Verslag: Gianluca Di Caro
Gewoonlik is dit óf 'n Vrydag of Saterdag nag wat ek kry my gereelde fix
van pugilistic aksie, hierdie week was dit 'n bietjie anders as wat ek gemaak het
die reis van Londen tot Leeds Sondag oggend, in order to catch the latest offering from former Irish Champion, draai promotor, Lee Murtagh.
Oorweeg dit was 'n Sondag middag / aand show, Ek was geweldig
verbaas, of is dit die indruk, dat wanneer ek by die lokaal aangekom, a good couple of hours before the advertised start time, it was already more or less full to capacity.
Het die Leeds fans om te sê regtig weet hoe om hulself te geniet, die
atmosfeer by die Pryzm Nightclub was elektriese, so no surprise that when the highly entertaining MC, Mnr. Tony Dean, announced each of the boxers that the crowd vociferously showed their support, not just of the home fighters but they also made the opponents welcome too, which makes a nice change.
Die hemel van die show is plaaslike gunsteling Sam Smith, who was making her pro debut, teen Letland se Jekaterina Lecko.
Van die off beide meisies verskuif middel ring te neem, tentatively boxing off the back of their jabs, after about twenty seconds or so Lecko decided to step it up a tad, throwing a good stiff jab immediately followed by a looping right to the head, Smith closed her guard just enough to catch the shot on her glove, voor te skiet uit 'n reguit reg, which caught the Latvian flush.
Smith gesluit in weer en laat rip met 'n groot reg om die liggaam en 'n links
aan die hoof, Fecko probeer om haar te bly staan nie, maar Smith het in selfs
sterker dwing die Lets terug na die toue.
Aanvanklik Fecko gebruik haar steek tot groot effek Smith te hou by die baai, maar
around the forty five second mark Smith slipped under the jab and let rip with a huge shot to the body, quickly followed by another to the head that shook the Latvian girl to the core.
Smith het reguit in vir die dood, gooi 'n menigte van groot skote,
leaving Fecko no option but to cover up in the hope that she could survive the onslaught.
Smith had now corralled the Latvian into the corner and began bombarding Fecko with shots from every conceivable angle, then just as Fecko straightened up Smith landed an absolute peach of a shot to the body that sent Fecko straight to the canvas.
As referee Jimmy Byrne made the count Fecko looked towards her corner and shook her head before desperately trying to make it to her feet, however clearly in distress she instantly dropped back down onto one knee, leaving Jimmy Byrne no option but to call a halt to proceedings on the seventy second mark of the first round.
Prior to Smith-Fecko Lincoln’s unbeaten big punching Middleweight Nathan Decastro, teen Letland se Elvis Rozembergs, in 'n ses veelsydige.
Decastro’s ring moniker is ‘Nightmare’ and boy oh boy I bet young Mr. Rozembergs will be having plenty of them after this fight.
Decastro, 'n voormalige Engelse Amateur International, is about as clinical as they come. Right from the off the Lincolnshire lad picked his shots with precision, landing three pin-point perfect shots just with his opening salvo.
Rozembergs is spel al, clearly believing that attack is the best form of defense the Latvian came straight back with a series of off target looping right hands, elke keer aanbieding Decastro met 'n duidelike teiken -Rozembergs liggaam - sy visier op stel, wat natuurlik hy gedoen het, landing seriously solid shots each time.
On about the minute mark Rozembergs tried to back Decastro up by coming in hard and fast with a double handed flurry, however Decastro side stepped before letting rip with a big right to the body, which sent Rozembourgs to the canvas.
Die Lets was duidelik in nood, instantly referee Jimmy Byrne stopped the fight and called the ringside doctor and paramedics into the ring.
Na 'n paar minute Rozembergs is gehelp om sy voete en as hy gedoen het
ontvang opgetrek applous van die waarderende gehoor.
Voor Decastro-Rozembergs was nog pro debuut, hierdie tyd
Middlesborough Welterweight Chris Wood, teen Edgar Milevics.
Milevics het nie regverdig nie beter as óf Lecko of Rozembergs, in fact the Latvian lad was sent to the deck in the first twenty seconds,
volgende Wood pitching 'n groot reg in sy ribbes.
Milevics het die telling, but on the restart you could see his heart was no longer in the fight, electing instead to cover up in the vein hope that Wood wouldn’t land another big shot.
Op die vyftigste merk die onvermydelike gebeur, Wood sneaked a lovely little hook in just behind Milevics guard, causing the Latvian to bring his hands down to protect his body, which left him open to a big right to the head, which left Milevics no option but to cover up again and as he did Wood calmly threw another big left to the body, which sent Milevic down to the canvas for the second time.
Milevic just about managed to make it to his feet but referee Jimmy Byrne took one look and see how unsteady the Latvian was on his feet and rightly stopped the fight on the sixty seconds mark.
Ondersteuning vir die drie professionele Bouts, were a number of European Boxing Federation (EBF) beboet aanvalle.
Die belangrikste een, vir die EBF Internasionale Pluim Gewichten Championship, see Leeds’ Sophie Varley in a rematch against Malta’s Mandy Cortis.
Cortis had come all the way from sunny Malta to a rather wet and Windy Leeds to defend the title she won last time the two met.
Die eerste drie rondes Cortis gespeel die wag spel, hoop dat al
Aksie meisie Varley sou pons haarself uit.
Die vierde ronde was 'n baie meer selfs affair, with Cortis electing to take the fight to Varley, aanvanklik die Maltese meisie landing 'n goeie paar skote, but Varley is as tough as they come and by about the fifty second mark wrenched control back with a fantastic display of boxing, culminating with Cortis backed onto the ropes and absorbing a seemingly never ending barrage.
Oor die een minuut dertig merk dit was Cortis op die aanval weer, utilizing her jab to great effect to set Varley up for a combination or two, until the final ten seconds or so, wat was 'n suiwer toe te toon Battle Royale.
Cortis beheer die meerderheid van die laaste twee rondes, met 'n paar
pragtige boks, Varley steeds het 'n groot rekening van haarself, net die
hoeveelheid werk wat hulle het in tydens die vroeë rondes het feitlik
gedreineer haar.
Dit was duidelik dat dit gaan om naby, and it was with Varley securing the title by a very, baie naby 58-57 punte besluit.
Die resultate van die res van die EBF kaart was:
York se Carly McKenzie behaal 'n uitstekende 40-37 wys oorwinning oor
Bridlington se Mel Halstead vir die EBF Sentraal Area veergewigtitel.
Leeds’s Graham Mattison scored a one minute and fifty second second round TKO victory over Blackpool’s Richard Leak in the EBF Northern Heavyweight contest.
Leeds se Jay Stevenson het 'n drie 30-28 wys oorwinning oor Stoke se Phil McGinn.
Leeds se Liam Hayes behaal 'n 40-37 wys oorwinning oor Stoke se Lewis Sherrat
Manchester se Jimmy Gold behaal 'n noue 29-28 victory over Bramley’s Philip Walker.
