Rickis Weekend

What a weekend Ricki has had ,on Friday he boxed in the qtr finals of the Senior ABAs in Sheffield against Sean Denham from Aycliffe ABC and stopped him in the second round ,considering he hasn't boxed for 7-8 months because of nose problems , it was a great performance as Ricki dominated from the bell putting his opponent under pressure and keeping him on his back foot .Ricki dropped him with a body shot at the end of the first round just as the bell went , Sean got up and was well enough to start the second round , it started the same as the 1st with Sean on his back foot working well with his jab until Ricki managed to pin him to the ropes with some wicked shots to the body which again dropped the lad ,again he took the 8 count and seemed like he had recovered until again Ricki let rip with hooks to head and body , this was more than Sean could handle and he went to the canvas again which resulted in the ref calling it off the same time as his corner threw in the towel.
Ricki had to box again on Saturday against Chris Keane from Walsall Pleck ABC who was a former National Junior Champion ,from the first bell they both went at like a pair off bulls just trying to smash each other to pulp ,half way through the round the inevitable happened Ricki's nose went, the doctor had a good look at it and wanted to stop it we convinced him that Ricki's nose had been previously broken and he would be OK ,he let the fight continue and Ricki finished the first round 4-7 down which wasn't to bad .Going into the second Ricki started to stalk Keane but was not getting his shots off fat enough and was getting caught on the way in ,again the ref stopped to wipe blood of Ricki's face but when they resumed boxing it kicked of again and the contest was stopped which on reflection was a correct decision and we had no arguments with that .
So well done Ricki not many people get to the semis of a National comp so be proud of yourself [ but get that nose sorted out ] and may i wish Chris Keane all the best in the next round