WALLACE IS A WINNER

Romario victorious at Repton’s 13-bout open show

REPTON staged the last London show of 2017 with an open promotion at East Ham Working Men’s Club, when 13 bouts featured boxers from as far afield as Middlesbrough, Blackpool and Bradford. The host’s powerfully built welterweight Romario Wallace, who won gold at June’s Haringey Box Cup, was a split but fully deserved points winner over Jordan Mcintosh. Wallace constantly beat the Double Jab boxer to the punch with left hooks and right crosses and although Mcintosh never stopped trying, he finished well beaten.

George Barker, a 15-year-old junior, is the latest member of the famous fighting family to wear the green and gold colours. Watched by grandfather Terry (1980 ABA lightdefeat fly champion) and uncle Darren 2002 Commonwealth Games 63.5 kgs gold medallist and pro IBF middleweight king), George boxed smartly for a unanimous win over Attleborough’s Devon Lockwood.

Repton will have a show again at the same venue on Saturday January 13.

RESULTS

Skills: Bill Howard (Repton) v Leo Myers (Phil Thomas SOB), Danny Joe Webb (Repton) v Ryley Adams (Phil Thomas SOB). Minors, 3 x 1 ½: David Mooney (Platinum) outpd Alfie Hedges (Repton) unan; Patrick Doherty (Repton) outpd Rocky Johnson (Attleborough) unan; Ellis Myers (Phil Thomas SOB) outpd Lloyd Farrington (Heart of Portsmouth) unan; Calum Naylor (Repton) outpd Musa Sheikh (Fairbairn) unan; Jack Dadak (Sharpstyle) outpd Mohammed Huzaifa (Repton) split. Schoolboy, 3 x 1 ½: Alfie Mckittrick (Phil Thomas SOB) outpd Kerem Sertten (Repton) unan. Junior, 3 x 2: George Barker (Repton) outpd Devon Lockwood (Attleborough) unan; Morgan Taylor Smith (Norwich City) outpd Sharheim Sommerville (Repton) unan; Jake Abrol (Sharpstyle) outpd Umar Khan (Repton) unan. Senior: Female, 3

x 2: Laura Leonard (Double Jab) outpd Seema Aggarwal (Repton) unan. Male, 3 x 3: Romario Wallace (Repton) outpd Jordan Mcintosh (Double Jab) split.