It was a fantastic weekend for Blantyre boxers with special note to the lads at Blantyre Miners ABC, O Neils and Priestfield Boxing Clubs.
Well done to Blantyre Miners ABC new 57kg Scottish Champion, George Hamilton. A great performance against a tough lad from Glenrothes ABC to take the fight by unanimous decision. 3 fights in 1 weeks after 18 months out the ring. With thanks to coaches Drew and Mark.
At O’Neils, Scottish Alliance open class championships update. Jack Mcgonigle lost his contest today against a boy from Ayr boxing club. Harris Boyle lost a close contest against Cole Campbell but boxed well and was giving away a year in age.
Jacob Robb boxed the best he has ever boxed yet to win a unanimous decision against a boy the year older after moving up to the next weight above and also got best youth boxer of the championships. Bongani Hapazari won a very close split decision that could have went either way against Ben Mcgoldrick from Priestfield.
Adam Patton was relentless as he stopped the boy from st Francis in the 3rd round to also win the gold. O’Neils finished with 5 golds and 3 silver out of 9 in the championships well done to everyone win or lose.
At Preistield First up this yesterday afternoon was our JJ Cunningham boxing in the lightweight category Youth Final. A great performance from JJ as he added the National Open Class title to his Novice Championship title he won back in October 24. Well done lad. 
Next up was Logan Curivan boxing at the 71kg category final versus the game and skilful Shane Gibson from Quinns Boxing Club with Logan winning by Unanimous decision to win the Gold Medal. Well done lad.
Next up from the Priestfield stable was Ben McGoldrick, after a great win yesterday at Lightwelter weight, this young man didn’t disappoint in his performance. Ben boxed Hapzari Bongani from O’Neils Boxing Club in a great bout with Ben narrowly missing out on a split decision to earn a Silver Medal.
Well done lad.
Our last man up and the last bout of the day was Kavey Azizi boxing at Cruiserweight versus Mickey McFarlane from Greenock Boxing Club with Kavey stopping his opponent in the second round. A great performance from Kavey and good learning for Mickey as he embarked in his venture into the Elite / Senior.
A good weekend of boxing and thanks to everyone who played their part in making it happen.
Well done to all the boxers!! Seconds Out!
