AHMED ADVANCES
A strong medal haul for British boxers at the Tammer tournament in Finland
THE Tammer tournament which finished on November 19 at the Pyynikin Sports Hall in Tampere, Finland, was a happy hunting ground for British boxers. Scotland’s Aqeel Ahmed was in good form. He stepped up from light-flyweight to 52kgs where he outpointed a Russian Viktor Kuldoshin and England’s quality Three Nations champion Blane Hyland. In the final he took on countryman Reece Mcfadden and claimed a significant split decision victory.
There were gold medals for five GB boxers. Cyrus Pattinson halted Kieran Molloy in the welterweight final but Scottish heavyweight Scott Forrest caught the eye. He won the prize for best boxer as he won 91kgs gold, beating Croatia’s Tono Filipi unanimously in their final.
Welsh lightweight Michael Mcdonagh was also judged best technical boxer, beating Ireland’s
George Bates in their final, also unanimously.
75kgs featured both John Docherty and Jordan Reynolds,
but it was Ireland’s Michael Nevin
who won gold. He beat Sweden’s
Mariusz Gnas on points in the final. RESULTS
52: Reece Mcfadden (Scotland) outpd Billal Bennama (France) split, Aqeel Ahmed (Scotland) outpd Viktor Kuldoshin (Russia) split, Mcfadden outpd Baregham Harutyunyan (Armenia) unan, Ahmed outpd Blane Hyland (England) unan, Ahmed outpd Mcfadden split. 56: Jordan Rodriguez (France) outpd Myles Casey (Ireland) unan. 60: Nathaniel Collins (Scotland) outpd Niazz Ahmadi (Finland) unan, George Bates (Ireland) outpd Cheung Shun Hang (Hong Kong) unan, Michael Mcdonagh (Wales) outpd Nenad Stancic (Germany) split, Bates outpd Collins unan, Mcdonagh stpd Arslan Khatajev (Finlan) 1st, Mcdonagh outpd Bates unan. 64: Robbie Mckechnie (Scotland) outpd Hugo Micallef (MNC) split, Mckechnie outpd Yohannes Berhane (Sweden) split, Wayne Kelly (Ireland) outpd Billy Edwards (Wales) split, Conor Loftus (England) outpd Grigoriy Nikolaychuk (Russia) split, Yanis Mehah (France) stpd Mckechnie 2nd, Loftus outpd Kelly split, Loftus outpd Mehah split. 69: Kieran Molloy (Ireland) outpd Stephen Newns (Scotland) unan, Cyrus Pattinson (England) outpd Saimonas Banys (Lithuania) unan, Molloy outpd Ilya Medvedev (Russia) unan, Pattinson stpd Molloy 1st. 75: John Docherty (Scotland) outpd Muhammad Abdilrasoon (Finland) unan, Jordan Reynolds (England) outpd Kyran Jones (Wales) unan, Michael Nevin (Ireland) outpd Docherty split, Artur Ohanyan-beck (Germany) outpd Reynolds split, Nevin outpd Ohanyan-beck split, Nevin outpd Mariusz Gnas (Sweden) split.
81: Tony Brown (Ireland) outpd Liridon Nuha (Sweden) unan, George Crotty (England) outpd Paulius Zujevas (Lithuania) unan, Boris Crighton (England) outpd Leo Cvetkovic (Croatia) split, Crotty outpd Crighton unan, Crotty outpd Brown unan.91: Scott Forrest (Scotland) stpd Gennadi Stserbin (Estonia) 3rd, Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) outpd Artem Mikaelyan (Russia) unan, Forrest outpd Andrei Aradoaie (Romania) unan, Forrest outpd Toni Filipi (Croatia) unan. 91&: Dean Gardiner (Ireland) outpd Mourad Aliev (France) unan, Gardiner outpd Mitchell Barton (Scotland) unan, Petar Belberov (Bulgaria) outpd Gardiner split.