Stephen Smith vs Nick Mcdonald
Stephen Smith vs Nick Mcdonald
Anybody know who won?
West Lancs
Nick McDonald won. The computer score had him the victor by one point - though he won a little more comfortably than that.
Robinson from Tower Hill won his bout and other winners were:
Selkirk over Kempster (1st round)
McNally over Birch
Ainscough over Whitty
and Bellew over Craig rsc 4th - very, very controversial. Craig was ahead on the scoring with less than 1/2 a minute in the bout when the ref stepped in.
Craig was under pressure, but was avoiding shots and still firing back - though he was visibly tired (who wouldn't be after 4 x 2s with a ko artist!) COL Rotunda have high hopes for this guy - I'll say no more.
Robinson from Tower Hill won his bout and other winners were:
Selkirk over Kempster (1st round)
McNally over Birch
Ainscough over Whitty
and Bellew over Craig rsc 4th - very, very controversial. Craig was ahead on the scoring with less than 1/2 a minute in the bout when the ref stepped in.
Craig was under pressure, but was avoiding shots and still firing back - though he was visibly tired (who wouldn't be after 4 x 2s with a ko artist!) COL Rotunda have high hopes for this guy - I'll say no more.
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ALL good things come to those who wait and Nick MacDonald versus Stephen Smith was worth every second of anticipation as the pair finally met at Everton Park Sports Centre on Friday night.
The only negative from this cracking contest was that it took place in the West Lancs and Cheshire Senior ABA finals.
Billed as a clash to decide the number one bantamweight in the country, it should have been the national final.
Such is the quality of these two it is a shame there had to be a loser at this stage but only one could go through to this weekend's North West finals at the Olympia.
That it was the Vauxhall Motors boxer saw justice served as he was undoubtedly the better of the two. That his performance was so prolific against top opposition after an injury-dogged period since he won the national title in 2003 underlined his natural class.
In the opening round it appeared ring rust had set in as Smith stole the march.
Although MacDonald landed well early on he failed to follow it up as the Rotunda fighter moved in with a series of clinical shots, landing flush with a crisp left to rock his opponent's head back before moving in to rack up the points.
MacDonald was simply biding his time, and as the pair shared the close second round, the Wirral boxer stepped up the pace in the third.
One of Smith's best assets is his fleet of foot but as he appeared to tire in the latter stages it seems that, at just 19 and still filling out, he is now struggling to make 54kg. Sensing this, MacDonald caught him off balance with a flurry between head and body, sending the Aintree boxer onto the backfoot before tearing into him on the ropes.
Smith did well to box his way out of trouble but remained too static as MacDonald found his range and applied the pressure. Both set a relentless pace in the fourth and final round, but where MacDonald found his target, Smith's timing was off and he started to hold.
The motto '2Slick' emblazoned across MacDonald's shorts summed up the difference and, in seeing off his fellow England international, he has surely removed the great-est obstacle to repeating his success of two years ago.
The only negative from this cracking contest was that it took place in the West Lancs and Cheshire Senior ABA finals.
Billed as a clash to decide the number one bantamweight in the country, it should have been the national final.
Such is the quality of these two it is a shame there had to be a loser at this stage but only one could go through to this weekend's North West finals at the Olympia.
That it was the Vauxhall Motors boxer saw justice served as he was undoubtedly the better of the two. That his performance was so prolific against top opposition after an injury-dogged period since he won the national title in 2003 underlined his natural class.
In the opening round it appeared ring rust had set in as Smith stole the march.
Although MacDonald landed well early on he failed to follow it up as the Rotunda fighter moved in with a series of clinical shots, landing flush with a crisp left to rock his opponent's head back before moving in to rack up the points.
MacDonald was simply biding his time, and as the pair shared the close second round, the Wirral boxer stepped up the pace in the third.
One of Smith's best assets is his fleet of foot but as he appeared to tire in the latter stages it seems that, at just 19 and still filling out, he is now struggling to make 54kg. Sensing this, MacDonald caught him off balance with a flurry between head and body, sending the Aintree boxer onto the backfoot before tearing into him on the ropes.
Smith did well to box his way out of trouble but remained too static as MacDonald found his range and applied the pressure. Both set a relentless pace in the fourth and final round, but where MacDonald found his target, Smith's timing was off and he started to hold.
The motto '2Slick' emblazoned across MacDonald's shorts summed up the difference and, in seeing off his fellow England international, he has surely removed the great-est obstacle to repeating his success of two years ago.