Club buzzing as boxers bring home medal haul
Jonesy’s Boxing Club are continuing to go from strength to strength with a number of their boxers representing Boxing Scotland at international tournaments.
The Plean-based club have a proven track record of producing some of Scotland’s finest boxers with previous representation at Youth Commonwealth Games, multiple Scottish Champions and Scotland’s first European School Boys Champion.
Recently, the club had 10 of their stable competing at events across Europe with great success. The MTK Lonsdale Box Cup saw the club claim three medals across the weight categories with John Thomas Casey, Ahmed Saleh and Colin Cairney claiming success after hardfought bouts.
The event was held in Cumbria with the well-known boxing brand attracting many national and international champions to compete.
Casey added another title to his already long list of championship wins by taking gold in the 67kg Elite Category after two years out of the ring. He defeated three champions on route to the title and said afterwards:“I felt I boxed a very clever tournament after so long out of the ring. I would like to thank my coaches; James Casey,
Ian McDonald, James Thomson and Chris McFadden who keep me sharp and ready to compete whenever the opportunity comes.”
The success continued with both Saleh and Cairney taking silver medals at the MTK Championships with the former competing in the 71kg event and the latter in the 63kg event. Cairney fought in three bouts and Saleh in two with the finals being close contests but unfortunately both just missed out on gold by tight points scores but with the competition hosting a very high standard, both boxed excellently to make the finals.
The week after the
MTK Box Cup saw Cairney return to the ring accompanied by Jonesy’s Josh Alexander, both heading to France to compete for Scotland against France. After not feeling his best Josh lost out to a popular home boxer but boxed well under the circumstances whilst Cairney continued his winning streak with a unanimous points victory, dominating his opponent from the start.
Alan Perrie added yet more silverware as he travelled to Croatia to represent Scotland in the Zagreb International Box Cup where he competed in the 70kg event. The 2019 European School Boy Champion had a hat-trick of stoppage victories to see him bring home the title to Scotland.
Jonesy’s spokesman Ricky Welsh said:“The whole club is buzzing right now with the return of amateur boxing after the recent restrictions being relaxed. The medals have continued to come into the club and we are extremely proud of the team we have in place.
“It is great to see them progress from their novice days to the elite level they are competing at now. All of our training sessions are busy, and we hope to produce the next generation of champions from our kids and beginners’ classes.”
We are extremely proud of the team we have in place