DUN AND DUSTED

Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy for the home corner

PRO boxing returned to the Dunstable Conference Centre, with Paul Webb promoting this eight-bout show, the result of which being that seven of the home boxers emerged as distance winners while one – novice Watford super-middle Brandon Lewis – bucked the trend by triumphing inside a round.

Lewis, who joined the paid ranks in February, found himself in against Canning Town-based Ukrainian Pavlo Krupa who, outpointed in his homeland in his only two previous contests, hadn’t thrown a punch in anger in 13 months. Plenty soon came back at him, however. A right cross – a brutal one – floored him in centre ring and resulted in referee for the night Lee Every waving it off.

There was a wide 59-52 six round win for Wembley’s Youssef Khoumari, who bounced back from a narrow loss last time out to see off Nicaragua’s game but limited Eduardo Valverde, a left hook to the body hot on the heels of a right to the head sending Valverde to one knee in the closing session.

Also victorious against a Nicaraguan was Maida Vale’s popular Iranian-born Alireza Ghadiri, who at the conclusion of a one-sided four ran out a 40-35 winner over Reynaldo Cajina, who was sent over backwards by a sustained burst inside the opener.

Two further victories against overseas opposition came the way of Finchley’s Yaser Al-ghena and Harlesden’s Adrian Redman in sixes against Russian Evgenii Vazem

and Frenchman Mohamed Cherif Benchadi, respectively. Syrian-born Ghena took the 60-55 decision of Mr Every, and 32-year-old Redman went one better with a 60-54 shutout.

Maintaining their 100 percent records in four-round bouts against still-winless Bognor Regis opponents were Northampton’s Ben Vaughan

and Bedford’s Lester Daniel.

Vaughan triumphed 40-35 over Carl Turney, and Kenyan-born Daniel won 40-36 against Callum Ide. Albano Junior also triumphed over four, besting Sheffield’s

Karl Sampson 39-37 in a superlightweight bout.