That’s why I love to study them. Um I’ve got a lot of things to work on. I’m back out in three weeks time. Baron Box Cup. That was my third go. That was my third box Cup gold medal in five weeks. So, um, I’ve been on a good little momentum streak. I’ve got good wins coming in. So, on to the next, man. I’ll come in for that national title and yeah, see you guys soon. The British public are going to love me. When I turn pro, it’s game over for everyone, but gentlemen get up. Yeah, you smashed it. Don’t worry about us. Very good. Thank you for coming and sorting us out and good recommendation. Well done. Introducing in the red corner from the Baron Boxing Club in Barable, Ollie Lee. And his opponent in the blue corner from the Blackford, sorry, Blackford Lays Club, Morris James. Red Lee, Blue James. Okay. So, we’ll just reinforce that. So Ollie Lee from Baram he is in the red and Morris James from Blackbird Lees is in the blue. So this is our final uh 71 to75 open class. This will be our last contest before a very very short interval. So let’s hope we have saved the best until last uh this moment. So good right hand from Morris straight away in the blue. He’s got a a heavily strapped uh right knee, but from memory, I think he had that yesterday and it certainly didn’t affect him. Ollie Lee, 18year-old, perhaps slightly taller of the two, just looking to get a jab going, but took a right hand there on the way in. Got a good record, Ollie Lee. 47 bouts and 31 wins. Bryce James. He’s uh well schooled, three time national champion. [Applause] Just both a bit overeager there, but it it’s been clean up until that point. away from a good right hand there from Ollie Lee. Good two from Morris James in the blue. Yeah, the good two most hard accurate shots clean. A warning for holding for Lee. We He’s really been marked early, hasn’t he? Both [Applause] throw in, both landing. I’m not sure who’s with the better shot there. Yeah, they kind of cancel each other out. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. They’re difficult to score. Oh, good right hand down the middle there from Morris. Yeah, they’re the ones that are easy to score. Morris James with a good crisp right hand in the blue. [Applause] plenty [Applause] of leather being thrown. Not sure how much of that landed clean. You know, there was a period where it was encouraged in amateur boxing more single shots and double shots as opposed to combination punches because the singles and doubles are easy to see and easy therefore easy to score and you know combinations you know wasting energy once the point but then sometimes you got to put the combinations together to get sometimes it’s the third and fourth shot that happens. Yeah. Yeah. And it makes a very good spectacle when people are standing in front of each other combination punching and also as you when you turn professional boxing particularly the locker rounds etc. You do need the combination punching. [Music] [Applause] This is a father son combination. This is John Lee win these two rounds. 109. Okay. Yeah. So you win these two rounds. Keep it clean. You win it. It’s longer. Bang. Bang. I don’t want to second guess there. Bang. Bang. Okay. Again. We’re trying to guess, aren’t we? I think he said you got to win these next two rounds to make sure. Maybe they think that they’ve lost that first round. Uh, Olly Lee in the red. Uh, Morris James, he he did score a couple of eye-catching right hands, so you could certainly see that. That might not be a motivating tactic. That might just be a little bit of um truthtelling. Second round. That’s a slip. Yeah. Uh Ollie Lee in the red, Morris James in the blue. [Applause] There’s a better right hand around the side from Lee. [Applause] Yeah, Lee kind of having success with the right hand when uh Morris James comes in. He’s he’s kind of landing it not straight but kind of looping it and trying to time as he comes on to it. Morris James made him miss and made him pay there though. That was good work from a good hand there. Yeah. Yeah. Walked him onto that as he again as he kind of lunged in for the shot. Uh Morris James just tied him over the top with the right hand, buzzed him, legs dipped a little bit and I I actually think it was the product of both attacks. You know, he landed with that right hand that uh we saw and then he he followed it up with an almost carbon copy exactly as you said, just a little dip at the knees as well. So he’s got to tighten up here, Ollie Lee. Good work with the left hand that time and Morris James senses an opening here, doesn’t he? Confidence is flowing. defensively is very tidy at the moment. Yeah, kind of smelling blood here. [Applause] Go. Let’s go. [Applause] When they come together like that, there’s not actually much between them, but but it has been the big moments in the round that have come from Morris James. Yeah, the cleaner work. The cleaner work. He’s landed the better shots. You got the standing count as well. and again landed three hard shots there. Yeah. And he’s got Lee at that awful mid-range where he’s neither out of range or on his chest where he can stop him working. And a few signs of battle there. Yeah, they’re they’re confident now in that Morris James corner. [Applause] And that old adage again, he started the round very well and he finished the round very well in that blue corner. [Applause] Come on. Already done it. No, you haven’t. Come on, buddy. You’ve got this. They really try and fire him up in that opposite red corner. Yeah, I think they know in a red corner. They need a big round. This is our setting going on. You can see ring B and ring C in the distance there. This is ring A. This is the final round of our final here. 7175. We think probably Morris James in the blue is ahead and Ollie Lee needs a a pretty standout last round here if he’s going to get anything done. starts off quite nicely with a right hand there, but then he he gets caught and this is where Morris James has been very very effective. Yeah, I think he even got hurt with those shots a little bit. He kind of backed off there and then then he wanted to hold again with the right hand count. Yeah, and he measured that right hand perfectly. Yeah, he did. And I think there’s blood coming as well. There might be a cut or is it the nose? It If it’s the nose, it’s because it’s been smeared up the rest of his face. It was it was a peach of a right hand and all of the damage I think has been done by the right hand. He measured it lovely with a jab, but bought that right hand over perfect Morris James. He’s boxed really really well. And it’s not for the want of trying for Olly Lee, but he’s been perhaps his most vulnerable when he’s trying to force it and he and he needs to force it. Yeah, exactly. He’s got a damn Oh, he’s getting with hard shot. Sorry, getting caught with hard shots there again. A barrage of punches. Yeah, really, you know, Morris James very much in charge here now. [Applause] What can Ollie do? Ollie Lee do? Can he find a statement shot? Hasn’t been necessarily any signs of it yet. warn him for holding very clear and he’s disqualified. [Applause] He’s not happy about that. Look, I don’t think it it really matters to matters to what the decision was going to be. Apologies for any language that bled through on the microphone there. Obviously, emotions are running high, but could only apologize. Was it for holding? Yeah, he very clear for holding. He was holding. He was he was holding. I think that was because Morris James was probably a little bit too much for him on the inside. Yeah, he’s not happy. I can see actually he’s in the back of your picture there. Taking it with plenty of grace though. That is the one thing I would say. I’ve lost count of how many fights we’ve watched over the whole course this weekend. But the beauty and the sportsmanship in amateur boxing, it is still very pure. Like you said, even if they’re not happy with the decisions, he’s been fought in a brilliant manner. Very happy though, Morris James. And so he should be because he was boxing really well. The big moments had come from him. Oh yeah, brilliant performance. He was he was going to I mean he’d won the fight anyway, hadn’t he? At that point. I actually thought at one point if he could turn the screw a little bit, he might even get a stoppage. Could have been a standing count or two, hadn’t there? As well. Yeah, he’s got dreams of going to the Olympics and boxing pro. So he might be one of those that in a few years were playing this tape back and saying, “Look at him when he was just a boy there at 17.” Well done to him. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 12 in ring A, your winner by disqualification in the blue corner, Morris James, Blackford Lays. Well done. There will now be a 30inut interval. Morris James. You can hear hear MC Rab. Don’t go anywhere just yet because we are going to try and hear from Morris James. Yeah, as I said there, he’s got plans to go to the Olympics one day and box pro his A levels to look forward to as well. Come and join us over here. [Applause] That was probably your toughest part of the day trying to find your chair. But congratulations. Well done. You looked like you really enjoyed that. Arguably wanted to put an exclamation point on the end there. Probably not the ending you wanted, but well on top and and in complete control. Was that how you read it? Yeah, honestly, like we had a game plan obviously just I knew what he was going to be like cuz I spired him before. I’ve met him at England and stuff like that. I knew he was going to be a tough boy, year above, stronger, a little bit quicker, a bit more experienced than me. So, all I just needed to do was get my shots off quicker, show that I’m strong straight off the bat, so he isn’t afraid of me, you know? So, that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to state who I am in that ring at that moment. And, um, that’s what I did. I like what you said. Um, I didn’t get the decision I wanted to. I was hoping for a stoppage, but you know, kind of have to you can’t have the best of both worlds, you know, but we got the win. That’s all that matters at the end of the day. You almost made him fight your fight and he had to chase it and the more he chased it, the more opportunities he gave you. Did you feel you capitalized on them? Yeah, definitely. That was um Yeah, definitely 100%. Like there was some shots that I maybe I should have like shorted up a little bit more as uh I was waiting for him. He was definitely on my pace. I could feel that I had the pace of the fight. He wanted me to come forward whereas I wanted to come forward cuz he was a taller boy. But yeah, I definitely felt I was in control. I had set the pace right. There’s just a little things need a tweak on but you know perfect performance. I can’t really complain. Yeah, future’s very bright for you. So what is next? So hopefully we got the NBC’s in about November. Uh get revenge on um certain someone that’s beat me twice that uh we need to get back you know and um and I I will get back and got seasons and hopefully nationals you get into that go try nations and hopefully Europeans. That’s the big dream and hopefully overall Olympics. That’s what I’m hoping for. Yeah, we’ve got that written down. So, best of luck with that for the future. Do you want to say hello to anyone before you go? Sky Sports debut, you might as well take your opportunity, obviously. Um, hello. Hello, mom. Hello, grandma. Hello, granddad. And all my fans, all my friends, everyone’s watching. I love you, and I and I I can’t like appreciate how much this means to me. Like, it is just it means the world to me. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. What a beautiful message, Morris. Well done. You are Riviera box champion for this year. Congratulations. Thank you, sir. Well done. Okay, so that brings an end to part one. So we are going to have a short interval. Don’t go anywhere though. It’s the perfect sort of time period to make a sandwich, go and have a hot drink, but come back because coming up later, we got some of the big heavier weights where it’s going to get very, very interesting and the atmosphere is going to be ramping up here in Tor Bay. So don’t go anywhere. Come back after this short interval. [Music] Yes. When I got Okay. It’s a little game. something. [Applause] [Music] First opponent in the United [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] That’s a hot Brandon [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Walk them up. [Applause] quiet. Yeah. [Applause] [Applause] 115. Great. Great. Ladies and gentlemen, [Applause] Come on. [Applause] [Applause] Come on. [Applause] [Applause] White number. [Applause] [Applause] Well, number 167, [Music] you know that [Applause] [Music] and his opponent is for the boxing club. James Smith is Blue Smith. [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Fire. [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] All ladies and gentlemen in the green by a split decision. [Music] [Applause] There you go. I’d love a cup of tea with it though. Good. SP right here. Last camera from the United States ladies boxing club. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Heat. [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Let’s go up. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of number 16 by a speed decision. [Applause] Thank you. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Now great service. Second [Music] James [Music] [Applause] Here [Applause] we go. [Applause] Even I’m not sure. student records. We got it. You got to watch it. [Music] All right, we ready. All right, guys. Ready? Well, welcome back to Tor Bay Leisure Center, the home of the Riviera Box Cup. We have just completed our first half. I hope you enjoyed some of the action on show there because there was some really good contest. So much passion, skill, excitement. It’s been brilliant. We move into the second half now, Matt, and it has to be said, uh, have you even been able to catch your breath? I mean, and how many times were you grabbed during the interval by a disgruntled coach? I’ve had three. So, so we got a lot to go. Yeah. But you know what? The action has been brilliant. The quality has been good. The, like I say, the effort from all the lads has been just, ladies and gentlemen, number 13 here. Okay, let’s get back to ring eight. We are just about to get around. Number 13 in ring A is a 2007 86 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the Romy Aba Boxing Club, Aaron Lane and his opponent in the blue corner from the Toray Aba Boxing Club, Boyd Chapman. Red Lane, blue Chapman. [Applause] [Music] Nice touch of gloves. Final instructions. This is our first fight back after the interval. So it’ll be Aaron Lane representing Romsey in red and Boyd Chapman representing Torbade. So home final. He’s in blue. Back to the big boys here as well. 81 to 86 kg. Here we go. It’s a clash of Orthodox and Southpaw with Aaron Lane with the sparkly pink shorts, the red head gear. Boxing Orthodox Boyd Lane Boyd Chapman Tor in the all blue and he’s boxing out of the South D. He just looks to get to work there. Some nice combination punching. Lovely sort of threading the needle uppercut as well. That nice start from Boyd Chapman who will have home advantage. Yeah, you can see straight away Chapman he’s got a nice repertoire. He’s looking for that straight left obviously uh down the middle but also the uppercut into the pit of the stomach. He’s throwing it well into that area. Aaron Lane just trying to close that distance. [Applause] Might have to take one or two on the way in. He’s quite a big puncher. Boyd Chapman from Lane cuffs Chapman around the top of the head with a left hand. Yeah. Well, Lane’s certainly aggressive. He’s trying to keep the pressure on Chapman. Not allowing time or room to get his shots off. Short with the right hand. ‘s lane. Chapman again, the radar not quite switched on with the left hand yet. These two just work it out amongst themselves on the inside. No is the answer. First of three rounds Manchester Cup a couple of months ago. He’s saw plenty of high quality action in the Riviera Box Cup down here in the English Riviera. Tor Bay has been every bit as good so far. Lane climbs into a right hand. He just sort of got Chapman caught in a neutral corner and he actually boxed quite well there. Chapman on the back foot, but then he got his head spun by a a short shot from Lane. We’ve got a head guard problem, I think. Yeah, you can see the Velcro’s come loose at the back there of Aaron Lane. [Applause] [Applause] running repairs there from Lane. You you mentioned it earlier in the contest. Lane is very much trying to put a bit of manners on Chapman by forcing him back, getting a ticking off for holding. That it’s kind of what he’s trying to do, isn’t it? Wrestle him a little bit. Yeah, I think he’s trying to impose his physical strength to see if he can try and bully him or he doesn’t feel as comfortable at distance with the southpaw stance of Chapman perhaps. Oh, Chapman walked laying onto a big left hand there. Good shot from Chapman. Might be his best punch of the round so far. So Lane needs to be careful. Well, it’s one thing applying pressure, but he doesn’t want to be walked on to have big shots coming from Chapman. Let’s head into the blue corner local amateur boxing club right there because we’ve seen Daryl As that is not a little bit on the inside. It’s easy as that shot. Just keep doing what you’re doing. All right. Nice simple advice there. Continue what you’re doing. Over in the red corner, Aaron Lane, Rocky Penny. That is so well. Aaron Lane recently got bronze in the Nationals and won the Manchester Box Cup. Take out step back. Uppercut hook. Uppercut hook. Uppercut hook. Uppercut hook. I caught the end of that. I wouldn’t necessarily want to be one of the five scoring judges of ringside uh scoring that first round because it was it was nip and tuck. There wasn’t a hell of a lot in it. It was nip and tuck, but I felt that Chapman landed better shots. Certainly the cleaner, more eye-catching, easier to score shots. A lot of pressure from Aaron Lane, but I think that worked against him a couple of times cuz he kind of walked on to a few shots from Chapman. That was nice from Lane though. Little short shot up through the middle. [Applause] Low’s working quite lane is working quite hard to get Chapman there, but when he’s there, he’s almost smothering his own work a little bit. Chapman’s read that quite well and then just cuffs him around the head and spins out. That was nice work from Boyd Chapman in the blue from Tor Lane. Romsey in the red. [Applause] Little bit scrappy at the moment. That happens sometimes when you get Orthodox in South cancel each other out a little bit, come on top of each other. [Applause] Yeah, they both might benefit from taking half a step back, but it’s easier than done because it is a final. I think it’s probably a Sky Sports debut for both of them. both desperate to impress. Yeah. And it’s only three rounds, you know. You’ve got to you don’t want to for you know, you lose the first round and all of a sudden you’re chasing the fight. Yeah. What are you waiting for? You know, too busy waiting. Exactly. This has been a scrappy round though. [Applause] [Applause] That is a warning. Boy Chapman forward. Another one of those [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Probably better work from Lane there at the end of that exchange. Yeah, I think he probably had the final say there, didn’t he? [Music] Scrappy round though. A lot of clinching. aren’t too many clean shots landed. No, but that made perhaps the obvious ones even more important. If it was Lane that has landed those cleaner shots, stopgraphing shots behind that uppercut jab then stop every time. If you’re going to throw that hook, you got to describe that as well. Maybe you need that step across, throw the right hand, left hand, and then throw the right hand. Right. Okay. You got to pick your ch. You got to relax. [Applause] [Music] left throw it and then left and left throw it right hear a couple of bits of advice there and it sounded like very good advice they were saying to Chapman in the blue corner there just try and relax try and relax and don’t load up and I can hear in the lane corner there. Rocky Pa just saying don’t jump in. Edge your way in. You know, use your footwork. Don’t leap in. Okay, third and final round. All to play for. Maybe a nice left hand there from Chapman in the blue. Boy Chapman. There is a warning for Aaron Lane for holding. [Applause] I think some of these warnings that we’ve seen, public warnings internally, I’ve almost sort of, oh, that’s a bit harsh. Can I say in this one, referee’s almost given them every chance to work it out amongst themselves. It’s just become a little bit scrappy and they they haven’t been able to work it out themselves. [Applause] Well, that’s balanced that out. Yeah. And you know, in terms they’re both guilty. They’re both guilty of it. I think, you know, without sounding harsh at all, it’s it’s completely understandable. They’re doing everything they can to impress and they’re probably trying a little bit too hard to impress. Yeah. I think which is not a criticism. No, I think Chapman’s probably trying a little bit too hard. Needs to relax a bit more. And similarly, Lane is a little bit gung-ho. He’s thundering a little bit on top of himself, smothering work. And they’re both ending up in clinches. Just saying you’re leading with the head there. Borrowing with the head lane. Kind of understand the game plan. Just physically trying to back Chapman up, but you can’t do it by leading with the head like that. This is where you want to see them work it out. This is where you want to see them letting their hands go on the inside. And uh I can see a bird in the arena, man. A bird has made its way into the hall. Slight distraction. He’s not over ring A at the moment. I think he came in through a fire exit. There you go. You’re flying over there. Oh, shoot. Away at me. Back to the action. Enough jokes from me. It’s not a comedy show. Good right hand from Nice one, two. It was a textbook old one, two. That was a good jab from Lane as well. These are these are probably vital moments. Vital shots. They could win him. They could win him this round, which could win him the fight. Yeah, if we’ve seen them, the scoring judges at ringside will have seen him as well. What’s happening here, Matt? The point here now. So, that’s him. A point gone as well. So, he doesn’t want another one of those in this round. Can’t afford it. [Applause] If there’s any criticism of Chapman, he’s got long arms. He hasn’t really used a jab. Uh, as he probably would have liked to have used a jab as a rangefinder. That is the final bell. The bell. And you know what? I think that point after probably cost him the fight. you know, he might have lusted anyway, but I think that’s definitely will have swung it lane’s way. Let’s see it. They haven’t been particularly easy to score the fights. I think we’ve we’ve almost agreed on every single winner, but I can see uh see how difficult it is to score, especially a scrappy fight like that. You know, there’s not a lot of shots landing cleanly, which you would consider those, you know, scoring shots. There’s a lot of shots scuffing and partially landing and [Applause] but I think Lane particular well that Lane definitely won the last round plus he had the point off. Sorry, you know Chapman had the point off. So he’s won that by two points. So if if he’s one of the other rounds, he’s won the fight. I thought Chapman probably won the first second one. Not not sure. That’s that could be the uh that’s the round that dictates the fight. But then obviously Chapman had the point up as well. So yeah, I think I I would say that Lane has got it. [Applause] I think you would say between the two of them, not too much difference in terms of of level. They’re quite evenly matched. It was just those indiscretions and very fine moments. So, let’s see how this one has been scored. I think the scoring sheet is just being totaled up. [Applause] Someone told me that was a messenger messaging bird taking the scorecard over. I’m not so sure. MC Rab. There you go. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 13 in ring A by disqualification. Your winner in the red corner, Aaron Lane Ronzi. [Applause] Yeah, Aaron Lane got it as we suspected, but I think the But it wasn’t by disqualification, was it? It was It was points. Yeah, that was my interpretation of it because we had a final bell. Yeah. Okay. I think that that’s I think that’s just an admin error. I think the right man has been announced, Aaron Lane, but I think the method of victory has been uh announced incorrectly. But the right man, we would think that was the man that you picked by the way uh from the from the contest. A quick photo with coach [Applause] Rocky Penny when he comes over Aaron Lane. I may well just ask him, have we got that wrong? Were we too distracted by the bird? I’m sure we heard I’m sure he had a final bell. The Roman. Yeah. Here he comes. Let’s get a a word with him. Aaron, can you hear me? Good stuff, mate. Can you just clarify something for me? Did you win that on points? You didn’t win that by disqualification, did you? In case we miss it. Yeah. Yeah. It was announced that you won by disqualification. Congratulations. Scrappy at parts, but actually the key moments you won. Is that how you interpreted it? Yeah, you got to do it. I mean, once you’re with a a smother in Southpaw, if he’s going to lay on me, I’m going to keep hitting him and I’m going to keep hitting him and then I’m hitting some more. And if I feel like it, I might even hit him some more. So, that’s what I plan to do. Listen, it’s a pretty simple game when you put it like that. Uh, what do you think you showed us uh today in terms of the overall package? I showed you I’m the man of the hour, too sweet to be sour. What you see is what you get and what you don’t is better yet. I’m the women’s pick and the men’s regretting if you went against me, you made a bad bet. Oh, come on. Come on. You tell Tell me there’s no more. One more one more thing. A real a real someone real close to me died last night. And um to be honest, I wasn’t really sure if I was going to come here today. I was I about this morning thinking, well, I don’t really care about this anymore. I really wanted to get here and sit here and speak to her family, Chris, Kea, Mason, and Lawson, and just tell them that, you know, I’m I’m with them, and that’s it. So, I just went that’s it. And yeah, a real emotional day for me. But I come through and this is what I do. No matter what, no matter how I feel, I’ll get in the ring fight. Gentlemen, apologies for But you never actually named Sam. Is that who you died? Yeah, that’s who died. Our commiserations and condolences from everyone at Sky Boxing is with the Darker family, a friend and a sponsor of yours. Thank you so much. Well done to you as well. Incredible uh incredible poem. Now, we’re not going to beat that today. Corner from the Guilford Am Boxing Club in Ireland. Darra Half Penny Red Studley Blue half penny. [Applause] Okay, so just confirmation there. Sunny Studley from Beex Hill. He’s in the red. Dare half penny, one of our Irish visitors from Guilford, Ireland. He’s in the blue. Good job. Good job. Good job. [Applause] [Applause] Mark Penny just throwing out that left hook to the body on a couple occasions. Lands on that lovely right hand over the top. Landed flush on the chin of Studley. Credit to him. Took it incredibly well. But you won’t see a better punch than that thrown all day. Really nice right hand from Dare half penny from Guilford Island. Keep your neck. Keep your neck. Good. [Applause] Again, it’s a carbon copy of the shot. Study takes it really well again. But you absolutely measured that right hand perfectly. Yeah. He’s got that left hand low and of course half Benny just coming in nicely quick with his feet behind a double jab and of course um Stuley wide open for the right hand better left hook there though from Studley shaking the head is saying no not today but he he’s got a neat going to tighten up that was better defense uh Sunny Studley on that occasion. Nice high guard and okay maybe one of those to the body landed but that was much tighter. End of the first good round. So dare half penny in the blue corner. get in trouble. Matt think that is Bernard. [Music] We had handwriting uh today. So Bernard when you watch this back I’m sorry. And in the red corner again, we’ve got Terry and we’ve got Fletcher. Apologies, gentlemen. I don’t have your surnames. Don’t get cocky. I’ve got a good mate called Terry Fletcher. What’s he doing today? He’s not doing the box cup, is he? Round two of this three round contest. The final 60- 63 12 kg. Sunny Studley, Beexil in the red. Dare half penny, Guilford Island in the blue. Probably the key moments came from Dare half penny in that first round, but Sunny Studley on more than one occasion shook his head and said, “No, didn’t hurt me there.” Had a couple of moments of his own. He looks like he’s tightened up that that defense as well. He’s just trying to go punch for punch with half penny at the moment. [Applause] and from Studdley. Much better. [Applause] This is good action, Matt. This is good from both boxes. Yeah, half Penny coming in aggressive. Used that left hand quite well though, Sunny Studley with some nice um counter shots. Oh, that’s a good right hand from Half Penny again. just keeps getting nailed with those right hands though. Half penny sorryly half penny found his range. A war has broken out in ring eight and you’re watching it and half penny. Yeah, he’s taking these shots well but half penny is landing a lot of them. You know they’re there, you know, big scoring shots so easy to watch. Don’t judge or miss those. You know, he’s eating the left hook to the body from half penny. He went for broke there with that left hook. Missed wildly. Stubby made him pay as well. Good work. [Applause] Heads came close there. No head guards in this one. No cuts thankfully. Good jab from Studdley. Just stiffens it into the face of Car Penny on the way in. Good left hook as well. Well, good ending. A stare up between the two as well. Come on. Bit of needle in this one. It’s good though, Matt, isn’t it? It’s good. Yeah. Yeah. You know, stuckly I think come out aggressive, landing big shots, a lot of pressure. Looked like, wow, he’s got to drive. You know, he’s he’s in the driver’s seat here. But there’s a bit of defiance in Studley. He’s uh he’s not as physically as strong, but there’s plenty of fight inside of him because he’s not lying down here. He’s uh he’s very much in the fight and he’s here to fight. And absolute all credit to Stuley. He’s the least experienced here in the whole weight category. Dare half over in this corner that we’re looking at now, four timester champion. So there is a difference at least on paper in experience, but actually it’s been a very very good fight. so far live on Sky Sports Boxing. Yeah. And also I think it’s it’s fair to say that you know Half Penny’s a few years old. You can see he’s that bit more mature as well. Yeah. Sunny Studdley 19 half Penny Guilford blue gloves. He’s 22 years old. What can Stuley do in this this last round here? Third and final round. [Applause] Good left hook. Yeah. got caught with a big left hook there. Studley half penny like I say fan his range good now with not just the right hand but also the left hook that nails him with the right hand there again he comes in you know behind the jab sunny study though they’re you know you’re not going to see a better right hand than that all day and he just shakes his head he’s got a good chin I think half penny once you put little gloves on him in the pros he looks like he could be a bit of a puncher Good from Half Benny. That was off the back of some success for Studdley which might break his heart a little bit. Or demoralize. That’s a better phrase there. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the heart of Sunny Studley. Just might demoralize him a little bit because those right hands left hook. He’s got to maybe tuck up here Studdley because that’s a good period for a half penny. And again, right hand, you know, solid, clean, hard shots, but you got to say Stu has shown solid whiskers. No doubt. No doubt. But the quality is from half Penny. He’s very good. Yeah. No, he’s very much on top here. But for the, you know, the disadvantages in youth, in experience, you know what I mean? He’s the he’s not as mature as he’s only 19. He doesn’t look like a particularly mature 19year-old where physically Yeah. You know what I mean? Where you look at there, he looks like a a mature 22y old, doesn’t he? Great fight. Well done. Really, really good fight. Congratulations to both of them. That’s a good contest. Perhaps not one of the harder fights to score that we’ve seen today. Dare half penny. I’ll be very surprised if he hasn’t got that. Uh but Sunny Studley, hope you enjoyed that because probably learn more in that and that will bring you on hopefully. It was a dominant performance by Half Penny. But you know it takes two to tango and that was a good fight and uh you know Stuley certainly showed a lot of grit, a lot of resilience and it he’ll learn a lot from that fight. I think there’s bragging rights with clubs as well, aren’t there, at all these tournaments. Uh before that contest and before the contests were underway in BNC, Guilford as a club have got the most wins overall for the cup. Good contest. Both just getting a check out from the doctor there. Dare half penny just looking to be the best version of me when he was asked what his future plans are, which is a lovely answer. [Applause] Okay, I think MC Rab is not too far away. Just getting final checks there. Sunny Studley. I don’t think our scorecard has actually made it down. I can see it’s making its way down there now. But really good fight from both of these quality final. Let’s get confirmation of the result. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 14 in ring A by a split decision in a blue corner, Darra Halfy, Gilford, Ireland. Well done team. Well done both lads. There half any blue corner. Congratulations to him. Good win for Guilford. You can see up on the balcony there. Top of your shot. Some of his teammates making a lot of noise, cheering him on. [Music] Okay, Dar is going to come and join us for a very quick interview while we get our next two fighters ready [Applause] there. Congratulations. Well done. What a really good uh final from both of you, but particularly you showed some uh some real heavy artillery in there tonight. Uh especially with that right hand. Yep. It’s always a war when naked in our chart 100% every day. Glad to be here. What do you think you showed us uh today? Heart and resilience. You know, last year I was unrecognizable. Wasn’t boxing, wasn’t training. Got myself back on track. You know, boxing as a part of save lives and I’m I’m prove that. You know, it saved me, got me back on track. Happy to be here. Well, we’re delighted to have you here and any message like that that we can get across, particularly in amateur boxing, we’ll replay it over and over. What about future plans? You know, now boxing’s got your back. What do you want to go on and achieve? Well, trying to stay present, going straight back to work when I get back. I lost out for years, so took a break when I was 19. I’m 22 now. So, I’m making up for last time. Constant work. I want to be an Irish champion. That’s my my goal. Ashley. 22 years old. You got loads of time. Got anyone you want to say hello to before we let you go? My dad, my coach, me a person I look up to, all my coaches from Guilford, my girlfriend at home, Dakota, of course, my mother. She’s brilliant. Brilliant. Well done today. You’re Riviera Box Cup champion. Hopefully we’ll see you in the future. Lovely messages. I’m not going to apologize for uh some of the real positive messages we get. How many times have we heard uh boxing saved me? Boxing’s my my peace in chaos and well done to dear harpney. Another uh exponent of that says boxing bought me back. Boxing saved me. Well done to him. [Applause] Okay ladies and gentlemen, boat number 15 in ring A. a senior novice contest at 67 kg. Introducing in a red corner from the Jab Boxing Club, Dre Patterson and his opponent in a blue corner from the Steam Village Abton Boxing Club, Oliver Cullen, Red Patterson, Blue Culling. [Applause] So final instruction 67 kilo final in the Riviera Box Cup. Oliver Culling in the blue as we heard and Dre Patterson in the red. Three rounds or less. Here we go. Saw a lot of Patterson yesterday before his bout. Watched his bout and had a chat with him afterwards. He’s very late to the sport, Matt. He’s learning on the job and he has quite a sort of unorthodox style. Little bit herkyjerky, but really, really effective. And if Oliver Culling hasn’t watched too much of him, he might just have to take a little bit of time to get a read on him. Yeah, I can see that already. I mean, he’s already landed some hard left hands down the middle. Curry probably struggling actually to get out the way of them is again gets nailed with a left hand down the middle. Like you say, quite rookie jerky. Super effective though. And one thing I sort of took from his fight yesterday, switches well and whilst nothing seems to be hard, everything’s crisp. Yeah. So you think he’s flicking it out, but actually they’re crisp shots. Culling just just trying to get a read, get his own shots off here because that’s been a first minute blaze really from Dre Patterson in the red. Better from Oie Culling who’s got long levers. He’ll want to use them. Would it surprise you if I told you Dre Patton’s actually only been boxing 18 months? Pretty crazy stat really. Good right hand from Hatson. [Music] He’s setting the pace and setting the tempo here. Culling actually seems quite happy just to let him lead off, but he hasn’t he hasn’t made him pay at all yet. Two time national finalist is Culling who represents Stevenage Boxing Club. He’s been all sorry all Patterson in the first round. Yeah, he did finish crucially with a nice right hand there, Cullen. But again, I’m not trying to second guess how to score amateur fights, but I can’t see that been any other than a Patterson round with the sheer weight of shots he was throwing. That’s Josh Bernham in the corner. Anybody that watched a lot of our coverage over the years will recognize him and you got too many opportunities. Certainly very close with George back in the day with Tom Little as well. Couple of those big bubbles back in the day. If you do that first, you do that first. Make sure you follow the double attack. Quite a nice story. And I don’t think you might be saying Josh B was like, “Look, I have no idea how good Trey Pat is, but he thinks he’s much better. So I’m trying to sort of just keep throwing him in and see how he gets on. He just keeps winning. So it is a nice story. He’s like, “We haven’t found his level yet.” So I keep throwing him in, keep throwing him in. And he keeps winning. Got it. Well, he keeps rising to the challenge, doesn’t he? So you got to And he’s improving and developing, and he’ll pick up the experience from that tournament, this tournament. So that’s what it’s all about. Much better jab there from Oliver Culling. has to start getting his own work off though Colin because even if the shots are of a higher quality surely he didn’t throw enough of them but let’s see it’s early days still second and three doesn’t want to be there though because Patterson’s looked quite dangerous there’s [Applause] you know, completely dominating this fight at long distance, at short distance, at every distance. I don’t think there can be many complaints there. Standing count for Oliver Culling because Patterson has not missed a beat. Not missed a beat so far. Works really well. How can Culling respond here in the blue? And he needs to respond because, you know, Patterson continues, he’s going to end up stopping him. That’s better from Cullen who just managed to stop Patterson coming forward at least. [Applause] He’s got to be really careful here, Cullen, because George another count. Yeah, he did get some shots off, but he desperately needed to as well. desperate times. He’s got to try and tighten up defensively or at least try and keep Patterson at bay. He’s kind of getting physically Manhattan bullied a little bit there as well, isn’t he? Pulling now by Patterson. Yeah, he’s the bigger man physically, but he hasn’t made those physical advantages pay at all. Really, really good from Patterson so far in the red gloves. Good second round which included a standing count as well. Oliver Culling 22 years old representing Stevenage. Uh he’s currently an electrician. He is one day looking to turn over pro charge himself up in that corner. Can he find a spark from somewhere? This is his opponent, Dre Pas. I can’t imagine that they’re anything other than delighted in that. Have to be delighted. Everything he’s done has worked. He’s landed both rounds well. He’s had a standing count. He’s been completely dominant. Can’t afford to switch up now. keep doing what he’s been doing because it’s working. Yep. Third and final round. Surely, even if we’re not quite reading it right, Culling needs this last round. Surely Jay Patterson in the black gold waistband in the red. Culling with his name on the waistband in the blue. We think Patterson has taken those first two rounds. Good shot from Patterson. There you go. He He’s had his man hurt and he’s just stayed on him, hasn’t he? Stayed on him. Hasn’t really given Culling any real chance to get back. What sort of finisher is he here? Can he close the show? That’s two right hands. I don’t think we’ll see a third, a fourth, and a fifth. Surely he’s on the verge here. Surely Patterson. And that is a stoppage win for Trey Patterson. Look at that. Josh Bernham said, “I’m going to keep throwing him in because we don’t know his level.” Well, he keeps leveling up. Only been boxing and switched on to boxing for 18 months. Say that again. He’s only been boxing and switched on for boxing 18 months. That is some achievement number 15. And that’s our first real legitimate stoppage. He’s seen a couple of DQs, but I mean he did not let his opponent breathe for a second. From the first bout, you know, Southpaw Orthodox, long range, short range, mid-range, he was just completely dominant in every aspect, every area of the fight. And yesterday, uh, he came through his semi-final, but he had to go not to the well, but he had to go pretty deep in the third and final rounding. I always think like you you mentioned it earlier. You always think, God has that taken a lot out of the tank, but actually I think in a number of ways it puts petrol in the tank. Absolutely it does. It it gives you the you’re battle hardened. You’re confidence. You’re not nervous the next day. You’re kind of into it now. You’re into the flow of it. God, he was brilliant. Dre Patterson, well done. Your confidence is up. You know, you really are rolling. Hi, ladies and gentlemen. The winner of bout number 15 in ring A. The referee stopped the contest in favor of the red corner. Your winner, Dre Patterson. Jab boxing. Well done both boys. [Applause] [Applause] Here [Applause] he comes, the man of the moment. Going to pop that on your head cuz I don’t want to cover up your proud sponsors logo, I’m sure. Now you came. Now Josh Bernon grabbed me. He said, “I got this guy, Dre. We don’t know how good he is. He thinks he’s going to the top. I’m going to keep throwing him in cuz we want to see if he can sink or swim.” My word, you just swam all the way through the Riviera Box Cup. Well done. You must be over the moon. Oh, listen. I feel incredible. Ecstatic to say the least. Honestly. Honestly, listen. They call me the hard-hitting guard splitting, good-looking one, left hooking one, cold in the stone, tougher than a bone. Dre Stone Cold Patterson. Give me a chance over it. Will you give me a chance over it? I mean, you’ve only been doing this properly for 18 months. That’s quite laughable to be honest because it’s incredible your rise and your ascent. I mean, how far can you go here? What do you want to do? I want to go to the very pinnacle of the sport. When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I’m going to be honest. A lot of my mates now that I’m obviously around because of the sport. They told me the truth. They said, “Listen, mate, you came in talking you want saying you want to do this and saying you want to do that.” They didn’t really believe it, but they wasn’t supposed to though because it was it was really wild. It was really um um it was a wild thing to say where I wanted to go with it. But you know what? 18 months later, I’m sitting here, twotime Box Cup champion. Yeah. Nine fights, nine wins. I beat a 28 B kid on my third fight. I’ve taken um four O’s. All all the boys that box these are brilliant boys. That’s that’s obviously started the sport at a lot younger age. But listen, I got into the gym. I stuck in there and I said what I was going to do and I done it. And you know what? I want to dedicate this fight to my little brother Patterson and he he’s the person I do this for cuz unfortunately in 2021 um we lost him to gang violence. Yeah. Unfortunately. And this is this is my way, you know, to like basically say sorry to him. Say sorry that he got caught up in that kind of situation. It’s awful. So that’s what actually pushes me to do what I do. And I’m being genuine honest every single day. Every day I wake up, every day I get into the gym, that is what I’m dedicating this thing to. every medal. I got it up um on a wall with his picture there. And I’m starting to run out of space in my trophy cabinet. So hopefully my coach can, you know, get me a bigger one. You know what I mean? Nice one. That is the most powerful message. I hope it goes long and far. Well done to you and congratulations champion Riviera Box Cup champion. Well done. Nice one. Well done. Thank you for Thank you so much from the Chadwell St. Mary A Boxing Pump. John Mara Ad Romea. [Applause] and his opponent in the blue corner from the Barton Hill Avida Boxing Club, Jadelle Stewart, red blue Stewart. Okay, so we saw these two yesterday or we certainly saw Judah Stewart. So, he boxes out the blue corner for Barton Hill. So he’s wearing the blue gloves and John Mara Adura from Chadwell St. Mary. So Adura Moya in the red, Jal Stewart in the blue. So Gal Stewart who we saw yesterday, he had to come through his semi-final. This is John Myraoya’s first fight of the weekend. Getting into those heavier weights now, Matt. And these these guys can punch. Yeah, the bigger you are, the higher you fall. Nice right hand to the body there from Admoya. Oh, good left hook into the body from Stewart. That’s nice straight backand left straight into the body of Adaroya. [Applause] just cuffs him around the side of the head with a nice right hook as well. Stewart’s getting a ticking off there for not listening. But again, the the noise level started to ratchet up in here. It is almost impossible to hear, I think, those instructions. Good right hand from Alar. That was a nice right hand. That’s to the pit of the stomach from Adam. [Music] [Applause] Lovely left hook from Stewart. Just went around the corner of the guard there. Did G Stewart and good body shots going in there from Stewart as well looking to drive hand. I think Stewart was catching most of them on the gloves. [Applause] You know, he’s looping those little uppercuts into the pit of the stomach as well. Really is working the body of Adam Moyer. Adam Moyer just threw a real short sharp uppercut which is a nice shot. Needs a little bit more though. Good opening round from both. Very watchable, good quality. Same again. Listen, this is the Stewart corner representing Martin Hill. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] This is Gal’s first box cup. He’s only had seven fights, 16 lost one. Came to a really good semi-final against Pinchley yesterday. There’s a bit of security work with his go pro once he’s got a little bit more experience. This is no bad experience I think. Keep boxing regular. Box on a Sunday. Boxing a Sunday. [Applause] They stayed on a farm on Friday night. Airbnb job. Uh and the animals kept him up all night and he had a terrible night’s sleep. Came out of box brilliantly. So they were weighing up. Should we stay there for for luck or should we find a nice soft bed where we haven’t got the cows and the sheep driving us mad. Sometimes it goes that way. You can have a terrible night’s sleep and and box brilliantly. You can have a great night’s sleep. He can box terribly. And he’s looping those shots. What he’s doing there is, you know, those those shots to the body. There’s nothing in those, but he’s just getting a bit of momentum. And then he finishes up top and and the shot up top that’s powering that. So, he’s just using the momentum of running his hands to generate power to the head shot. Good. [Music] Just see him there just working his shots to the body. Not a lot of power with those shots. That’s uppercut. Just looks to hold there, Adam. I don’t blame him either. Good right hand from Gal Stewart going for it. Good shot from Stewart. body head off. To his credit, to his absolute credit, he took him quite well. Uh John Maramoya, but he doesn’t want to be in that position again cuz Gar Stewart went from like first gear to about fifth there [Applause] again. An uppercut from Judal Stewart. Grimace on the face of John Mara Adam Moyer. I actually think he maybe one of those he thought straight low. That was what the grimace was for. But he’s in a bit of a storm here. Adam Moira Gal Stewart really well. Good right hand. Surprised the ref didn’t jump in there with a standing count. I think he rocked him with that one. Yeah, he’s hurt. He’s still hurt. That is the count. Gal Stewart. God, he uncaughled a couple of brilliant right hands. I think he’s hurt. Yeah. Yeah. First time we’ve seen someone’s legs really sort of defy them. Right hand again. Straight back right there. St. I think he should stop it now. You know this is the amateur game. I think he should stop this fight. Yeah, right call. Good officiating and a great finish. He was shaken from that first right hand. I wonder everything to that point built to that point. So the body work, the right hands, perfect job. those body shots where he’s just running them underneath like like you know five six uppercuts. It’s not there’s nothing in those punches but he’s just getting a bit of room bit of momentum where he can then switch it upstairs and brings the hands down of his opponent. It helps him gather a bit of momentum and then when he switches it upstairs that’s when he plants his feet that’s that the power shots in the final shot. If I was watching that, I think there’s a lot to work with with Gal Stewart there because it’s so early in his career, seven fights in. He’s got quite he’s obviously well coached, but he’s got some really nice natural ability there. Um, boxed really well. Explosive as well. What did you say at the start? Bigger they are, the harder they fall. Yeah. And he really did put everything together there. Yeah, that was a that was a really impressive performance. And how many fights did we say he’s got? Seven yesterday. That was that was his seventh yesterday. So eighth today. Well done to him. He’s got some old school inspiration there. Larry Holmes, Rick Bow, and Aaron Prior. Got to find out he stayed on the winner of boat number 16 in ring A. The referee stopped the contest in favor of the blue corner. Your winner, Jale Stewart, Bon Hill, having a boxing club. Well done, boys. [Applause] Yeah, I think as is the way. We’re so far away from the speed system. Okay, let’s do that one again then. Okay, the winner of bout number 16 in ring a in the blue corner. The referee stopped the contest in favor of Jidelle Stewart. It is still Jal Stewart’s day. Brilliant performance. got to come and uh hear what he’s got to say. [Applause] Riviera Box Cup champion and you just did it in style. G Stewart, please turn tell me a little bit about yourself cuz that was one of the performances of the day. You got to be over the moon. Yeah. Um, I just thank you to all my coaches and the belief they’ve gotten me, the hard work I’ve put in, and I’ve only been boxing since 2021. So, just gradually going along, picking up as much experience as I can. Great semi-final against Finchley yesterday. It just seemed to be that you carried that momentum on. I’m intrigued though. You had a terrible night’s sleep Friday cuz you stayed on a farm. Did you stay there last night? Because if so, you got to keep going back. N I couldn’t stay on that farm again. I couldn’t. The matches were Yeah. weren’t the one. So, just stayed out in a hotel, good night’s sleep, and I felt way better today. What is the key here? Because you’re giving a lot of credit to your coaches, and ultimately coaches are what keeps you guys uh going, but there must be some natural ability there. So, I think that was only your eighth fight. I mean, you’re coming on leaps and bounds. There’s obviously some natural ability and talent there. Well, all I can say is I just put the work in. Um, shout out to my coach who I had from the start. Darren Hamilton, British, we know him very well. Bashed my head in in sparring a couple of times as well. Yeah. Yeah. So, all thanks to Darren for believing me in the start and then for Colton and Lee to always stick with me and believe me and here I am. Well done to you. Congratulations, champion for 2025. Well done, Jar. [Music] So I think we’re just waiting on an announcement of a result in ring C. and clarify that when I did a bit of white collar, ended up, this is one of those stupid stories, ended up sparring down Darren Hamilton when he’s British champion for a knockabout. Well, absolutely absolutely taught me a lesson. Had nothing to show for it. It was one of, you know, you’re like, you at least survived. Yeah, I did, but at what cost? Didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Didn’t have a clue what I was doing. But shout out to Darren Hamilton who’s very, very fair with me and the top man, former British champion. We’ve had some poets today and he was one of the first Darren. He used to write songs and poems about his wins. Congratulations to him uh on his career. It’s great to see him putting time and effort back in as well. [Music] Okay, back to ring A. Let’s get this one announced. All right, ladies and gentlemen, boat number 17 in ring A, a senior 57 kg open class contest. Introducing in the red corner from the ring boxing club, Kuram Alishan [Applause] and his opponent in the blue corner from the Toby Aba Boxing Club, Neo Judge. Red Ali Shan, blue judge. Ever since this one uh was finalized, Matt, been looking forward to this one because Kuran Ali Shan is a tremendous prospect and Neo Judge is a local tour bay fighter who we came across yesterday. Just all action, serious business, serious operator. And this should be a brilliant blend of styles. And yes, Neo Judge is named after the Matrix. I can confirm that. So, he is the chosen one. Gets straight down to business as expected. This is what he was like yesterday. He’s not going to be denied. It’s quite front foot and he’s right on currently Shan at the moment. Neo Judge all in blue. Ali Shan in the red. It has a left hook to the body and a right hook to the head from Neo George. Big shots. Certainly with the left hand, he’s already hit Unch Queen. Very aggressive start here from Neil George. [Applause] cuffing sort of right hand over the top cross hook. Alishan hasn’t quite got his distance yet, has he? Can’t quite uh stop Judge just walking forward. I think he’s so sort of preoccupied with, you know, trying to tame Neo Judge. He hasn’t really had a chance to focus on, you know, getting his own shots off. He’s very much on the retreat here. I think he’s just trying to get himself into the fight a little bit, but he’s he’s struggling because of the the tempo and the pressure coming from Neil Judge. Yeah, Judge hasn’t given him any sort of chance at the moment. Continues just to sort of whack away. Coronali Chan a year older at 20 now judged 19. Couple of good jabs there from Judge just as he was everything’s come forward, isn’t it? You know, he has he hasn’t given Ali Shan any chance to come forward in on his own. He’s been in stuck in reverse gear at the moment. The ring boxing club fighter. No, I mean he’s very aggressive. It’s effective aggression as well, isn’t it? Yeah, it’s it’s it’s constant complete aggression, constant pressure, trying to overwhelm and grind down his opponent. And Shan probably really needs to, you know, land something solid, a right hand or something just to at least deter, slow down Neo Judge. And he probably needs the inter round just to reset plans and just clear clear a bit ahead actually. Yeah, I I make you right at the moment. He’s been here all day. Neo Judge, I saw him earlier. He’s watched nearly every fight, but he could when he wasn’t preparing. Soaking it all in. [Applause] That’s the end of the first. Pretty big round for Neo Judge. So, let me expand on that story. So, I think there was a group of 16 watching the Matrix when it came out and his dad looked a little bit like Keano Reeves. I’m told he shaved his head off and they said, “You look like you could be in the Matrix.” And then Neo came along and he had to be baby Neo. So there you go. And he also as as with all fight so his name. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz I said that’s not a very common name. Is it anything to do with Matrix? And of course straight away you can’t write it, can you? Is that on his personal certificate? Yeah, I’m writing my own headlines here, mate. Give me a chance. But also, as with all of you fighters, uh he’s a very eloquent young man at the moment. He’s um got occupational degree, apprentichip, going to Leeds University, job in project management he’s hoping for. But on the side, he likes to do co- steering where he jumps off rocks. Uh and he’s just jumped off the Big Mac down in Toi. What is it with you adrenaline junkies? Is boxing not enough for you? You know, you just walk away and do something equally as dangerous. I saw Josh Taylor, one of the best we’ve had in recent times, given up boxing, not through his own choices. So he’s going to go and ride superbikes. We wish him all the best. One of the best and one of the best amateurs as well. Straight back down to this one. Neo Judge very successful first round. Coronali Shan. Not sure what they could have said to him in that corner presumably. Let’s try and get into this fight. That’s an official warning as well which won’t help matters. [Applause] He’s just not letting Ali Shan breathe at all, is he? Just all over him is Neo judge in the blue. [Applause] He is a twotime Riviera Box Cup winner. King of the Ring as well, Aaron Gay Gold. So, he’s got real pedigree. National semi-finalist, Neo Judge. [Applause] Good from judge. I think Ali Shannon just he’s just finding it hard not to get overwhelmed but this you know the sheer tenacity the pressure the work rate the pace coming from Neo Judge it’s it’s full on isn’t it? It’s a lot just giving him no space to do his own work. body shots going in now as well. And Judge just keeps winging away, winging away, chopping down that tree. And this is where Ali Chan wants to get his work done. He’s got center ring. Can he start getting down to business himself? The pattern of the fight hasn’t really changed, has it? Let’s be honest. The thing is when Neo Judge stopped punching, I think that’s when Ali Shan think often have a breather now, you know, where really should be trying to jump on Neo Judge to make him go again and and and well, I think he’s so relieved just to get a bit of a breather from the constant pressure and the punches coming at him. Hasn’t really been able to build any foundations at all, like no confidence boosters. hasn’t sort of landed that big right hand or stiff jab that would at least deter judge just for the moment anyway. Still time. Still time. And we’ve seen in some of these contests, you know, perhaps we haven’t quite read the middle round or the opening round correctly. I think it was almost impossible in this first round to go any other way. But again, we don’t know on this side of the ring. We don’t quite know how it’s been interpreted. But Karan Ali Shan has not not been able to do much of his own work. But the pace has just slowed slightly. So Alishan surely this is where he’s going to have to start trying to string it together. Here [Music] is Daryl. Not the best that we’ve seen throughout the day to [Music] over in the red corner. Don’t move it and move. Don’t stand in front of him. If it slows down, that’s what you need to stop this kid. Yeah. [Applause] With the box cut last year. I think he’s got a lot of work to do if he’s going to repeat that. He He is going to have to have a big round here. Perelli Shan from the ring. He’s in red. Neo Judge all in blue. Can there be a glitch in the matrix? Can current Ali Sharp do something in this third and final round? [Applause] But I don’t think it’ be a revelation to say he’s definitely two rounds down. Yeah, I think so. He needs to, you know, he really needs to make an impact here. What’s happened there, Matt? His gun shield was upside down, is that [Applause] any? Yeah. You put it upside down. Maybe you put it in upside down. Can you put a gum shield in upside down? Genuinely, if it’s molded to your top teeth, it won’t be your bottom will. But to be honest, we’ve learned a lot on the job. We’ve learned they could stay on your teeth. I I often think there’s not much I haven’t seen in boxing. But if he’s got a gum shield in upside down, that would be the first time I’ve seen that. But anyway, back to the action. We can decide later. Credit credit to Ali Shant. He he landed a good left hook at the start of the round and he is at least now trying to go punch for punch with Neo Judge cuz we haven’t got punch stats. If we did, Neo Judge has thrown more and landed more and Ali Shann if he doesn’t go his way. He probably just hasn’t been allowed or he hasn’t thrown enough to be in the argument at the moment. He’s got to get busy. Got to get busy trying here. Yeah, I don’t think he’s ever been in a fight where someone’s been on him, you know, putting on this much pressure. Oh, good shot from Ali Shan though as we say that needs more. Chopping right hand over the top. I wonder if it’s where he’s tired that the gum shield isn’t sitting. It’s like if you look at his mouth, it’s like sitting in his mouth and maybe the ref was saying, “Look, you have to you have to have it in.” I don’t know. Couldn’t blame him though. Not good from judge. Ali Shan to his absolute credit is standing center ring now and he’s trying to go with judge and that’s a hard act. I think it’s a hard road to tread. Yeah, I don’t think there’s a lot of fighters that could ne you know would be able to cope with the the pace here. It’s Neo uh Jose sets. It’s been a hot pace. It’s been non-stop the first bout. Shoot left hand partially landed. Alishan looks to come back over with the right hand again. Didn’t particularly land clean, but they’re both going for it down the final stretch. [Applause] Look to the right hand again. Ali Shan. He doesn’t throw many single shots, Neo Judge, does he? And that’s that’s to his credit. Good final. Good performance. Well done to both. Unless we’ve we’ve called that wrong from the start, we would think that that’s Neo Judge. Yeah, I be very surprised if it was anything other than that. Just get a bit nervous about declaring it. Do you know what I mean? Because we, you know, plenty of things have happened. [Music] [Applause] Yeah, I don’t know. I can’t remember which fight it was, but there was one today where I thought it was a one of the one of the clear ones and they gave it they called it a split decision and my heart my heart was in my mouth thinking we called that really badly, but we were right. I don’t think we’ve missed one necessarily today. But you never know. Like I say, one of the big things here that I’ve learned is it really is important what side of the ring you’re on and the scores are being interpreted differently. Yeah. And we’re not just scoring, are we? We’re also commentating. We’re talking. We’re having a giggle. Trying to give ourselves every excuse here, aren’t we? Okay, let’s get our vital piece of paper over to MC Rab. [Applause] [Music] I don’t think it’s on the way yet, Matt. So, we have got that little delay in proceedings. It’s on the way. I can see it. So, it won’t be long until we find out who has won this final. [Applause] Okay, so will it be Ali Shan out the red corner or will it be Judge in the blue corner? MC Rab has the all important details. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 17 in ring A by unanimous decision in a blue corner, Neo Judge Torby Amoxing Club. Well, he is well done lads. Judge and he is jewelry neo judge. Congratulations to him. He is once again Riviera Box Cup champion. So, I think if my math is right, that is a hat-tick. That is the third time that he’s won this tournament. And I don’t want to say it whilst he’s here, but there is a real change from someone that fights like that to a real eloquent young man. So, let’s hear from him. [Applause] Neo, I reckon that’s three-time Riviera Box Cup champion amongst other things. Must be delighted. Great performance from you. Crazy. Yes, good. Thank you. A lot of hard work that one, especially from the first one, stopped him, but it he had a lot in him. It was good, but obviously I was the better man in the ring. So, yeah. What is it about your engine, your heart, your desire? Because we’ve only seen you box yesterday and today. That’s some punch output and there’s a lot of quality in there as well. Every single fight of mine is like that. I just got to keep going. I just look at the I can win the gold and I keep going and going until I win. I’m fascinated as well by your name. So, it’s not a joke, is it? Neo. It is after the Matrix. Can you explain it? So, my parents a big fan of it. My dad shaved his head and he looked like Kiana Rooms at the time. So, he thought we name our son Neo and I am the chosen one. Who knows, you know? Yeah, mate. Very, very well done. What does the future hold for you? Cuz we’d definitely like to see you again. Where do you think this amateur game is going to take? I know you’ve got university plans and stuff like that, but in terms of boxing, where do you think you’re going? I’m going as far as I can. Obviously, that next couple of months, well, years are going to be hard, but I’ll take boxing as far as I can. I’d like to go pro maybe in the next three or four years. get a bit more, you know, amateur experience, maybe win the nationals. That would be good. And then see where from there, you know. I hope this isn’t the first time we see on Sky Sports. Absolute pleasure covering you this weekend and win at home to Bay. Well done to you. Nice one, Riviera. Box Cup champion, Neo Judge, the chosen one. Boxing Matt, you can’t beat it. Find me another sport where you’re going to get that story. Find it for me and tell me. You won’t. I know. I know you won’t. It’s too good. Okay, we are moving on number 18. So, we wait for MC Rab, but it will be Sonia Moine, who we featured uh on the Manchester Box Cup. She did really well and showcased her skills on Sky Sports before against Anna Wilson. She’ll be boxing out of the red corner. This will be our final uh under 48 kilos. It’s going to be Blue Flames against Fan Academy ABC. [Applause] All right, ladies and gentlemen, Bar number 18 in ring A, a senior under 48 kg contest open class. Introducing in the red corner from the Blue Flames A Boxing Club in Taton, Anna Wilson. And opponent opponent in the blue corner from the fan academy Alberta Boxing Club, Sonia Mavine. Red Wilson blue mavine. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Welcome back and we are back underway. Fast start from Wilson in the red head guard. Sim in the blue to make things double complicated. Uh the blue flames club boxing out the red corner. [Applause] Not for the first time. We have got a slight delay just with a couple of head guard problems but nothing to write home about. And we are back. First of three rounds here. Fast start from Wilson. But my last time we covered her she was she was in quite deep actually Matt against one of our traveling Irish contingent with big golf in experience and she really boxed well handled herself well and it would have been a great experience fight. She’s under the clutch here early though because Anna Wilson is quite happy to let her hands go and she’s got no exactly where she wants her pinned in that blue corner. Yeah, you can see Wilson super aggressive. A lot of pressure here, throwing lots of punches. Real sort of tenacious attack from her. [Applause] She’s going for it early here. The 20-year-old blue flames. She’s won three national titles already. Riot hat actually being red early and it’s early for that as well. like [Music] [Applause] just when they come together like this Matt, it just becomes a little bit untidy and best endeavors are not able to work it out. Back under way though knockdown. She’s gone over the referee. Anna Wilson actually I think good right hands from Dorson. Confidence is flowing through her, Matt. Even the way she’s holding her pose and holding herself, uh, Admiral Wilson, she’s a confident character and really showcasing everything at the moment. Yeah, even some of the that kind of jumping right hook she went through. I think I ever seen that much before. [Applause] [Music] End of the first. Good round for Wilson. What you got to do is soon [Music] going to go. You got to shoot then downstairs. Right. Do not wait. Do not wait to shoot that seven downstairs. Do you understand me? favorite fighter to watch is Carissa Shields, which is no bad role model certainly, but quote anticipate Taylor. We’ll be having that debate for years. It’s like choosing between Messi and Ronaldo. There’s no there’s no right or wrong answer. Bruce Shields, we’ve had plenty of time on Squ which is absolutely brilliant. This is over Daniel Wilson’s corner. Three national titles. She won some box cuts. She was actually best female boxer here last year. So, she’ll be hoping to match that. She’s g prince the seam as one of her car favorite to watch. You said that leaping right hand. I’ve seen that before. Pretty much nast. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. To be fair. Yeah. How do you say it? She’s she’s climbing quite nicely into that right hand. Uh Anna Wilson. And some of that’s off the jab, but some of that is just straight backand or looping backhand. She’s she’s found her range. [Applause] full of confidence absent glowing at the moment. SA’s not really been deterred though as she’s not really lost her shape. She probably has to get a little bit busier. Yeah. Yeah, she has. [Applause] [Music] better jab from Moin. Very elusive, isn’t she? Uh, great footwork, Angela Wilson. She’s She’s never really there every time Mo catches a break. Wilson’s gone. Yeah, good mover. Throws lots of punches. A real confidence to her as well. hands down [Music] just trying to keep the care, you know, the educated pressure, steady pressure, just trying to cut the ring buff just following around a little bit. She’s up on her toes, Anna Wilson as well, making use of every inch of canvas here. It’s not a particularly big ring, but she’s making it look massive because she’s up on her toes and she’s She’s in and out. Fran Hennessy, dare I say [Applause] better from Moin just trying to punch with Wilson. Let’s go again. [Applause] [Music] Take your feet with you. Take your feet with you. Take your feet with you. It’s kind of all Wilson at the moment, isn’t it? Yeah. Bit one-sided. I think uh Mine’s just struggling with the speed of foot to try to pin her down. And obviously Wilson, you know, very good with the long straight shots as well. Caught on her way in there at the end. Another good round in the red corner. [Applause] [Applause] has to be serious. Right. Every time he serves the jab down and up, you understand every time she come, you know, [Music] that overplayer. Let’s get the balance right being confident. And let’s also make sure we get the shots on [Applause] there. You can see blue flames boxing club on the t-shirt. And that’s Tatton Way. So not too far away. Constant on the way down. Lovely part of the country. And so far, Matt, it looks like it’s going to be a pretty happy journey home for Anna Wilson. Unless San Moine can find something. Justin Baker in the corner there. Really saying to her, look, you’ve got to be first. You cannot wait. It’s easier said than done because Wilson’s so loose and fluid. We, you know, we always saying what she needs to do, but can she do that? Does she have the speed of foot to do that? I don’t think so. So, it’s going to be difficult when you’re trying to catch someone, cut some, you know, cut the ring off to someone who’s so much quicker than you. And, you know, she’s following around a little bit. She could have cut the ring off better, but she with her experience or inexperience probably hasn’t really learned how to do that yet. So, you know, it’s a difficult because of the the speed and the mobility and the punch output coming from Wilson. It’s difficult for Mo to be competitive really. 20 years old. Annaniel Wilson got a lot of support behind us. Not for the first time. She’s tripped up the ref. I think that is because he he’s damned if he doesn’t, damned if he doesn’t. Anywhere he goes, she’s so quick around the ring. He keeps finding himself in the way. Nice one, two from Wilson in the red. [Music] Let’s go. Let’s go. Better jab from Sang Mo, but he needs to follow it up if she can. Wonder if that’s where it’s demoralizing because she had a tiny bit of success there. Mine couldn’t follow it up and Wilson completely took the play away from her immediately. Go. Very elusive. Daniel Wilson hands have well and truly dropped down by the side now. A little bit of razataz. Good defense as well. Yes. [Applause] Get it off you. Get it off you. Stop it. Got a weird bit of symmetry here. A nice bit of symmetry. So, in ring A, we’ve got blue flames with Annaniel Wilson. And then in ring B, we got another blue flames. And I can see outside the ring. Next in ring C will be another blue flames. They’re on fire today. Yeah. Come on, Matt. That is our final belt. And that has been a successful day surely for Anna Wilson. That was bout number 18. Our final under 48 kilos. Still that wonderful sort of conveyor belt of crowd just milling around making their way from the right. Your pitcher there through to the left. Just circling round action in A, B, and C. We’re in ring A. Got the balcony there which has been full at times today. [Applause] [Music] Ladies and gentlemen, [Music] [Applause] just getting uh everybody cleared by the doctor and then We’ll get confirmation of our result. Just out of your shot, they were just widening out. You can see it. Quite a nice moment there. Whilst Anna Wilson was waiting, she was actually cheering on her club mate who’s over in ring B next ring along. Our piece of paper I think has been handed to MC Rab. So, I won’t have too long to wait now until we can have confirmation of this result. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 18 in ring A by a unanimous decision in a red corner. Anna Wilson, blue flames. Well done, girls. Well done indeed. Anna Wilson victorious once again. That was her actual band of fans there behind us. So, she’ll be delighted. I would have thought she’s going to come over and join us in a minute. Some good crowd control there. Bringing her back this way. Here she comes. Anna, you should be able to hear me. U Earth Anna, good to see you. Your fans behind us, they made themselves heard. They’ll be very happy with that. You must be pretty delighted with your own performance as well. Uh yeah, I’m pretty happy. Uh went through the gears, put the shots together. Yeah. Confidence look to be flowing. Is that just a little bit of a a window into what we can expect from you? I think you got best female boxer here last year, so I think you’re in the running again this year. You would think? I would hope so. Uh yeah. I mean, I love to box that way. I’ve been trying to box more on the front foot as well recently, mix up the styles, but yeah, it’s lovely just to flow like that. Yeah, it looked like you were well and truly in the groove. What does the future hold for you, do you think, in uh amateur boxing and beyond? Do you want to stay in the sport and and try and go as far as you can? And where do you think that might be in time? Uh, yeah, I hope I hope to stay in the sport, do everything I can. Obviously, it’s not just up to me, it’s up to the other girls around me. Uh, England coaches, my coaches, career choices. The future could hold anything. You got plenty of time. How are you going to celebrate? Cake. Yeah. Come on. You’re talking my language now. Well done, Anna. Your Box Cup champion for this year. Well done. Congratulations. Thanks for joining us on Sky. And she is surely going to go and join that band of fans there. Congratulations to everybody. He all smiles. And why not? [Applause] [Applause] Okay, we’re just waiting for our introductions, but I can see that they are sure about number 19 in ring A, a senior open class contest of at under 52 kg. Introducing in the red corner from the blue flames am Boxing Club, Charlie Miller. And her opponent in the blue corner from the Lord Man Bam Boxing Club, Hannah Jeffrey, Red Miller, Blue Jeffrey. [Music] We’re cracking on now, Matt. Bout number 19. This is under 52 kilos. We’ve got another blue flame in Charlie Miller, but she’ll be boxing out the red corner. Hannah Jeffrey as well, 20 years old. Lord Mountbatton Boxing Club, she’s in the blue. So, three rounds or less. This is our final and we’re underway. So, Jeffrey in the blue and Miller in the red. Both primarily boxing out of the orthodox stance at first glance. Perhaps Charlie Miller is the slightly taller of the two. There was a nice moment there where Anna Wilson just gave her one last little bit of encouragement. I’m sure club badges, club vests. She was sort of delighted for her teammate and it’s a good start. Nice right sharp attack from Miller in the red. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Nice measured approach from both of our female fighters so far. Hannah Jeffrey used to play for Southampton. [Applause] She’s boxed in the Golden Girl, the Winter Box Cup, Boxing the Nationals as well. She’s trying to focus on the body here, Jeffrey. That’s I think that’s the right thing to do. Again, she’s, you know, slightly smaller, shorter. So, she’s trying to break the range, trying to go to the body. You know, doubling up on it there, body and head, the jab. Charlie Miller just timed Hannah Jeffrey on the way in though. It was a good right hand. Just a bit of hair netting has come loose there at the back. [Applause] Running repairs, but it is a quick fix. We’re back under weight in this first of three. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] That right hand from Miller landed, but it was close. It’s better from Jeffrey though. Good attack from the Lord Mountbatton fighter. And this one has just caught fire a little bit. [Applause] [Music] Yeah, just looks to put a bit on that right hand. It sort of swings around the back of Hannah Jeffrey. Doesn’t really land clean. That’s better from Hannah Jeffrey. Good couple of shots connected there. There’s not much between these two at all. This has been pretty nip and tuck this first round. Yeah, tight round. Tight round. I think Jeffrey, you know, she’s trying to put combinations together. She’s trying to work the body as well. Can you see that jab to the body there? I’d like to see her now finish that with the right hand up to the upstairs. But of course, she’s got to do when Miller isn’t moving backwards. Maybe pin him on the ropes first. Jeffrey just with a good right hand at the end of that combination as well. Good opener between these two. really nice rounds. Yeah. Rest. Yeah. What you got to do that body come over the top of your head. Yeah. Yeah. You’re capturing a lovely double jab. Double jab. Double jab. One single jab. Yeah. So the first one misses. We just set up and go again. Yeah. Yeah. Lovely. When you turn it off, you can come in first. Turn off first. That’s great. Turn and just running repairs with the hairet that got dislodged all the way through first. I think that must be such a distraction when something like that equipment wise is in the back of your mind. Hopefully they’ve got that sorted now. It’s not a distraction at all. Rob Scott, we saw him in the last fight, didn’t we? And Blue Flames representative and Charlie Miller. [Music] This is level two boxing coach as well, Charlie Milik. Second of three. Miller is in the red. Jeffrey is in the blue. Very close opener between these two. [Music] [Applause] That’s a good right hand from Charlie Miller. That’s probably her best punch of the fight so far. Just stepped in with it. Crunched it straight through the guard. Handed one on the forehead. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] That was nice work there, Matt, from Charlie Miller. Just Yeah. spun her nicely. Spun her nicely and and wished her on her way. Charlie Miller in the red. Hannah Jeffrey. She had lots of success with that jab to the body, didn’t she, in the first rounds. Hasn’t quite been able to replicate it yet. That’s a good right hand to the body though from Jeffrey. Yeah, I think Jeffrey, she’s got to be uh put more shots together now. The jabs to the body was good, but then she’s got to come upstairs with the right hand to the head or, you know, jab the head, jab the body, then the right hand, and you know, maybe the jab after that as well. I think she’s got to put fours and fives together now. Ones and twos. I think that uh Miller’s reading those and she can see them coming. So, I think she’s got to come forward and she’s got to put four or five punches together one there. The referee [Music] Good right hand from Hannah Jeffrey. That will do her a world of good. [Music] Just a ticking off the turnover part of the club. again. She’s coming forward. Jeffrey, you know, she kind of gave her the out there, but took it. So, she didn’t really manage to pin it, but you know, she’s trying to push her back behind the jab, behind the right hand to the body. [Applause] Last 10 seconds here. A bit of a sustained attack there from Jeffrey. Not all of it landed, but she was the one doing the throwing. This is going to be interesting on the cards. Wouldn’t want to be too confident in making a prediction which way this one has gone so far. Work hard this round. Yeah, we got him first. Happy that the jab’s got busy. We let go this round. Yeah. But what we were doing really nicely is a double jab. said, “Rem double jab, then a double jab.” Just close the gap down when you put on the box just there on the Lord. Mount Batton Boxing Club and he’s downright probably gives us a nice little link there to pay tribute to Frank Hopkins for pretty much everybody. I’m not understating it for probably the last 30, 40 years. I saw him work with Tony Oi donkeys years ago. uh from down that way. He would have been well established by then. Yeah. Yeah. Sadly passed away last week or the week before. We haven’t had a chance to pay one of the very best in his trade. Helped everybody. He was top. He would have been in Jamie Moore’s corner the night we thought. Really? Yeah. Really? I mean I I there was times I’m sure he was in both corners because he was everywhere. He was absolutely everywhere. So rest in peace Frank Hopkins. One of the best. Back to this one. I would think that this couldn’t be all to play for in this third and final round. That’s just a tangle of legs. Hannah Jeffrey though has come out perhaps having had more of a rocket of the two. She’s certainly up the ante a little bit here. Jeffrey be interesting to see if Miller keeps at that pace or tries to match her for tempo. Misses with the right hand there, Jeffrey. Slightly more impetus and uh both just trying to make that crucial break through or land that crucial shot. Jeffrey with the better left hand there. No knock down. That’s a stumble as well. On we go. Third and final round. That’s better. That’s good. Nice up there. Sorry, from Jeffrey. Miller turned away actually which got caught with it. It’s a good shot. again. Jeffrey the right hand just as Charlie Miller was liking to get their own work. Both are tired which I think is how we’ve had a couple of these tangles. Yeah, make your right hand there. I think it’s fatigues playing a big part in those uh slips. Again, she’s just doing the basics well here, Jeffrey. just coming in behind the jab and because Miller’s tired, you know, just that jab landed cleanly. Right hand nothing particularly sneaky, nothing particularly subtle, very basic but effective. That is a standing count and I think it was coming because she put a lot into that Hannah Jeffrey good sustained attack. Can she go straight back there? Straight back in there with that double jab. And it was just the way that Charlie Miller fell and how she got back up which just gave away Yeah. gave the game away a little bit that she was feeling the pace. And Jeffrey is on top here. Definitely she’s pouring as she senses it now. Yeah, she can tell and that’s spurring her and even if she’s feeling the pace, the fact that she knows that Miller is struggling more, it gives you energy. The clock’s going to beat her though. Last 10 seconds. This will now be very interesting how those first two rounds were scored because that’s that’s the easiest round to score there without a doubt. First two rounds I wouldn’t want to be a judge. No. Although I thought I thought the Jeffrey probably had the better of the first. Definitely. Second was closer. They look happy in the blue corner. Yeah, they look happier. I’d agree with you. She looks quite fresh at the air. Hannah Hannah Jeffrey, she paced that perfectly that big last round. [Applause] Wonder to see how much of a difference that will have made. Charlie Miller, she’s into the picture now. Yeah, she was she was I don’t think she might have seen she just liked it looked like to be the one out of the two that was just feeling it a little bit more. As I say, the game was was up when she was on the floor trying to get back up. Just looked a little bit more tired. But I’m sure once she watches this back, she will have a few tur words for me to say I was absolutely not tired. He got it wrong. But let’s see. Just going to be waiting for confirmation. his his MC rag down there. Now he’s not got the scorecard yet. So we wait. Just toing up the scores. You can see that they are on the way. So who will be our under 52 open class finalist. There he is. The gap the glasses are on. Scores are being written down. Here we go. [Applause] Hi ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 19 in ring A by a unanimous decision in a blue corner. Hannah Jeffrey Lur Manbatton. Well done both girls. I think Matt you called that perfectly because Yep. certainly the last round easest call for Jeffrey and I think certainly Hannah Jeffrey did enough in one of those opening two rounds there to get her nose in front. So, she’ll be delighted with that, I’m sure. [Applause] [Music] Hannah, you got me on those? Yeah. Great. Congratulations. Well done. Finished in real style there. Big third and final round and unanimous on the cards. Were you certain you had done enough there? Uh, yeah. I think I boxed quite well for me. Like, I was happy with the performance. I did what my coaches said. Obviously, there’s a lot to improve on, but I’m happy with it. Yeah. To do it on the big stage as well on Sky Sports. Uh what do you think, you know, the amateur game, the pro game, who knows where this boxing game is going to take you, but what do you want to do in the amateur side of the sport? Uh really, I just want to keep going up. I’m still new to the sport. I’m only about 16 months in, so just keep learning from my coaches, keep training hard. It’s my favorite thing to do, so where that’s going to take me is where I want to go. Yeah, it’s easier if you enjoy it as well. How are you going to celebrate tonight? Uh eat a lot. Like a lot. I’m just gonna keep eating and tomorrow and probably like the next week. Yeah. Listen, I’ve been doing it for 39 years. It’s done me no good. Congratulations. You’re Riviera Box Cup champion and welld deserved. Well done. Thank you. Cheers. Well done. Take care. [Applause] Got to be honest with him, Matt. Having a 39 years. This ain’t no accident over here. You know what I mean? I’ve eaten eaten again. Back number 20 in a few times. Senior contest at 71 kg in the open part. Representing the Wool in the red corner, representing the Wolves Den Am Boxing Club, Liam Huntley. And his opponent in the blue corner from the Thurk Am Boxing Club, Harry Burke. Red Huntley Blue Burke. Bout number 20. Final instructions for both Liam Huntley representing Wolves Den. He’s in the red and Harry Burke from Thor. He’s in the blue. Three rounds or less. 67 to 71. Open class. We’re just about ready to go. It looks like it’s orthodox against Southport. And we’re underway. William Huntley with Liam on the waistband and Harry Burke with Harry on the waistband as well. Should should be easier for us to decipher. Yeah, you can see both guys here lead hands just canceling each other out. Both looking for the back hand. Not far away with that left hook just snuck around the back there. Liam Humpley landed I think. Yeah, there was a left hand went in from Burke and then Hunley by the counter right hand back almost simultaneously which landed as well. Early impressions these two are very well matched and very well schooled mostly. Yeah, there was there was a punch but that was certainly not what sent him to the counter and cuffed him around the back of the head. So no knockdown. On we go. Feel like we can’t take our eyes off this one because they both got plenty on those shots. Don’t want to blink and miss it. Can they work it out between them? They can. Harry Burke just cuffs Liam Huntley with a a right hand. You see this sad for the box where they’re just out of range and pouring with each other with the lead hand and just trying to see who’s going to step into that little bit of distance where they can, you know, step in and catch the other guy. It’s it’s it’s a fascinating battle of wit. Who can outsmart? Who can out think? Who can set that trap? And I almost watch through my fingers because they’re both standing at just out of range and whoever’s going to commit. They’re going to go for it. You’re there. You’re thinking, I’ll give him that bang. He’ll do that. I’ll do this. He’ll do that. I’ll do this. He’s playing chess. You’re thinking 15 moves ahead, aren’t you? I remember you said it years ago. You think nothing’s going on, but actually there’s load loads going on. They’re just subtle little signs. And actually that that brain power, that thinking concentration factor that saps the battery, you know, saps your energy, you know, as quick as throwing big heavy shots, combinations. It’s the it’s the mental energy, you know, it drains the battery in a different way, but just as quickly, if not quicker. Harry Burke with that southpaw left. He’s not been far away on a couple of occasions. Game of fractions. If he just takes his feet in a little bit more and lands that left hand, it looks like it could be a weapon. Liam Huntley, he’s got the the height and reach advantage. He He’s got it cocked, doesn’t he? That right hand looks like he’s ready to let it go at any time. You see, in a fight like this, you you’ve got to be light on your feet, and you’ve got to you can’t afford to be stiff or tight to load up. You’ve got to be able to just throw it, react quickly. Just look for speed and accuracy, not power. Okay, we’re into the blue corner of Harry Burke. Direct. He’s a two-time national champion. He’s won six box cups. So, he’s very successful in this format. A lot of work around dedicating himself at the moment to good time boxing. So nice and smart. Clever pressure set him up. Bring him off the shot. Well, mate, can you get off the line for me? Lewis in the corner. And this is second of three. Huntley in the red. Burke in the blue. [Applause] Yeah, this is good from Bur St. Utilizing the double jab a bit more, a bit more aggressive, more willing to commit and come in behind it to get into that distance where he’s close enough to land that back hand. You know, you got to, like I say, it’s fine margin sometimes. You got to get the balance because you don’t want to be like gung-ho. You don’t b too bullish where you walk onto shots, you know, but you’ve got to you have to be willing. He, you know, he who dares wins, you’ve got to be willing to take that chance and be the guy. Huntley threw a three-punch combination. And the first two did miss, but he did score with the final left hook. Heads look like they just bang together there. And then Burke doesn’t quite land the counter left. Just misses. But you can see what he was trying to do. [Applause] [Applause] I was obscured momentarily by the referee, but both looked to land there. That was a good attack from from both. This is what makes it so difficult to score because of the attacks. You know, it’s you go, I go, will we go at the same time? That was better from Huntley coming over the top with a left hand, but maybe the shorter shot from Burke was the better one. Yeah, you know, in a fight where as well, they’re both you can see the cage there. It was trying to, you know, set traps for the other one. They don’t want to be they don’t want to fall into the other guy’s traps. They’re trying to set their traps, but someone’s got to be willing. The guy who’s willing to come in and take the chances, you know, to risk it, you know, he’s usually the guy that he’ll come off best. As Delos says he who dares that makes me Rodney, and I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that role. A lot of my colleagues off camera are nodding. I think you were right in what you said. You know, everybody’s looking to load up and it’s the it’s the speed. Don’t load up. That would be the message surely here because they can obviously both punch. They’ve obviously got a lot of speed. B just looking to really pile into that left hand. Don’t think he landed it clean. They’re both so eager when they come together as well. Relax. Being relaxed is the key. Just loosen up. Think relax. Think speed. Think accuracy. Don’t think back power. Don’t load up. Don’t get tight. Oh, better from Huntley though. The right hand was like a cup shot, but the left hook was a good one. His best period of the round. [Music] That brings to a close the second of three. This is not going to be easy to score, you would think. So, here is Reese Redmond. seen him a couple of times today from Wolves Dan. Adjust your feet. Get round again underneath and when you’re on the inside with him, you’re wrestling too much. Turn your body. Create a bit space. Bring out for the middle. Yeah. Use his strength against him. Good. Keep the face up. Control your feet. Yeah. Don’t rush in. One, two, a little bit far. Double the jab. Close the distance. Double jab hold. They need this round. Okay. So, you probably heard that, Matt. Uh Lewis was saying to Harry Burke there, they need this round. So, they think they’re two up in the blue corner. That’s a nice shot to be fair. Sort of looped it up with the left-handed Harry Burke in the blue. Huntley looks to respond straight away because getting caught like that at the very start of the round is not how you want to start. And if he chases it like that, might walk into another one. Yeah, he landed a good left hand there a moment ago, didn’t he, Bur? I make his coach right. I think I do think he’s ahead. I think he’s winning. Um, but they’re close rounds. Yeah, they are close. It would shock me if you know the judges see the other way. They’re not. They are close but um I think he’s he’s been more willing to step into that. [Music] Was that point off? Yeah, that was a public warning. All right. So, not what you need. Not what you need. Louis Huntley. No, definitely. You don’t need those. Oh, big left hook though there. Much better from Huntley. Needs more. Rolled underneath there. hang up with it. I don’t think he would have needed to be told, but that warning has obviously just sparked him a little bit where he chased it a little bit, which goes against everything that we’ve been saying. He launched into that left hand and it was a good shot. Got to follow it up Lewis Huntley. Liam Huntley. Apologies. Got to follow it up Liam Huntley if he can. Harry Burke’s got center ring at the moment. probably where he’s been most comfortable. Yeah. Just comes in again there. Nice double jab, left hand, lands the left hand, and he’s been effective with that. I think that was good refereeing. Apologies. He let them work it out and it was actually I think Hunter freed his hands and just as he did, Burke went to work downstairs. [Music] Oh, good left hand again. just nailed him down the middle. Harry Burke in the blue. His southpaw and he’s used that stance really effectively as Matt called it there. Sharp crisp left hand from the thoracic man. I think he’s been a little bit more relaxed. I think he’s you know he’s focused more on accuracy and as rather than power and he’s been quick his quicker feet and that’s been the key. I think he’s been quicker just shuffling in, closing the distance, and getting his shots off. And he’s been willing to close the distance. And in in doing so, he’s been willing to risk getting caught himself. He who dares. He who dares. [Applause] What can Huntley do here? Good left hook from Huntley off the back of some nice looking body work from Burke. Last 10 seconds. If you’re gonna go, you got to go now. Good fight. Well done to both Liam and Harry. He probably landed those two left hooks in that that one just there and you know at the beginning of the round are probably the two best left hooks he landed in the whole fight. Yep. Yep. When he was going for it a little bit more. Tough though. What do we think, Matt? out of these two. I wonder who looks more confident. I think they look pretty relaxed in that in that blue corner. I think Burke. Harry Burke. Yeah. But um again, it was every round was close. Close absorbing, you know, well fought. Um you know that left hook, that first big left hook that he landed where he rolled underneath, that’s probably the biggest shot that either guy landed in the whole fight. Um, and he certainly had his moments, but I do feel that Burke had the better of the action. Okay, let’s get confirmation from MC Rap. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 20 in ring a by unanimous decision. In a blue corner, Harry Burke, Thor, and a boxing club. Well done both lads. Good effort. Got that one right, Matt. I think uh cleaner work. He he he did score some some of the best action there. And I can lip read that. Watch this space says Harry Burke. Commiserations to Liam Huntley as well. He’s going to make his way over Harry. [Music] Calvin blue swinger. Can you hear me, Harry? Yeah, good stuff. Congratulations, Riviera, Box Cup champion for 2025. You look confident at the end there. Unanimous decision. What do you think won it for you on the day? Yeah. Well, I felt a box box cleaner. I thought I was stepping in, stepping out, u landing cleaner shots. Like at points it could be scrappy, but I felt like for the majority of the time I kept it long. Like when it come I had to work. I felt like I did work and yeah, I wasn’t trying to get involved in a scrap. I was trying to box, keep it long, step in, move my feet, you know, stick to the game plan. First time we’ve seen you on Sky Sports, hopefully not the last. Uh what were you saying to the camera? Watch this space at the end. So what does that mean? Is that a sign to the future and where you want to go? Yeah, definitely. I’m going to take over the amateurs and then I want to take over the pros. Go to the top. Good stuff. How are you going to celebrate tonight? A bit of a long journey home. We’ll probably see you at the services. Uh what is on the hit list tonight? Well, it if it was my choice, it would be a Chinese, but I got to stay disciplined. I’m going to America in a month’s time. So hopefully I can compete against some of position there. And uh yeah, so got to keep it good, keep it going, keep it disciplined, and then hopefully that will help me be world champion one day. From Matt who boxed all over and experienced America, I’m sure you’ll agree that’ll be a great experience. Thanks for joining us today and well done. You’re Box Cup champion. Thank you Eddie H. Frank Warren bench along. Watch out. Watch your space. Like I said, I know they’ll be watching on a Sunday afternoon. They’ll be watching the Box Cup, I’m sure. Great message. Well done. Take care. and his opponent in the blue corner from the Blackbird Lays Abida Boxing Club, Jamal Franklin. Red Murray Blue Franklin. [Applause] Okay, just for clarification. So it’s Charles Murray in the red representing Wolverampton ABC and Jamal Franklin in the blue representing Blackbirdley’s ABC. This is bout 21 7175 open class Riviera Box Cup final live on Sky Sports. So Franklin in the blue, Murray in the red. He’s very tall and pretty much towers over Murray. Franklin in the blue. Uh Murray, one of the Murray twins. If you’ve been on Sky Sports Boxing social media last couple of days, twin brothers, uh sons of Scott Murray, a promoter up in the Midlands, who I’m sure you know pretty well, Matt. And uh this is Charles Murray. Franklin just looking to get behind that jab and follow up with a right hand. doesn’t quite land. He does stiffen a left hand into the midriffith of Murray. Charles didn’t box yesterday. He had a straight final. Just looks to switch to the body. That’s caught on the arms though from Murray on this occasion. But it’s quite a positive start from Jamal Franklin in the blue. Yeah, I think he’s just established his jam a bit better and, you know, found his range. He’s settled, I think, better out of the two. I think Morris still trying to find his way into the fight. Right hand from Franklin just pushes Murray back. [Applause] screw shot lead left hand from Murray who then looks just to get busy with the right hand but a lot of that was smothered and that’s no knockdown. [Music] Okay. Charles Murray perhaps just forcing it slightly. Yeah, just lunging in a little bit there. Would think Franklin at the moment looks like he’s he’s perhaps settled a little bit better out the two with a couple of stiff right hands there as well. Franklin, they were perfectly timed and well thrown. Charles Murray just counters back, but not sure if one of those right hands just had a little bit of an effect there. Yeah, maybe. It just looks a little bit disorganized, doesn’t he, Murray? Yeah, just knocked him off balance. Not suggesting he was hurt by any stretch, but it just knocked him off balance a little bit. And this is twin brother. You’re not seeing double. Don’t adjust your sets. That is Henry Murray who boxes next. So Henry boxed yesterday and the only reason I can tell them apart is because he had a big sweat on because he had boxed. They are identical twins, sons of Scott Murray. As I said, he’s pretty long in the tooth now in the business. And they very much look like their dad. Yes. And this is the Jamal Franklin corner. Keith Paresi, Greg James, and Brandon May, the training team. He’s at 45. He’s had 45 Box Cup champ. So, he’s well schooled. Uh he’s been in here for the Riviera Box Cup have won it and uh multi-country champ, etc., which is always a bad phrase at the end of a a list of tournaments. He didn’t even have enough paper to tell us everything that he’s won. Yeah. So, he’s well schooled. You get the impression that experience is with Franklin and I think probably in that first round he he he made that experience pay. Yeah. I just think he he settled into the fight quicker. I think Murray looked a bit missed with the right-handed Franklin and really nailed Murray with the left. Bit of reding on the right hand side at the base of Charles Murray. Yeah, he got caught with a couple of solid shots there. often [Applause] wonder he’s so tall is this Jamal Frank clinic it’s a it’s almost a disadvantage when you’re trying to get out the way but he’s got very fluid upper body movement actually swayed out the way quite nicely there when Murray just looked to pin him in the blue corner yeah probably just struggling with the range isn’t he the height You don’t feel like Murray’s actually been able to beat that lead hand or get inside at the moment. And when he’s got there, he’s smothered very well, Jamal Franklin. So, so far so good for the Blackbird Lays ABC man in the blue. Yeah, because Mory’s got to try and come forward and and chase the fight, close the distance, but I’m not sure if that’s how he would normally go about his business. You know, I’d say he’s someone that wants to likes to keep it sort of straight and long as well. So, they’re really being the aggressors. Sorry Matt, they’re really bored in that blue corner with some of these attacks where he switched it really nice Jamal Franklin. He went to the body with sort of a short left uppercut come screw shot and then he went up to the head and he came back and that’s a quality right hand. He might have to do well just to tuck up here Charles Murray because he may well have been on the verge of a standing count there. Did well. He did well just to come through that. He got nailed there, didn’t he? Really walked him onto it. just dipped outside the left hand, chopped the right hand straight over and kind of the biting point was him walking onto the shot. Even that chopping right hand there around the back of the ear. Hurtful shots. Yeah, back of the ear or sort of above the ear or temple even. It was a good shot. A sickening uppercut through the middle. Partially blocked, but thank god he did because that was a very, very good shot from Jamal Franklin who at the moment is showing us every shot in the book. Well, he’s boxing with real confidence now as well. And he’s actually got that frame and the long levers. When you get stuff like that working for you, he’s got the range right. He’s not loaded up too much, but when he has, he’s landed it. So far, Jamal Franklin is in charge, you would say. Yeah, probably just going to the body with a straight right hand. Good idea. I think that’s a good shot to go to the right with the right hand to the body, but again, you got to be careful not to reach for it. Good second round. Okay. Yeah. This is over in the red corner. Andy Owen and Richie Carter, the training team. And Charles has had success down here as well. Same as Franklin. He has won the Riviera Box Cup. He’s Midlands Development Champion. And actually on the back of his shorts, notice there’s a stars and stripes. He’s won the Ohio Box Cup as well. [Applause] you feel he’s going to need to come out and certainly box better than he has in the first two rounds or hope that he can put a dent in Franklin. He looks very confident in that corner and you can kind of understand why I think Yeah. Well, I think they’re two rounds off and in the driving seat boxing well. It’s been a you know that round particularly was was a tough round for Murray. got hit with a lot of big shots. What have we not got here? We don’t have both uh shoes tied. They are not tied together. Here we go. Back underway. Third and final round. It’s bout number 21. Jamal Franklin in the blue and he’s back to us at the moment. Charles Murray in the red gloves. Yeah, Murray’s, you know, trying to slip and slide a bit now. Move the head and he’s really got to try and get past that jab to get close to Franklin where he can work, but not so close where he gets, you know, smothers his own work or where Franklin can just grab hold of him. He’s got to try and get close enough mid distance really and and let both his hands go. Murray actually nearly scored with a right hand that sort of cuffed the shoulder and then hit the head and all it did was spark Franklin into life who really landed with sharp three punch combination. This just sort of jump started him in this third round. Nice jab. Snaps the head back in front of us here from Franklin. Yeah, Franklin turns him nicely on the ropes there. Gets back into the center of the ring. Murray just tried to repeat the trick with the right hand. Yeah, and he’s down. That was a good right hand. I think he’s sort of saying no punch there, but I think it was definitely the punch that put him down. Stiff right hand. It looked like it went from head down to his his legs. You could see his knee dipped. Yeah, he felt it. Charles Murray, as much as he protests, I think that was a very solid right hand from Jamal Franklin. Can he follow it up now? Because he he’s done well to this point. Can he put the the icing and the punctuation point? That is no knockdown on that occasion. Good right hand from Franklin. Follows it up. Murray does have the gloves up, but certainly some of that attack snuck through. Hard lines at the moment for Murray. That’s a standing count. Snap the right hand in. did Jamal Franklin. Yeah, that was good. Good for Franklin. He just walked morray onto it. Just let him come. Wondered if he would let that continue or if he would stop it. Is Franklin going to get the job done inside the distance here? Yes, he is. I think good right hand. Murray takes it well. But surely this is the last few moments of this contest. Jamal Franklin well on top. Yeah, I think another barrage here attack. I think the rest going to jump in to stop this. Yeah, this is going to be it. I think shakes his head unfortunately for Charles Murray. I don’t think he’s going to let it continue. He doesn’t. Stoppage win in the final for Jamal Franklin. And you have to say from pole to flag. That was a pretty impressive performance from the Blackbird Lays 19year-old. We said he’s got pedigree. Box Cup champ. Harriet box cup champ as well. Very very good. [Applause] I think that was a welltimed stoppage as well because there was plenty on those right hands. I agree with you. I think it was it was the perfect time. He gave him every chance, every opportunity, but you know, by the time I think it was that third standing count and there were hard shots and I think the body language also suggested that the fight had probably been knocked out of Murray at that point. Uh, and you know, he’s only 19 Mory as well. You don’t want to leave him in there, you know, knocking his confidence. [Applause] Yeah, nice in brace between the two and he is all right. Charles, we think just getting a check out for the doctor here. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of number 21 in ring A. The referee stopped the contest in favor of blue. Your winner, Jamal Franklin, Blackbird Lays. Right, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of bout number 21 in ring A. The referee stopped the contest. Your winner in the blue corner, Jamal Franklin. Backward Lesl double confirmation. Well done Jamal just made himself probably going to be number one with all the cameramen. He’s going to come and talk to us I think. Just two more to go. He’s got his medal but he is going to quickly come over and talk to us at Sky Sports. [Applause] You got me. Good stuff. Congratulations. Well done. I don’t know if it comes any better than that stoppage win in the final live on Sky Sports. Try and put that into words from us, Jamal. Astonishing. That’s the word. That’s it. I was coming with a game plan. Get busy. Get my hands flowing. A lot of the time in my bouts I don’t tend to do it. So I thought I get my hands flowing. But that’s not what even got me. Every time I hit him, he kept shaking his head at me. Kept going, “No, no.” And he was like saying little words while he was in the in the clinch. So that got me. So for a peach right hand down, I knew it was going to drop him because I felt on my knuckle. My knuckle’s killing me right now. I felt his nose. But to put it into words is just astonishing. I mean, it’s it’s quite incredible though when you talk about don’t usually let your hands go. When you get them long levers going, if that travels the full distance, you’re going to knock people out surely. I’m surprised that you don’t do that more often. That’s the problem. When I’m in sparring, I let my hands go. When I’m fighting, I usually start letting my hands go in the third. I don’t start quick. But today, I feel like I started quite quick and I feel like I established that there was my ring and he was just boxing in it. Yeah, you done brilliant. Uh, how you going to celebrate? Oh, mate, probably go get a fat Domino’s. Beautiful, man. I want a large pepperoni pizza. Me and my misses. What did you say to Dylan there as you were coming past? I said, “Go get the other brother.” Because me and Dylan, we’ve known each other for a good two, three years. Not personally personally, but just through boxing, just around the shows just like everyone does. But I’ve known Dylan for quite a while. And we was chatting yesterday and after he got his win, he said that he’s got uh what’s his Henry Murray? And I said, “I’ve got Charles Murray.” I said, “When are you boxing him?” He was like 20 um 22. I said, “I’m 21.” I said, “Let’s get the other brother.” Obviously, I have nothing against the brothers. Of course, it’s just amateur boxing. I have a dream, they have a dream. It’s whoever implicates their game plan a bit better. But nothing malicious towards them just to psych up my boy Dylan. Yeah, is it? We got that. It’s all good copy. Good stuff, mate. Congratulations, Jamal. Well done, Box Cup champion Riviera 2025. Well done. Right, ladies and gentlemen, boat number 22 in ring A, a senior contest at 80 kg open class. Introducing in the red corner from the Wolampton Boxing Club, Henry Murray. And his opponent in the blue corner from the Bford Amanda Boxing Club in North Deon, Dylan Buren. Red Murray, Blue Burton. Bout number 22, penultimate fight of the night in ring A. Confirmation. Henry Murray in the red. representing Wolverampton, Dylan Buren from Bford in the blue. Both of these box yesterday, both were pretty convincing winners and impressive yesterday. So, this should be a good fight. Both boxing out the orthodox stance and fast start from Henry Murray. Nothing wrong with that right hand though from Dylan Buren. Did he heed Jamal Franklin’s warning? Go and get the other brother. He was really aggressive yesterday. Uh but in a measured way, Dylan Burston and I always wonder, Matt, I’ve seen it so many years when you had like the Smiths boxing on the same card and I used to fear, oh god, I hope one of them doesn’t get beat how it would affect the other one. I wonder Henry, we saw him, he stood ringside skipping and shadow boxing. He’s just watched his brother get stopped there. I wonder if that will affect him at all. Yeah, I know. It’s um I’ve always wondered that myself with with the Smiths. I actually remember when uh Steven got stopped by uh Lee Sel. Yeah. Paul had to box after. He was watching it in the changing room. I remember. Yeah. It was cuz I stayed with you know all the they had to go in with I stayed with Steven in the change room. They everyone else went ringside oblys fight but it was um yeah I I know that would have been tough. It would have been difficult for great left hook to the body in the blue gloves. These two are well matched though through the first one minute and a half of this opener. Good right hand from Buren. He’s got the uh skirt-like trunks, blue gloves. Henry Murray in the red. [Applause] Some nice movement there off the ropes from Burston. Both 19 years old. Bur just switches Southport. Yeah, there’s a strong look to Burton, isn’t it? I don’t know, but he looks quite quite a bit bigger. I know they’re in the same weight class, but you know, 75 to 80 5 kilos. You know, you you’re just in the division and the other guys coming down, there could be a sizable size difference. To me, I think Buren looked quite a bit more physical. Good hand though from Henry Murray. Yeah, great right hand from Mory. Brilliant. Well executed. These two are well matched. This is a very watchable evenly matched contest so far. Felt it would be as well just from what we saw yesterday. I’m no expert. First time I’ve seen seen them both. But it very easy on the eye. Both good offensively as well there. Both letting their hands go far away. When I say not far away, I mean them both. Murray had the right hand which wasn’t far away. But good round as well from G and Buren. Very, very good. Okay, we are in the Bford ABC corner. That is one of Richard Griggs, Danny Passmore, Alex Deville, Dylan Pen very well scored in a BGC’s national champion, eight time Western counties champion, Welsh Box Cup, twotime Riviera champ as well this year and then go and he’s trained actually for a out in the top rank gym when Floyd was there sparred with number one champion at the time he went on for the Olympics. So he’s gone and trod the American path and presumably picked up terrific experience on on the way. Second of three bout number 21. Henry Murray from Wolverampton in the red, Dylan Buren from Baford in the blue. A very well evenly matched first round between the two. Plenty of that sort of action. Who’s getting the better of this? Because both landed and both took a couple of shots there. I think they both landed heavy shots. Yeah, I think you’re right. He’s almost wincing there as both unloading and almost going for broke. These are both the mors of the game, aren’t they? cuz he’s uh like I said to me he looks he looks a little bit he definitely looks smaller of the two in there. Burton’s just missed with that counter left hook a couple of times. I wonder if he just look kind of throwing it short. If he just throws it a tad longer if it might just find the chin of Henry Murray. But I mate, you’re right. Henry Murray’s really game because I do think it is a special sort of skill and confidence to throw when your opponent’s throwing and actually you could apply that to Buren as well because when they throw Oh, simultaneously. That’s the gum shield of Murray. I think they both they both landed left hooks. They’re exchanging literally. I said I what feels about eight hours ago now you can’t call every punch. It’s impossible. This is the perfect example of that. Thought we were going to get a simultaneous knock down there. Good right hand from Buren straight after the break. Good left hand from Murray. Oh, who’s getting the best of this map? So even Stevens. I mean, it’s great for us watching in terms of seeing the exchanges where they’re both throwing at the same time and catching each other simultaneously, but sometimes you think to yourself like guys get knocked out. Not always because they don’t take a good shot, but they get hit with shots they don’t see because they’re not they’re not paying attention to what’s coming back at them. They’re just too focused on what they’re throwing. Yeah, Murray landed a really good right hand, but the whole start of this exchange was a bursting right hand. If you’ve stayed with us all this time, you must be grateful that you have because this is a corker so far. Good short right hand from Murray. Doesn’t quite turn the knuckles over. If he did, it might have had double the impact. And I was I was thinking is even in the last fight with his other brother, they kind of put it out there, but they could generate a lot more power. The arm punches a little bit. They just kind of push him out there where they turned the body a bit more and twisted the arm. I think they’ll be able to generate a lot more power. Yeah, it was still a good shot though because it absolutely stopped Burston coming forward, but he almost just regroups and comes again back out in Southport. First in the blue. Yeah, I think first’s got a more rounded, smoother look to him, doesn’t he? Probably a bit more solid. I’m not trying to steal amateurs either, but both of these remain pretty good pros. Like Burton fights like a pro. Oh, good right hand from Buren. Murray takes it so well though. And what Murray lacks in, I don’t know, te technique, style, he makes up for with his, you know, his books, his his desire. I could watch this fight every day of the week. What a contest so far. People on their feet around us applauding. I feel like I’ve had more than two rounds. Now, Matt, you may have stumbled across a gem there. So, because twin brothers, they’re built identically. Uh, they can’t well or they won’t, which I think is fair. They won’t box at the same weight class. So, presumably Henry really should be at the weight below, but because his twin brother is there and they don’t want the brothers to fight, he’s the one that’s gone up. I didn’t even think about that, but now that you’ve said it, it makes total sense because, you know, 75 to 80, it’s a big jump, isn’t it? 5 kilos, you know, 11 lb 12. So that, you know, if Buren’s coming down to make 80 kilo and, you know, Henry’s Morris’s moved up because Charles Morris at 71 175, then you know, he he’s at a physical disadvantage. Yeah. But stylewise, excitement has absolutely bled through this fight from the opening hooter. So what he what he lacks in physicality, he makes up boring coahones. There you go. Multilingual. Oh, did land that or was that just short? Was on the other side to us. He’s he’s measured that right hand pretty well. Uh Dylan Buren, but every time he has just a pocket of success, Murray matches him. It’s It’s been really really clean. I don’t think the referee has to get involved really, has he? No hardening at all. That’s where I wonder if that physicality just counts though. He just stood with him and just banged him to the body. Did Dylan Burton there? Heavy shots. I know we spoke about it earlier. Three rounds perhaps you can’t take too much out of the out the body, but he’s whacked away a couple of times at the torso. Yeah, I mean you it’s more difficult to get there. You know, it’s harder to get there in three rounds than there is to over 12. You know, you can still get there. You know, you c you catch them enough often and off in the right place with the right shots. He can definitely take the wind down the sails. Who’s got more left in the tank here? I mean, it’s been a ferocious pace. Well, again, this is when it comes down to sort of, you know, energy efficient. You know, Morio will be burning more energy when they’re pushing and shoving. Even if he’s giving as good as he’s getting, but he’s probably sapping his energy more because it’s harder work for him. [Applause] Oh, Murray was just chasing him there. He got nailed. He got nailed. [Applause] When Buren goes, he absolutely commits like he really goes. [Applause] And it was Burton who was just a little bit guilty of not turning the right hand over. Had he turned it over, might have had a bit more of an impact, but it still landed. Good right hand from Burston. [Applause] Play to Henry Murray though. He keeps swinging that axe trying to bring this tree down. [Applause] Good from Burton. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Harry Murray still right on him though. Still right on the chest of Dylan Buren. [Applause] That is the last 10second placer for here we go. What a fight this has been. What a final this has been. Absolutely brilliant. Well done to both Henry Murray and Dylan Buren. That is a quality final. Someone’s probably going to have their heart broken there, but neither man can be called a loser cuz that was brilliant. And I’m sure they’ll both be better off for that experience. [Applause] Just a little bit of marking under the right eye there of Buren, which isn’t a huge surprise because there was so much leather being traded. [Applause] Henry Murray here he is just getting his check from the doctor. [Applause] One to go and it’s the super heavies. I’m not making light of this because it’s a serious protocol. You know, we have to ask the right questions. But a couple of times the boxes have been asked, you know, what day is it? What date is it? Do you know where you are? After a fight like it’s so difficult to remember what day it is. You know, I we started this yesterday. If I had to I don’t need to be cussed to forget what day it is in all the in all the madness. Definitely. But there I’m not making I’m not making light of it. They’re important checks. But let’s get the win. IMC rap. by a unanimous decision in a blue corner. Dylan Burston Bford well done by Foxes. Oh no, we’ve had another one of those hand being raised there. Let’s Let’s restart. We got to get it right. It’s Burton. As announced, it was Burton, but I think that was raised. Okay. It is bursting. That could cause a lot of trouble when emotions are running high. Exactly. Right. Yeah. We’re not in control of that though, I have to say. That that’s not us. Okay. So, it is Dylan Burston. So, he’s going to come over. [Applause] Dylan, you got me. No, it’s all right. I’m on this one. You don’t need to worry. Uh, congratulations. We’ve had a lot of finals today. That was arguably one of the best. We saved it to almost last. You must be over the moon. What a high quality contest that you’ve come out on the right side of. Yeah, I’m absolutely buzzing to be honest. I’ve had two hard fights in two days. Two against good quality lads that won it. Um, when you got two lads that won it in the weekend, like they want to win, just makes all the training and the fight worth it and it’s it’s lovely to be involved in a good fight that everyone enjoys. So, yeah, I’m happy. Yeah, it’s a great shot window. Of course, we we didn’t show your fight yesterday cuz we weren’t filming obviously, but we watched it. We like, God, we we want to see a bit more of that. Takes two to make a great fight, though. And he bought it, didn’t he, Henry? Yeah, Henry did. He’s tough lad. Kept coming forward. When you’ve got a fight that always wants to come forward, you know, that can take punishment and they keep replying, you know, it it brings something out of you to, you know, keep pushing, keep going. Like it almost brings that like that dog out of you. You know what I mean? And yeah, like I said, it takes two to tango. It was great. And you’re on the right side of it. How you going to celebrate with Pete’s adding back to training tomorrow? Back training tomorrow. Come on. You got to give yourself a break, haven’t you? Nah, no break. I want to win the nationals. Want to win the elites this year. You know, my dream is to be a pro. I’m surrounded by, you know, a great team in Richard Grigg, Stephan Phillips, Billy Stanbury, Alex Double, Danny Passmore, Got Nutritionist, Jack Coat, you know, they all make it worth it. And when you get rewards like this, it makes you want to train harder and keep fighting. And yeah, like I said, I’ve got bigger aims this year. That’s why keep on pushing, keep training. Yeah. Well, listen, we enjoyed you as an amateur. I think you’ll make a pretty good pro as well. So, come and see us one day. Hopefully, we’ll see you on Sky again. 100%. I hope so, too. Nice one. Well done. You’re Box Cup champion. Well done. Congratulations. [Applause] There he goes. And we are on to our final bout of the day. Bout number 23. We are almost ready. Ready to go. It’ll be William John McCarten and Anthony Epic Way. All right, ladies and gentlemen, our final contest in ring A, bout number 23, a senior 92 kg openass contest. introduced in the red corner from the Guilford Am Boxing Club in Ireland, William John McCarten. [Applause] And his opponent in the blue corner from the Finchley Amateur Boxing Club, Anthony Bun, red McCarten, blue Bun. I think quite often with some of these amateur tournaments, the paperwork is that is submitted is what is read out. It’s Anthony Eiquway from Finchley in the blue and Willie John McCarten from Guilford Island, one of our Irish visitors. And I know that that looks like a small ring, but these are two very big men. It’s not an optical illusion. Over 92 kg final Riviera Box Cup. This is the last one. And here we go. And it’s going to be bombed away. You would think all guns blazing here, hasn’t he? Bobbing and weaving. Looking to get inside and throw body shots and big left hooks. He’s got a good jab a bit though and then he just cuffs Marton around the right hand side, but he and then he comes up the middle as well. Well, that that that’s the shot for McCartney is the uppercut because he’s trying to duck and dive and come inside and, you know, jam. Uppercut is the shot for him. So he’s got to be careful Mart and he doesn’t he don’t want to duck onto a big uppercut. He’s got to use his faint and be clever and try and come inside that jab and get on top of Oh man. Stiff right hand to get the uppercut. That was a quality shot and Marta’s taking it really well and fires straight back. These two are straight down to business. [Applause] It’s a fast pace, Matt. It’s a fast pace for two very big men. Yeah, high tempo. Good jab from Aquay in the blue. [Applause] Southpaw stance now for McCarten. Switches straight back though. I mean, he started the round so fast. McCart, you know, I’m guessing he was looking to try and make a an early impression, an early dent, but I wonder what his thoughts are now. Does he feel that he made that dent or is he having second quart? Yeah, mate. You’re right. He he certainly tried to make a statement, didn’t he? And a bigqu actually full credit to him. He wasn’t sort of knocked out of his own rhythm, his own game plan. He’s actually come back quite well and landed some good shots himself. So these are well matched actually in different ways. Well, if someone’s hellbent on coming out at you and you know just throwing the kitchen sink, sometimes you’ve got no choice but just to tuck up and and ride out the early storm, you know, otherwise you’re just going into a swinging match and then it’s 50/50 whoever lands. So Oh, there’s the uppercut. Matt, you mentioned it. Right uppercut from a weight. Yeah, I mean that’s the shot. You got a guy who’s looking to, you know, slip and slide and roll underneath and come in on side. You want to keep him at that distance with the jab and try and time him as he ducks. Try and walk him onto the uppercut. It’s good defense there from Marton cuz the big way is just throwing some quite nice right hands there. He doesn’t block that one or the uppercut. McCarten. Yeah, that was nice right uppercut. Then just switched the attack and and looped it underneath. A good uppercut. Good right hand though there from Marton. Yeah, great first round. What a nice moment yesterday, the semiinal. Uh it was uh Stuart against the Finchley competitor. They both stood next to each other knowing they were going to box each other and watched the other semi-final. It was really, really good. You think, “God, lads, you’re going to be tearing into each other in less than 24 hours time.” But they were quite happy just to indulge. I’ve seen that before in amateur tournaments over the years. Yeah, it’s not that deep. You know, he they just stood and enjoyed the boxing and shared a good yarn. Where are we now? In the Aquway corner. Just out of shot there. If we winded out a fraction, that is Shaw Murphy. I mean, anyone that’s followed Finchley or Anthony Joshua as an amateur and even years before that, he was a brilliant pro Sha Murphy. I think he was British Commonwealth Champion back in the day. And uh I think Johnny Oliver and Shawn Murphy are two of the people that are really credited with some of the success of Anthony Joshua. And it’s amazing that he’s still down there at Finchley still putting all that time and effort into his fighters. So big up to Shawn Murphy. There’s not been really any feeling out process in in this fight at all. if you waited all day. McCart didn’t allow it, did he? He just as soon as that bow went, he sprinted across the ring and like you say, tried to really make an early impression on Beckway. Beway sunk a nice right hand down stairs there which landed and then McCart just got himself caught there at an awkward distance where he couldn’t get close in a big way. Just pinged him with a right hand. Little bit of swelling I think on the left hand side around the uh the eyelid of Marton. Not to be surprised, but he had a good end to the round McCarten right on the bell like you mentioned. And it was in a sort of similar position where I’s back just touched the ropes. You see when Mart McCartney’s leaned over his front foot a little bit like that, you know, leaving his head in the bucket as they call it. That’s when uh Ibequ should be trying to loop the uppercut underneath, trying to thread it through the middle. He hasn’t even really got to overthink it or look it. He’s just got to throw it underneath. Good defense from Marton. Hands go up high. Yeah, I mean he’s done well there, Marton. They slipped inside the jab, but once you once once you’re there and you’ve slipped inside, you want to throw, you know, whether it’s left hook, left screw shot. Good work from Yeah, you’ve done the hard part. You’re right. You’ve done the hard yards to get there. [Applause] Feel like I has just settled into a bit of a groove that Marton probably tries needs to try and knock him out of at the moment. Yeah. Oh, good shot. He’s putting those shots together nicely. You know, he’s got he and he he’s got gears there, you know, when he landed that shot and he knew he was there. He he those shots he put together. Uppercut, hog, hog, uppercut, and then left, right side, changing it around. But he you you could see he turned up the tempo a couple of notches. Yeah. So not everything has to be heavy. Touch touch and then he went up. That was lovely. You’re right. Exactly. Well described as well. And there he goes again. Just touch with the shot and then climb into the next one. I tell you, William John McCarten has got no shortage of determination and chin because at periods there was really going through the gears and up in that tempo. Yeah. But he stayed with him, didn’t he? Even though he couldn’t stay with him with the punch power, but he stayed with him in terms of, you know, you can see his his will hasn’t been broke or even deterred. See, he’s sucking up there. He’s his game. He’s good. He’s tough. He’s durable. I hope he won’t mind me saying, but if you imagine a Navy shipyard scrapper from the 1820s, that’s what William John McCarten looks like there. What a pain of a man. I would not want to stand across the ring and look at that face right now. Look at him gang to New York, but he looks a real determined character. Look at that face. I think this is the riot act as well. Get into him. This is the last one. This is the last round of the day. It’s now or it’s never. Oh, here he is. handle from a bit weight. Yeah, Mart’s just, you know, it’s good, you know, he he knows he needs this round. He’s coming out big, fast, strong, but he just got to be careful that he doesn’t get too reckless. He’s got to stay mindful of what’s coming back at him so he doesn’t walk onto a shot he doesn’t see. Bigway switches really well, though. He He doesn’t stay head hunting. He does switch to the body and then come back up. Yeah. and and even he’s good at switching with the same hand. Like I say, right hook, right uppercut, then he’ll go over to the left side, do the same. Nice touch of gloves there. I don’t think there was anything deliberate there from Marton. He was in the middle of a flow there and a big way just got tangled up. What could Martan find here? [Applause] It’s good defense from Marton because not all of these are landing. He’s just riding them riding the shots and taking them on the gloves and trying to get into this range. But this is where you said once you got there now you’ve got to make it pay. Yeah, exactly. Oh, good right hand from McCarton. He found the answer that time. Can he go again? [Applause] Sometimes you see with fighters, they burn up so much energy trying to get inside. By the time they’re there, they want to have a breather. I think a big way though, it’s just because he he is so fluid. You know, we’ve seen some single shots today from in other fights, but actually at the heavier weight area, he’s really really easy on the eye. Anthony, a big way. Yeah, but such a big guy. He’s actually nice and loose, isn’t he? Impressive so far. Can William John McCarten just put a dent in him though in the dying embers of the Riviera Box Cup? Who’s going to have the final say here? The last bout of the day in ring A. They both got good engines cuz the punch output’s been really good as well. Oh, just misses with a left hook there. McCarten turn away. That’s the 10-second clacker, but it will be surely time off. We’ve got a uh a loose thread. We’ll be straight back to it. He’s he’s finishing how he started to be fair. whether anything in between. [Applause] I think we’re almost ready. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, final contest in ring A. Your winner by a unanimous decision. In a blue corner, Anthony Bakun Finchley. Well done, lads. So, that concludes our boxing. Thank you very much. Anthony Aquay, as I said, a lot of the paperwork that gets submitted doesn’t always have the correct spelling. So, Anthony Aquay to avoid any confusion is our winner. And out he goes over the top rope. He’s going to quickly come down and join us. Hopefully he’s pretty delighted with his uh day’s work. [Applause] Here he comes. You hear me? Anthony hear me. Riviera Box Cup champion so you definitely can hear me. That was a really good fight. We We sort of hoped we’d save the best till last. Really really watchable. Uh takes two to make a great fight and I felt like that that was that was kind of what you came for, wasn’t it? Yeah. And considering I only had one fight here when I I wanted two that made up for a lot. Went against a very good opponent. Persistent, very fit, especially for a heavyweight. Getting the win. Couldn’t ask for more. About you though, I mean a lot of those things you showed yourself. Great fitness, great engine. I think one of the things we picked up on really fluid in attack as well, punching, combination, punching, finding the target. There was a lot to like there. Would you say that’s one of your strengths? Not exactly. No, putting my punches together. Obviously in sparring and training, it’s always fine. I always have a little problem in my bouts. Today, not so much. I knew because I was going against a good opponent, an Irish one, so I knew he was going to be tough. So, I just to dig deep for this one. Happy I put it together. Yeah, you did really well. Uh, what do you think this this sport has in store for you? Where do you want to take this amateur career of yours? Oh, there’s no other choice. I’m going pro. Yeah. Yeah. I’m going all the way. I’m not doing this for nothing. Made a lot of sacrifices, so yeah, I’m not doing this for nothing. Yeah. I mean, it’s a good time to be a professional heavyweight. When do you think that will be? Will you stay around in the am [Music] sort of lure of the pros not too far away? As you saw, I did decently today, but few things I need to brush upon. I’m a little rusty. So, I’ll give myself two more years, I’d say. Then I’m ready to go pro. I just need to brush up on a few things, but not too long. I hope in about 10 years time we can show you this footage and uh you’ve gone to the very very top. Long way home for you today though, Finchley. Uh so, how are you going to celebrate? With the friends as always with the everyone at my club box well. Although we all didn’t win, we’re all going to celebrate still. Great performance by all of us just spending time with the club. Yeah, you done brilliant. Thank you very much for coming and joining us. Riviera Box Cup champion. Congratulations. [Applause] Stay with us on this microphone cuz I’m delighted to say Adam Banister gets the final word today. So, thank you very much for coming and joining us. I hope in fact you can probably hear me if I pop these on one. Can you hear me on Earth now? Hello. Yeah. Uh, so you’ve been judging today, one of our officials, but one of the things I kind of want to chat to you about is the benefit and the impact of the Riviera Box Cup. Box Cups up and down the country, but in this area, it’s a pretty good box Cup and I feel like it’s gone down really well today. I don’t know how you felt it went. Yeah, it’s been great. I mean, the Riviera Box Cup’s always a good one. I think it’s a prestigious box cup. Um, people traveling from all over, loads of love from Northern Ireland, all over really. America as well. We’ve had a few US visitors. Yeah. Yeah, it’s great. Yeah. Let me ask you a little bit about efficient officiating in the amateurs. We’ve been learning on the job a little bit today. I don’t envy you guys cuz it’s fast, it’s frantic, it’s only three rounds. What’s the key criteria and how do you kind of keep that clarity when there’s so much going on? It can’t be an easy job. It’s not easy, but you know, there’s a criteria that we stick to, you know, um scoring shots and stuff like that. you know what ones don’t infringe on the rules and you know there’s a whole criteria we stick to right um but you know we need more officials and I personally think that Xboxers you want to get back involved in the sport please just volunteer because we are short on officials and I just think it’s a you know it’s a we need to give back you know what I mean like um we can’t do it without you though. That’s the truth. So, we need more of you. Do you enjoy it? Yeah, I love it. I actually really love officiating now. Um I’m going to do my refereeing this year coming up. Uh cuz I’ve been judging for a year so I can I can move on, upgrade. But um yeah, like I say, we need officials and uh I just hope this gives uh the spotlight for Xboxes thinking, “Oh, I won’t mind doing that.” Getting involved. Yeah. I mean, how many times do we hear of Xboxers that are looking for their next career path, don’t want to leave the sport completely, don’t quite know uh the choice. You would say, “Come join us down here because there’s a lot to a lot of love to give and a lot of love to get from the amateur game.” Yeah, it is all about the love of the amateur game cuz, you know, you don’t get paid. It is a volunteer based thing, but it’s so rewarding, you know, and it’s it’s like I say, it’s giving back to something that gave so much to us when we were younger. And like I say, you can go into the pros and stuff like that and officiate in the pros and get paid, but this is where it starts. This is these are the the next world champions. These are the next pros and you know, we just got to give back to them, you know. Yeah, we’ve been using the tagline the champions of tomorrow today. And it is very, very true. Bit corny, but really, really true. It is. Was hopefully we’ve showcased some of the stars of the future today. Uh, and the growth of these box cups, you know, there’s a lot of box cups around. We’ve only done two. Uh we’re trying to put a bit more into the grassroots. We’ve had a great time. Uh do you think that this you know they’re going to continue to grow? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. I mean you this um you know this box cups you just growing every year. You got the Baron Box Cup which is coming up two weeks time or week that’s that’s a big event as well over three days, three rings I’m pretty sure. You know it’s you know they’re getting bigger and bigger I think. And it’s just great is it? you know, getting kids the experience. I just think it’s great. I agree and make every word that you’ve said correct. Thank you very much for giving up your time at the end of a long day, Adam. We appreciate it. Everybody that’s followed us today, we’re going to say goodbye now. So, I hope uh that you’ve enjoyed everything. Matt, do you I mean, have you got any more to say? Do you want to say anymore? Have you had a good time? I’ve had a great time. I’m more now. He who dares. He who dares, you know, this time next year, Matt, we’ll be millionaires. That was brilliant. Thank you so much for joining us. If you’ve stayed with us all day, you deserve a medal yourself. Uh make sure you come and join us on Tuesday for the Toeto Podcast, which is uh every week. So, subscribe and download. And for everybody that participated in the running, the organizing, and the broadcasting of the Riviera Box Cup, we thank you. It’s been an absolute pleasure, and I wish you all the very best for the rest of your day. Thanks very much for joining us here on Sky Sports Boxing.