Friday 31st October ,we Traveled to Darnell Heyworth show in Rochdale ,it was a night we were all looking forward to ,having both our big boys boxing on the same show Ricki and Karl .
Both lads had trained hard for this show, Karl especially as he was boxing last seasons ABA champ in Danny Benson ,and Ricki boxing the home club favourite Anthony Dean ,but sorry to say Ricky's bout never came off because of A cock up over his medical card ,so to say we were gutted is an under statement .
Anyway Karl was his usual cool self leading up to fight ,kissing and cuddling his girl friend {honest ] i know weird or what ? ,but hey if it works it works we will have to see if he can take her with him on his internationals , the contest started at a terrific pace with Danny trying to impose himself from the middle with his long sharp jab which he did manage to do for half a round till Karl woke up and started to find his range with some lovely right crosses which sent Danny into reverse gear ,the first round was hard to split, .Coming out for the second Danny must have had orders to stay on his back foot and counter ,which he did with some effect as he landed some powerful straight jabs ,Karl hunted him down and was landing some terrific body shots which started to take there toll as young Benson looked like he was going to fold but the lad kept trying .
In the final round Karl went for broke ,again switching from head to body resulting in Danny having to take 3 standing counts ,by this time he just wanted a way out of the ring and i must say that it would have been merciful if the ref had stopped it but he did not and at the final bell Karl was awarded a unanimous well deserved verdict . But as he commented himself ,this was his first of the season and he must get fitter and faster as this was only a 3 rounder and the next fights could all be over 4 rounds , well done kid.
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