CLEAN SWEEP

All positive at boisterous Bowlers. Andy Whittle reports from ringside

GRAFTING promoter Kieran Farrell was doubtless in buoyant mood following the success of this latest promotion at a particularly noisy Bowlers where all seven home boxers emerged victorious, a couple of them via the short route.

Ruthin’s Sion Yaxley had won all eight of his bouts going into a six rounder with usually durable ex-olympian Serge Ambomo, but hadn’t previously triumphed inside the distance. He soon changed that, making all of the early running against the lacklustre Sheffield operator. He floored the Cameroonian, punished him with a combination downstairs and a burst to the head on the resumption, before referee Mark Lyson intervened 67 seconds into the fourth round.

First of the night to bag an inside the distance victory had been Kirkby’s Callum

Thompson who, in against switch-hitting Manchester debutant John Spencer, was already two rounds to the good when he sunk home a left to the body that dropped the first-timer to the canvas.

Spencer rose but equally quickly was down again and referee Mr Lyson waved it off with 50 seconds of the third still to run.

Lancaster first-timer Niall Fielding gave his army of supporters plenty to cheer about in his four against Bradford’s Jake Pollard who, bested by some distance, was happy to hear the final bell. Fielding may well be one to watch.

Blackpool’s Craig Sumner, docked a point late for continually losing his gum-shield, was given a hiding by Colwyn Bay’s unbeaten

Gerome Warburton with referee Steve Gray, who scored 60-53, seemingly close to stopping it on a couple of occasions.

Middleton’s Connor Lynch took all six rounds on Mr Lyson’s card in the one-sided curtain raiser against Newark’s Fonz Alexander.