Steven Spark Grabs Gold in Come From Behind Victory
In a come from behind victory, Steven Spark proved himself the best junior boxer at 57kg in Australia on Saturday when he won the Australian Amateur boxing title in that division in Hobart.
After defeating Victoria’s Sacha Peters on points in the semi final on points 21 – 5, Spark met South Australian representative Jack Haines in the final.
From the opening bell, the action was fast paced and Spark went back to his corner behind 3 – 1. This only served to spur the Smithy’s Gym amateur boxing team member on as he started the second round hard to regain the lead and then with a strong finish in the third claimed victory and the gold medal winning on points 15 - 8.
“It was a well deserved victory for Steven. He is an exciting young prospect and has worked very hard for this over the last six months and myself along with all his sparring partners and mates at Smithy’s Gym are very proud of him”, said his trainer Brendon Smith.
Another medal winner for Toowoomba and Smithy’s Gym was Anne Marie Kelly who lost a close points decision to Western Australian representative Haylee Verrier in the Gold medal match in the 60kg junior female division. In what was a close contest, Verrier proved to have too much experience taking the Gold medal 9 – 2, leaving Anne Marie to come home with the silver medal.
