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    England impress in win over USA


    England's amateur boxers notched up an impressive 9-2 victory over the USA at the York Hall in London's East End.
    The win came without lightweight world champion Frankie Gavin, who was forced to pull out of the match with flu and a broken tooth.

    The Birmingham fighter said: "It's disappointing to miss out, but I'm happy to be here supporting the team."

    GB already has four boxers on the plane to the 2008 Beijing Olympics after its best-ever World Championships display.

    Light-flyweight Paul Butler, 18, gave England a winning start with a comfortable 19-7 victory over Malcolm Franklin.

    Teenage flyweight Khalid Yafai then showed character after he was felled by a body shot to climb off the canvas and outpoint Qa'id Muhammad.

    England went 3-0 ahead when 18-year-old bantamweight Michael Maguire secured a second-round win over David Clark.

    But The Americans hit back to narrow the gap with two victories.

    Featherweight Rico Ramos scored a 7-5 victory over Thomas Stalker, and lightweight Miguel Gonzale took a 12-5 decision against 19-year-old Carl Place - called up at short notice to replace Gavin.

    Double ABA champion James DeGale clinched the 11-contest match after wins by light-welterweight Craig Dixon, 21, and Billy-Joe Saunders, the 18-year-old welterweight.

    Dixon out-pointed Daniel O'Connor 13-11, and Saunders beat Greg Carter in the third round on the 20-point rule - before DeGale, 21, outclassed Shawn Porter 23-4 in a rough-house middleweight bout.

    England's domination continued with light-heavyweight Obed Mbwakongo, 18, scoring a one-sided 20-2 victory over Siju Shabazz.

    Danny Price, the 22-year-old Scarborough heavyweight, dominated Quantas Graves 21-1.

    Local super-heavyweight Damian Campbell delighted his Bethnal Green fans by edging out American Michael Wilson to complete the rout.

    The pair were level 6-6 after the four rounds, but Campbell was awarded the verdict on a countback.

  • #2
    very impressive indeed, a reallly good crop of young boxers coming through
    no heavies or superheavies though

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    • #3
      Not much to say other than


      9-2 to the champions

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      • #4
        Originally posted by col Blake View Post
        very impressive indeed, a reallly good crop of young boxers coming through
        no heavies or superheavies though
        you will have to wait till i get in the england team then lol.

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        • #5
          i watched the highlights on from the BBC. I have to say that the Golden Gloves champion was the most piss poor boxer i`ve ever had the misfortune to watch. I've seen people with 3 months boxing behind them who were better.

          Seriosuly, the guy has no foot movement, no hand speed and no power, all he had was a ****** haircut.

          The sport is going downhill even faster than i thought.

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