EGGINGTON WARMS UP
‘The Savage’ gets ready for ‘Beefy’, writes Andy Whittle from ringside
WITH a clash in Liverpool against local favourite and EX-WBO super-welterweight champion Liam Smith beckoning, Stourbridge’s former British, Commonwealth and European welter king Sam Eggington was in need of a win. Having surprisingly come a cropper last time out, he didn’t disappoint, with referee-for-the-night Kevin Parker scoring 40-35 in his favour against Manchester’s game but ultimately outclassed Sam Omidi. In the dying embers of the contest, Omidi was sent almost out of the ring, backside-first, between the bottom two ropes. It was bout number 100 for Lydney’s
Lewis van Poetsch. As a gesture of goodwill at having stepped into the breach at short notice on so many occasions, van Poetsch was afforded the luxury of boxing out of the home corner against Eastbourne’s as-yet-winless
Scott Hillman. “Poochi” celebrated with a shutout 40-36 win.
Stourbridge’s Kevin Mccauley stepped between the ropes for the 210th time, where awaiting him was Birmingham’s Midlands Area welterweight titlist Kaisee Benjamin. A 60-54 scorecard went Benjamin’s way after a feisty encounter.
Willenhall’s Shaun Cooper banked a hard-earned 60-55 success over Plymouth’s
Chris Adaway. Meanwhile, there were 40-36 wins for Birmingham’s Anthony Manning and Sutton Coldfield’s Nathan Bendon. Manning bossed proceedings against Hungarian Pal Olah, and Bendon defeated Brierley Hill’s MJ Hall, who is yet to record a victory. Lastly, Mottram’s Michael Horabin came in at the 11th hour and deservedly secured a 39-37 win against Birmingham’s
Waqas Mohammed.
FULL RESULTS
Sam Eggington (157 1/2lbs), 24-5 (15), w pts 4 Sam Omidi (161 1/4lbs), 6-19-3; Kaisee Benjamin (158 1/2lbs), 7-1 (2), w pts 6 Kevin Mccauley (164 1/2lbs), 15-183-12; Shaun Cooper (137lbs 9oz), 7-0, w pts 6 Chris Adaway (139lbs 7oz), 8-49-4 (1); Lewis van Poetsch (174lbs 3oz), 8-91-1 (1), w pts 4 Scott Hillman (170lbs 5oz), 0-36; Michael Horabin (141lbs 3oz), 2-8, w pts 4 Waqas Mohammed (137lbs 2oz), 2-1-1; Nathan Bendon (156lbs 6oz), 2-0, w pts 4 MJ Hall (151lbs 3oz), 0-29-1; Anthony Manning (160lbs), 5-1-1, w pts 4 Pal Olah (155lbs 5oz), 9-25-3 (7).