REYNOLDS STRIKES GOLD
Dacres and Akbar pick up silver for GB at the Gee Bee
BRITISH boxers came up against tough opposition at the Gee Bee tournament in Helsinki, Finland from March 9-11. Jordan Reynolds won gold at middleweight, beating Sweden’s Adam Chartoi and home country boxer Ilari Kujalal, both on split points decisions. New GB 91&kgs Solomon
Dacres had a good tournament, defeating two Russians on unanimous decisions, Ivan Smirnov and Andrey Batyrev. He met top Kazakh super-heavyweight,
Kamskybek Kunkabayev, the reigning World silver medallist, in the final and lost a unanimous decision. 69kgs Harris Akbar reached the final too and met an elite Kazakh, World bronze medallist
Abylaykhan Zhusupov, who won by unanimous decision.
Londoner Valerian Spicer, who boxes for Dominica, has returned to international boxing. She lost to Olympic medallist Mira Potkonen but took a split decision victory over Finland’s Anette Valtanen. RESULTS 52: Billal Bennama (France) outpd Blane Hyland (England) unan. 56: Kairat Eraliyev (Kazakhstan) outpd Niall Farrell (England) split. 60: Mira Potkonen (Finland) outpd Valerian Spicer (Dominica) unan, Spicer outpd Anette Valtanen (Finland) split. 69: Harris Akbar (England) outpd Rayane Berrouiguet (France) split, Abylaykhan Zhusupov (Kazakhstan) outpd Akbar unan. 75: Jordan Reynolds (England) outpd Adam Chartoi (Sweden) split, Reynolds outpointed Ilari Kujalal (Finland) split. 81: Artem Ageyev (Russia) outpd George Crotty (England) unan. 91: Alexey Zobnin (Russia) outpd Lewis Williams (England) unan.
91&: Solomon Dacres (England) outpd Ivan Smirnov (Russia) unan, Dacres outpd Andrey Batyrev (Russia) unan, Kamskybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhstan) outpd Dacres unan.