Monir makes most of superior fitness
IN what was to be a very busy weekend for Hamer Amateur Boxing Club, 17 year old Monir ‘Real Money’ Miah travelled to Stanley House in Audenshaw to take up the challenge of Ronnie Taylor of Northside Boxing Club.
Monir came out for the first round instantly landing a powerful right hand to the jaw.
The punch forced Taylor onto the ropes and the Hamer boxer then unloaded with swift punches to the body and head.
This continued throughout the round with Monir covering up well to defend against the punches Taylor threw at him before landing his own to take the round.
The Northside boxer had a little bit more success in the second round due to Monir’s eagerness to land his punches.
The Hamer boxer’s punching power began to dominate in the third as Monir constantly landed hurtful punches to the face which gave his opponent a nose bleed and at one point the bleeding was so bad the referee had to call time out.
By this time the Northside boxer was showing signs of fatigue while Monir’s fitness and work rate continued to impress and he had his arm raised in victory by unanimous decision at the end.
Hamer coach Frank Maddocks said: “It was a good learning curve for Monir and had he more experience I believe that his punching power could have caused a stoppage win for him.”
Hamer then travelled to Byerdon House Social Club in Burnley with two young guns in the shape of 10-year-old Austin ‘Powers’ Henegan and 10-year-old ‘Champagne’ Charlie Braddock.
Henegan opened the show in a Skills Match against the local lad Ashton Dwyer of Roche Boxing Club and put in a terrific performance, using skills and punching combinations way beyond his years.
Charlie Braddock came on third in another Skills Bout when meeting James Tansey, also of Roach Boxing Club in a cracking contest.
Husnain “Dennis” Ali met Andrew Stafford of Chadderton ABC in the Northwest Region Elite semi-finals at Tameside Boxing Club, Stalybridge.
In the first round Husnain did not give Stafford any room to get his shots off as the Hamer boxer constantly forced him onto the ropes to unload heavy punches to both the body and head.
The second round started much like the first with Husnain sticking to the game plan set out by the Hamer team.
Stafford was a very competent boxer with a record of 19 wins and only three defeats, yet Husnain was clearly taking the fight to him until he received an accidental head butt to the mouth which loosened one of his front teeth.
The Hamer boxer immediately let the referee know what had happened to him when incredibly he began to give Husnain a standing eight count against him.
It was a bizarre moment of refereeing which got worse when he give Husnain a public warning for holding when it appeared that it was the Chadderton boxer that was holding while Husnain was constantly trying to work on the inside.
The third round was a scrappy affair in which no boxer gained the advantage and Stafford was awarded the victory by a split-decision.
Hamer coach Steven Connellan said: “I have been in this game a lot of years and I know exactly what went on in the ring . Even Stafford’s coach told me later that he also couldn’t understand the refereeing that day. He told me that Stafford was flabbergasted and bewildered as to what to do with the Hamer boxer.
“I know this club and they have some very good coaches who work hard in the gym so we are not going to allow the mishap of one person to cause a riff between us and we now hope Stafford goes on to win the National title, but he will always remember that brutal afternoon when Husnain Ali took the fight to him and nearly came away with the win.”
The weekend wasn’t to end there for the Hamer club who then travelled to the Halliwell show in Horwich, Bolton that same Saturday night with 15 year old Grant “Quick Gun” Kershaw who put in a solid performance that saw him take the first round against Haseeb Khan of Premier ABC by using swift one-twos as Khan rushed in with swinging arms.
The Premier boxer stormed out for the second round looking to take the play away from Kershaw and he caught the Hamer lad a couple of times in the face before Grant could gain his composure to regain control of the round.
Khan rushed out again in the third and last round and he managed to catch Grant with another couple of punches to the head but the Hamer youth began to dominate the round by connecting with clear cut punches to the head to win the bout by unanimous decision.
Hamer coach Alan Bacon said: “That was the third meeting between those two with one win each so tonight was the rubber match for one of them to gain bragging rights which fell to Grant who put in a credible performance to gain the win.”