fight report from Wishaw show last night
Posted: 20 Nov 2010, 05:39
Promoter Paul Graham ,the ex Scottish referee, had his second show last night at the Wishaw Sports Centre just outside Motherwell.
There were 6 contests and there was a fair crowd in attendance .
Paul Burns from Uddingston outpointed Willie Thompson from Larne over 6 x 2's . Referee Pringle scored it 59-55. Thompson lacked the discipline expected from a professional boxer and refused to shake hands with Burns after the fight . Poor show although my own personal opinion was that he had actually won the fight !
Best fight of the night was young Paul Allison from Stranraer who outpointed Lincoln's Ric Boulter , 59-55 , over 6 x 2's Good movement and solid punching from Allison won him the day against a decent opponent whom he floored heavily midway through the fight .
John Boy Mc Callum showboated too much for me as he outpointed Belfast's Phil Townley convincingly .Townley was fit and strong and was not overawed by the flashy Mc Callum . Mc Callum picked his punches well but from the look of him he was carrying a bit of excess poundage for some reason .
Best performer of the night in the opinion of many at ringside was pro debutant Chris Steel from nearby Coltness . He gained a 60-54 verdict over Daniel Thorpe . Thorpey done his usual but was picked off regularly with quick jabs and long right hands . One to watch is young Steel .
Mark Bett lasted only 1.59 of the first before referee Pringle quite rightly stepped in and halted proceedings after he took a vicious right hand from Jason Hastie . There were some protests at ringside but Bett was only seconds from being KO'd .
Santino Caruana outpointed Northern Irelands Michael Harvey 40-35 over 4 x 3's . From the opening bell Harvey had only one thought in his mind and that was survival . I'll let readers imagine what this fight was like .
There were 6 contests and there was a fair crowd in attendance .
Paul Burns from Uddingston outpointed Willie Thompson from Larne over 6 x 2's . Referee Pringle scored it 59-55. Thompson lacked the discipline expected from a professional boxer and refused to shake hands with Burns after the fight . Poor show although my own personal opinion was that he had actually won the fight !
Best fight of the night was young Paul Allison from Stranraer who outpointed Lincoln's Ric Boulter , 59-55 , over 6 x 2's Good movement and solid punching from Allison won him the day against a decent opponent whom he floored heavily midway through the fight .
John Boy Mc Callum showboated too much for me as he outpointed Belfast's Phil Townley convincingly .Townley was fit and strong and was not overawed by the flashy Mc Callum . Mc Callum picked his punches well but from the look of him he was carrying a bit of excess poundage for some reason .
Best performer of the night in the opinion of many at ringside was pro debutant Chris Steel from nearby Coltness . He gained a 60-54 verdict over Daniel Thorpe . Thorpey done his usual but was picked off regularly with quick jabs and long right hands . One to watch is young Steel .
Mark Bett lasted only 1.59 of the first before referee Pringle quite rightly stepped in and halted proceedings after he took a vicious right hand from Jason Hastie . There were some protests at ringside but Bett was only seconds from being KO'd .
Santino Caruana outpointed Northern Irelands Michael Harvey 40-35 over 4 x 3's . From the opening bell Harvey had only one thought in his mind and that was survival . I'll let readers imagine what this fight was like .