The BOA are to be thanked and congratulated for their remarkable foresight, not to mention largesse, in the offer they have made to Team GB to take 3 young aspirant 2012 boxers to Beijing for experience in the whole Olympic Games set up
Super heavyweights Fraser Thirde (Scottish senior champion) of Arbroath and Scott Graham of Montrose brought the crowd to their feet with their bout on the Granite City show in the Sunnybank FC club premises on the 18th of April.
With echoes of the previous evening’s inaugural Prizefighter event still thudding in the air, the York Hall played host to the London ABA's. Attendance was reasonable with hundreds attending despite the busy weekend of boxing in place.
Liverpudlian featherweight, Stephen Smith, is one win away from being the eighth British boxer to qualify for the Beijing Olympics after winning his bout in Athens today.
Westway ABC's Danny Price boxed a classy first round with quick left leads and fast right hands following, but only came away with a one point lead when he should have been four points up.
Scotland’s only remaining boxer on the podium squad of Team GB Stevie Simmons suffered defeat on a count back in the bout against Romanian Petrisor Gananau.
Darran Langley, England/Great Britain, defeated world class Italian Alfonso Pinto, Italy 19-15 in the opening round of the last qualification tournament (Athens) for the Beijing Olympics 2008.
The accepted masters of World amateur boxing, Cuba are sending their entire Beijing Olympic squad to England as part of their preparation for the 2008 games.
Over the coming months Britain’s next generation of boxing talent are ready to make their mark at the Royal Navy Golden Gloves and Junior ABA Championships.
Thousands of boys are due to take part in the competitions, with the winners adding their names to an impressive list of past winners.
The 2008 Scottish senior championships were held in Lasswade Community Centre just south of Edinburgh on the 28th March, in front of an appreciative and knowledgeable audience of predominantly fellow amateur boxers.
The first semi-final of the 2008 Scottish senior boxing championships held in the Hilton Hotel in Aberdeen on the 7th March provided lively entertainment if lacking in real fizz!
There were no real shocks in the results, and the crowd of wine and dine customers will have been happy with what they got for their money