Young Connor Brennan had a real introduction to championship boxing on Friday 10th October ,he boxed in the final of the Merseyside and west Cheshire Junior novice finals ,it was a contest for young boxers who have had less than 10 contests it would be Connors 4th and his opponents 8th ,also Conner came in 1. 1\2 kg lighter , so the he was really up against it from the off ,some people will say why do we take these these bouts ? and the answer is always the same ,Experience , you cant always have every thing in your favour,and these young athletes have to rise to the occasion if they want to progress .
Connor got of to a good start boxing well on his back foot and controlling the pace , young Cullen from Skem ABC is a very aggressive come forward fighter who does not have a reverse gear,half way into the round he caught Connor with solid right cross which shook Conner to his toes , Conner then went into pure defensive mode and for the remainder of the round did not throw any meaningful shots back Cullen 1 round up.
Connor was told in the corner that he needed to be more assertive and to match his opponents aggression , even though he was looking the classier boxer of the two , his dancing and dodging will not win you the fight. At the start of the second Cullen came at him like steam train and again his power told as Connors nose started to bleed and the doctor had to have a look to make sure it wasn't serious which it wasn't ,the bout continued in the same mode with Cullen throwing bombs and Conner throwing nothing ,the referee had seen enough and in his wisdom stopped the contest . Conner was not hurt ,pride dented a little bit but as we said earlier he is only learning and i am sure he will come back stronger and wiser as the man said if you don't have the guts to take risks in life you wont achieve much .
So well done Conner remember you done the hard part climbing through those ropes ,keep working hard at every thing and you cant go wrong
Sid
