Boxers on form (From Leigh Journal)

Boxers on form

5:51pm Thursday 17th November 2011 in Sport

ONE of the best shows seen in the area saw Leigh Amateur Boxing favourites in winning form.

Brutal match-ups, returning former boxers, wafer thin losses and the emergence of new local stars of the future all contributed to a great event.

Wins for Boxer of the Night Ashley Peyton, Senior Boxer of the Night Phil Hervey and Junior Boxer of the Night Zak Evans put the icing on the cake.

Awesome brutal punching wins from Tomi Tatham and Matty Burgess followed wins by the rapidly improving Ben Grimshaw and Leigh ABC debutant Steve Backhouse. Leigh's other senior debutant John Turner was unlucky to lose on points as were Josh Waterworth and Sean Connor, while Michael Connor, Adam Ridge and Cameron Pierce all gave their all while tasting defeat.

Finally Martin Pilkington covered himself in glory, pushing the national novice champion to points despite this being his first bout in four years.