GREAT START

Khara shines on his pro debut, writes Daniel Herbert from ringside

BETHNAL GREEN MARCH 27 ★★★☆☆ WHOLE SHOW ★★★☆☆ ATMOSPHERE

MO PRIOR’S Priority Promotions tried a Sunday afternoon show at York Hall featuring a mix of Brits and Eastern Europeans in seven four-rounders – and it was a Londoner who brought down the house.

Balraj Khara, a super-middleweight from Feltham, thrilled his large army of fans with a winning debut against Croatia’s experienced

Frane Radnic.

Referee Lee Every scored 40-36 to Khara, who stayed composed and unloaded in the last as his fans roared him on.

The only early win came from Romanian puncher Aurel Ignat, who stopped Indian

Ranjeet Singh in the second round at cruiserweight. Ignat, trained by Jim Mcdonnell, dropped Singh twice with rights and referee Mark Bates called it off at 1-40.

The score of 39-37 was handed down by Mr Every in the two bouts that bookended the bill. In the show-opener London super-feather

Ryan Lukeman gave weight to southpaw

Matar Sambou but used his height and reach advantages to outscore the Margatebased Senegal man.

Closing proceedings, Luton’s Michael “Chunky Boy” Devine let go his faster hands to get the better of Croatia’s Hrvoje Grcic in a wild and woolly super-middleweight affair.

The ubiquitous 40-36 score was also declared twice: by Mr Bates for Londonbased Lithuanian Viktoras Razma, who steamed in relentlessly and landed lefts to the body against Poland’s Pawel Strykowski at cruiserweight; and by Mr Every for Carshalton’s Kaylem Foreman, who beat

Daniel Bazo from the Czech Republic at super-middle.

Going one better with a 40-35 points victory was Albanian super-welter Xhuljo Vrenozi, who made Bulgaria’s Teodor Nikolov take a count in the last of a bout handled by referee Bates.