DEVON SENT
Newton stays unbeaten in front of his hometown fans
PLYMOUTH’S Des Newton remained unbeaten as he clearly outworked Stockport’s Jamie
Quinn by 79-75 at the Guildhall on a Black Country Boxing promoted card.
The muscular and wellsupported Newton fought every second of every round, as their styles meshed to give the evening’s referee Lee Cook an easy night.
Quinn worked off the jab and occasionally equalled Des for punch output, but it was Newton who forced the action.
Stourbridge’s Kevin Mccauley knew far too much for Exeter’s
Faheem Khan as he scored a 58-56 verdict over six-threes. Faheem was trapped in the corner in the opener, and took a count after a three-punch salvo forced him to use the ropes to stay up.
Kevin was far more fluid and smooth throughout, and bloodied Khan’s nose on route to clearerthan-scored victory.
Plymouth’s Chris Adaway
seemed to be unlucky in being held to a 39-39 draw by Bideford’s Ben Owen over four-threes. The pair talked to each other in an affair packed with needle. The shorter and more solid Owen claimed the centre more frequently, but Adaway to be the slightly more active and effective.
Darren Townley, also fighting in his hometown, shut out Tamworth’s Matt Seawright over six twos. Seawright kept inside Townley’s longer arms and forced Darren to punch down often which led to a messy affair.
Cornwall’s Marcus Hodgeson
and Yorkshire’s Criag Derbyshire
fought to a 39-39 draw over four. After a cagy opener, Hodgeson edged the second on my card with straight shots. Derbyshire managed to get underneath Marcus’ efforts in the third and the fourth was even as both tired at the end of a competitive contest.
Birmingham’s Yadollah Ghalsemi scored an away stoppage win as he forced Plymouth’s debutant Dean Reilly to stay on one knee after a thumping right hand body shot crashed home at 2-40 of the second round.
THE VERDICT Ticket-seller Newton shows fitness, technique and determination to get the win.