Double Success For Essex At Boxing Finals
Jake Beer from Five Star ABC and Danny Dignum from Brentwood Youth ABC became Clubs for Young People Champions on Wednesday 25th March in Sheffield.
The Class B Finals took place at the Octagon, Sheffield University and were kindly sponsored by Demax Ltd. Essex Association of Boys’ Clubs had three representatives boxing on the night.
The first bout of the night featuring an Essex boxer was at under 52 kgs, between Ikhtsham Lone from Burmantofts ABC in Yorkshire, who had previously won 23 of his 28 bouts and Jake Beer from Five star ABC in Essex. In a hard fought contest, Jake put in a superb performance to become CYP Champion with a 7 -4 points win.
Luke Coppin from Brentwood Youth A.B.C. was matched with Asif Shafiq, South Bank ABC in Durham at U57 kgs. The bout was stopped in the second round, some would argue prematurely, in what was a brave performance by Luke.
Danny Dignum also representing Brentwood Youth ABC competed at U70 kgs in the third bout to feature an Essex representative. His opponent was a twice golden gloves champion, Anthony Carolan from Doncaster Plant ABC in South Yorkshire. Despite plenty of vocal support for the local, Danny put in a relentless performance to gain a resounding victory, wining 17 - 2, and deservedly becoming CYP Champion.
Congratulations should also go to the coaching staff of both Five Star ABC and Brentwood Youth ABC on their success in this year’s competition.
