Commonwealth Light-Welterweight Title
Willie Limond, Glasgow V Mitch Prince, Cumbernauld
Bellahouston Leisure Centre, Glasgow
Willie has more experience on the big stage than Neil Diamond, his only losses have been to boxers that have went on to win world titles and he’s never lost a belt in the ring, on the other hand Mitch was making a significant but positive step up in class.
The bell rang and Prince launched into a three punch combination, there was a worthy exchange of punches before Limond unleashed three consecutive right hands and the last one put Prince down for the count of 8. Prince was straight back up taking the fight to Limond who landed another clean right to the head but this did not dismay his opponent who went through the gears like a Ferrari, Limond came on strong at the end round. Prince was a busy man in the 2nd as he came out jabbing and working his way in throwing numerous straight one-two’s to the head of Limond who was more intent on landing a critical punch. In the 3rd round the sheer volume of punches was coming from Prince, he even managed a close contact four punch combination, Limond threw a limited amount of clean shots but they were hitting the target. As the bell sounded for the 4th Prince shot out his corner like a bolt of lightning throwing a whirlwind of punches and the building erupted like an earthquake that might have shown up on the Richter scale, Limond persevered with his trusty right hand bringing the uppercut into play, Prince continued to throw straight left-right’s to the head. Prince remained active in the 5th but Limond was having a good round catching his man to the head and body and was on his toes dancing throwing straight punches towards the end of the round. Prince began the 6th behind the jab, Limond notably came back landing left hooks to the head, Prince doubled up the punches and there was a good exchange before Limond had the last say. Limond landed a straight one-two right on the button at the beginning of the round, both boxers traded blows, Limond carried on throwing single shots whereas Prince was putting together two/three punch combinations while landing a right to the body. At the start of the 8th Prince was all over Limond whose work rate had considerably dropped, the bandage on Prince’s glove came loose and the referee had to step in momentarily, Prince finished the round with little reply. A straight left-right and a big left hook to the head from Prince resulted in both men standing trading punches, Prince was back on the jab and Limond was lunging in with right and left hooks before the referee had a word with him for use of the head but they were back swapping blows till the bell rang. Prince was pushing his man back in the 10th round, you could clearly see the rope marks on Limond’s back it was a gutsy round from Prince who undoubtedly looked the more comfortable of the two. Prince emerged from his corner in the penultimate round looking lively, Limond was dancing away from his man and holding on when he got the chance, a solid left-right from Prince bounced off Limond’s head, it was all Prince, Limond was evidently tiring and Prince finished the round the aggressor. Limond was moving away from his man in the last landing a nice one-two followed by a solid left hook, Prince worked hard throwing continuous left-right shots to the head while pushing Limond off at times. The final bell rang, Willie Limond was gulping for air as if he had just run a marathon whilst in comparison Mitch Prince looked extremely composed as if he were at the starting line, I feel compelled to say this because I was hanging over the ropes with my camera at the end of the fight. The decision went to the judges’ scorecards. Judges’ Terry O Conner and Victor Loughlin scored the contest 115-113; Dave Parris scored the contest 116-112 all in favour of Willie Limond who retained his Commonwealth Title.
Gary McCallum, Castlemilk and Kieron Gray, Telford in a Middleweight contest over 6 X 3 minute rounds. McCallum was meant to be defending his Scottish Area Middleweight Title against Ryan Scott but the challenger pulled out 5 days before the fight. McCallum came out his corner behind the straight left, everything he did was off the jab whilst Gray was throwing single shots to the body. At the end of the 1st McCallum threw a straight left-right followed by a lovely left hook that landed bang on the target, it shook the head and feet of Gray and for a few seconds the fight looked done and dusted. Gray adapted a coiled stance making it harder for McCallum to penetrate his defence, swinging wild shots in hope opposed to accuracy, McCallum stuck to boxing his man as he glided round the ring gracefully letting the punches go. Gray made a bold bid in the later stages of the fight gaining reasonable success but McCallum was unfazed by his opponents’ effort. Although both boxers exchanged punches at close quarters McCallum was smart enough to out box his man opposed to getting embroiled in a war with his opponent whose only means of winning the fight was by way of knockout and ended the fight with a good left to the body of Gray. The referee scored the contest 59-56 in favour of 23 year old Gary McCallum who extends his unbeaten run to 10-0.
Craig Kelly, Paisley and Chris Jenkinson, Bolton, engaged in a light-Middleweight contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds. The contest had the makings of a good fight in the 1st round but as the bout progressed Kelly began to dominate with a piston like jab managing a swift strong eight punch head and body combination in the 3rd round. Jenkinson was throwing single shots and doubling up at times but it was not enough to hold back Kelly who was growing in strength. Kelly had Jenkinson pinned in the neutral corner at the start of the last round, Jenkinson was tiring badly and Kelly threw an onslaught of punches at the end of the round where the bell seemed to be the sweetest sound Jenkinson heard all night. The referee scored the contest 59-55 in favour of Craig Kelly.
The remaining results were as follows
Darren McAdam, Glasgow and Marek Laskowski, Aberdeen fought a hard close contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds at Light-Welterweight and it reflected on the referee’s scorecard that read 57-57 a draw.
Eddie Doyle, Glenboig and Youssef AlHamidi, Dewsbury conflicted in a Light-welterweight contest over 8 X 2 minute rounds. Doyle was out boxing Alhamidi, an accidental clash of heads in the fourth saw the fight being stopped in the 5th and the decision went to the referee’s scorecard that read 49-47 in favour of Eddie Doyle.
George Thomson, Stirling and Billy Smith, Stourport met in a Welterweight contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds. Thomson’s work rate and quantity of punches overwhelmed his opponent and the referee scored the contest 60-54 in favour of George Thomson.
The opening contest was between Jordan McCorry, Cambuslang and Kristian Laight Nuneaton who clashed in a Super-Featherweight contest over 4 X 3 minute rounds. McCorry stepped it up in the last two rounds and the referee scored the contest 39-37 in favour of Jordan McCorry.
It was a cracking night of boxing; the rival supporter’s voiced their opinions and seemed to chant almost in harmony. Something tells me they will be talking about the main fight for a long time to come because it should have been televised, that’s how good it was...
Willie Limond, Glasgow V Mitch Prince, Cumbernauld
Bellahouston Leisure Centre, Glasgow
Willie has more experience on the big stage than Neil Diamond, his only losses have been to boxers that have went on to win world titles and he’s never lost a belt in the ring, on the other hand Mitch was making a significant but positive step up in class.
The bell rang and Prince launched into a three punch combination, there was a worthy exchange of punches before Limond unleashed three consecutive right hands and the last one put Prince down for the count of 8. Prince was straight back up taking the fight to Limond who landed another clean right to the head but this did not dismay his opponent who went through the gears like a Ferrari, Limond came on strong at the end round. Prince was a busy man in the 2nd as he came out jabbing and working his way in throwing numerous straight one-two’s to the head of Limond who was more intent on landing a critical punch. In the 3rd round the sheer volume of punches was coming from Prince, he even managed a close contact four punch combination, Limond threw a limited amount of clean shots but they were hitting the target. As the bell sounded for the 4th Prince shot out his corner like a bolt of lightning throwing a whirlwind of punches and the building erupted like an earthquake that might have shown up on the Richter scale, Limond persevered with his trusty right hand bringing the uppercut into play, Prince continued to throw straight left-right’s to the head. Prince remained active in the 5th but Limond was having a good round catching his man to the head and body and was on his toes dancing throwing straight punches towards the end of the round. Prince began the 6th behind the jab, Limond notably came back landing left hooks to the head, Prince doubled up the punches and there was a good exchange before Limond had the last say. Limond landed a straight one-two right on the button at the beginning of the round, both boxers traded blows, Limond carried on throwing single shots whereas Prince was putting together two/three punch combinations while landing a right to the body. At the start of the 8th Prince was all over Limond whose work rate had considerably dropped, the bandage on Prince’s glove came loose and the referee had to step in momentarily, Prince finished the round with little reply. A straight left-right and a big left hook to the head from Prince resulted in both men standing trading punches, Prince was back on the jab and Limond was lunging in with right and left hooks before the referee had a word with him for use of the head but they were back swapping blows till the bell rang. Prince was pushing his man back in the 10th round, you could clearly see the rope marks on Limond’s back it was a gutsy round from Prince who undoubtedly looked the more comfortable of the two. Prince emerged from his corner in the penultimate round looking lively, Limond was dancing away from his man and holding on when he got the chance, a solid left-right from Prince bounced off Limond’s head, it was all Prince, Limond was evidently tiring and Prince finished the round the aggressor. Limond was moving away from his man in the last landing a nice one-two followed by a solid left hook, Prince worked hard throwing continuous left-right shots to the head while pushing Limond off at times. The final bell rang, Willie Limond was gulping for air as if he had just run a marathon whilst in comparison Mitch Prince looked extremely composed as if he were at the starting line, I feel compelled to say this because I was hanging over the ropes with my camera at the end of the fight. The decision went to the judges’ scorecards. Judges’ Terry O Conner and Victor Loughlin scored the contest 115-113; Dave Parris scored the contest 116-112 all in favour of Willie Limond who retained his Commonwealth Title.
Gary McCallum, Castlemilk and Kieron Gray, Telford in a Middleweight contest over 6 X 3 minute rounds. McCallum was meant to be defending his Scottish Area Middleweight Title against Ryan Scott but the challenger pulled out 5 days before the fight. McCallum came out his corner behind the straight left, everything he did was off the jab whilst Gray was throwing single shots to the body. At the end of the 1st McCallum threw a straight left-right followed by a lovely left hook that landed bang on the target, it shook the head and feet of Gray and for a few seconds the fight looked done and dusted. Gray adapted a coiled stance making it harder for McCallum to penetrate his defence, swinging wild shots in hope opposed to accuracy, McCallum stuck to boxing his man as he glided round the ring gracefully letting the punches go. Gray made a bold bid in the later stages of the fight gaining reasonable success but McCallum was unfazed by his opponents’ effort. Although both boxers exchanged punches at close quarters McCallum was smart enough to out box his man opposed to getting embroiled in a war with his opponent whose only means of winning the fight was by way of knockout and ended the fight with a good left to the body of Gray. The referee scored the contest 59-56 in favour of 23 year old Gary McCallum who extends his unbeaten run to 10-0.
Craig Kelly, Paisley and Chris Jenkinson, Bolton, engaged in a light-Middleweight contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds. The contest had the makings of a good fight in the 1st round but as the bout progressed Kelly began to dominate with a piston like jab managing a swift strong eight punch head and body combination in the 3rd round. Jenkinson was throwing single shots and doubling up at times but it was not enough to hold back Kelly who was growing in strength. Kelly had Jenkinson pinned in the neutral corner at the start of the last round, Jenkinson was tiring badly and Kelly threw an onslaught of punches at the end of the round where the bell seemed to be the sweetest sound Jenkinson heard all night. The referee scored the contest 59-55 in favour of Craig Kelly.
The remaining results were as follows
Darren McAdam, Glasgow and Marek Laskowski, Aberdeen fought a hard close contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds at Light-Welterweight and it reflected on the referee’s scorecard that read 57-57 a draw.
Eddie Doyle, Glenboig and Youssef AlHamidi, Dewsbury conflicted in a Light-welterweight contest over 8 X 2 minute rounds. Doyle was out boxing Alhamidi, an accidental clash of heads in the fourth saw the fight being stopped in the 5th and the decision went to the referee’s scorecard that read 49-47 in favour of Eddie Doyle.
George Thomson, Stirling and Billy Smith, Stourport met in a Welterweight contest over 6 X 2 minute rounds. Thomson’s work rate and quantity of punches overwhelmed his opponent and the referee scored the contest 60-54 in favour of George Thomson.
The opening contest was between Jordan McCorry, Cambuslang and Kristian Laight Nuneaton who clashed in a Super-Featherweight contest over 4 X 3 minute rounds. McCorry stepped it up in the last two rounds and the referee scored the contest 39-37 in favour of Jordan McCorry.
It was a cracking night of boxing; the rival supporter’s voiced their opinions and seemed to chant almost in harmony. Something tells me they will be talking about the main fight for a long time to come because it should have been televised, that’s how good it was...