Ben Holme

SCOTLAND’S Aaron Cullen claimed Gold at the Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament in Palencia, Spain after another composed performance.

The teenager has made a blistering start to life as a senior boxer, winning all three of the international tournaments he has competed in this year.

The Renfrewshire boxer beat Ukraine’s Dmytro Kolisnichenko via a 4-1 split decision, although in truth there was little dispute in the result, with the English judge being the only one to go against him.

Neither boxer was keen to over commit in the first round of the 54kg Final, although a couple of straight right hands from Cullen late in the round helped to edge the round to him from a majority of the judges.

The 19-year-old, who has now competed in 7 international Finals in the past 18 months, continued to edge the contest from a majority of the judges in the second round against the Ukrainian southpaw, although the bout remained cagey.

Kolisnichenko came out aggresive in the third round knowing that he was trailing on the cards, however that created some opportunities for Cullen on the counter as he landed a number of clean blows.

The official scores were 30-27, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 as the newest member of the GB Boxing squad continued his excellent form.

Boxing Scotland Performance Director and National Coach Craig McEvoy said: “Aaron took the first round to work his opponent out, but he then implemented a smart pattern of movement and punch selection which turned into a convincing win.”

Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament Result;

54kg Final – Aaron Cullen (SCO) beat Dmytro Kolisnichenko (UKR) via 4-1 split decision.

SCOTLAND’S Lennon Mulligan just missed out on a place in the Final of the Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament in Spain this afternoon.

The Rob Roy boxer lost a 3-2 split decision to France’s Enzo Borrel in the 51kg Semi-Finals of the inaugural Under-22 competition being held in Palencia, Northern Spain.

The 21-year-old Scot started the contest coming forward behind his jab, as he tried to nail down his slippery opponent, who was landing counter blows on the backfoot, with the French boxer taking the first round from all five of the ringside judges.

However, the 2022 Commonwealth Games representative came out more aggressive in the second round as he closed the distance and was throwing hooks and uppercuts in close, although was still caught by some counters from his French counterpart.

It was a split round from the ringside officials, with three judges siding with the French boxer in the middle round.

That proved to be crucial as despite winning the third and final round clear with some more measured aggression, Lennon would miss out on going for Gold tomorrow after scores of 29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 28-29, 27-30.

Boxing Scotland Performance Director and National Coach Craig McEvoy said: “Lennon started slow in the first round and slowed down to the French boxers pace and was caught with some eye-catching counters.

“But he upped the pace and work-rate in the second round and I thought edged it, before he then won the last round big.

“It is a bit bittersweet as I thought he done enough to win the bout.”

Th result leaves Renfrewshire’s Aaron Cullen as Scotland’s sole remaining boxer in the competition, as he will compete in the 54kg Final tomorrow against Ukraine’s Dmytro Kolisnichenko.

Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament Result;

51kg Semi-Final – Lennon Mulligan (SCO) lost to Enzo Borrel (FRA) via 3-2 split decision.

SCOTLAND’S Isa Akram exited the Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament this evening after defeat to Spain’s Victor Catalino.

The home boxer won a unanimous decision at the competition being held in Palencia in Northern Spain.

The result leaves fellow Rob Roy boxer Lennon Mulligan and Renfrewshire’s Aaron Cullen as Scotland’s remaining representatives at the Under-22 competition.

It was a tactical opening first round between the two southpaws, with Catalino edging it with the cleaner blows throughout the opening stanza.

The Scot was forced to take a standing count early in the second round after being caught with a straight left-hand and big right-hook combination.

The Spaniard took each of the first two rounds from all five ringside judges to give the 19-year-old a mountain to climb on the cards.

But Akram recovered from the early setbacks and did a lot better in the third and final round as he consistently landed his jab throughout, despite ultimately losing out via unanimous decision.

Boxing Scotland Performance Director and National Coach Craig McEvoy said: “This is Isa’s first year as a senior boxer and there are definitely a lot of positives to take.

“Overall it was a good performance and he did more of the right things consistently as the bout went on.”

Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament Result;

60kg QF – Isa Akram (SCO) lost to Victor Catalino (ESP) via unanimous decision.  

 

Dear Members,

We are delighted to share an update with regards to the Boxing Scotland Performance Pathway Programme.

A thorough review of the National Pathway Programme has been conducted to ensure that the model and delivery of the programme aligns with Boxing Scotland’s new 2023–27 strategy and objectives.

As such, there has been a delay to the seventh cycle of the Pathway Programme commencing.

Due to this, Boxing Scotland will be hosting an EXTRAORDINARY ASSESSMENT for all 2023 Youth & Elite Golden Gloves Championship Finalists and 2023 Youth & Elite Three Nations Championships representatives.

Just to confirm, Boxers eligible to attend must have reached at least one of the following:

1: Finalist in Boxing Scotland Youth or Elite Golden Gloves Championships 2023.

2: Team Scottish representative in Youth or Elite GB Three Nations Championships 2023.

This one-off Extraordinary Assessment will take place in the Boxing Scotland High Performance Centre in Glasgow on Saturday 30^th September 2023.

All clubs must enter their boxer/s and confirm attendance through an online document by Thursday 28^th September 2023 at 21:00.

The link to the online document has been sent out to all affiliated clubs via e-mail.

Meanwhile, we can confirm that the Performance Pathway Programme will recommence in NOVEMBER 2023 with our seventh cycle of the National programme.

Further details will be provided in due course.

Best regards,

Craig McEvoy,

Boxing Scotland Performance Director & National Coach

THREE Scots are on their way to Spain this afternoon to compete in the Enrique Rodriguez Cal Memorial Tournament.

Rob Roy duo Lennon Mulligan (51kg) and Isa Akram (60kg) are joined by GB Boxing and Renfrewshire Bantamweight Aaron Cullen (54kg) for the tournament being held in Northern Spain in the city of Palencia.

The is the first time that the Under-22 competition has been held and is set to feature some of the top Elite boxers from across Europe.

Boxing Scotland Performance Director Craig McEvoy said: “We are looking forward to a high-level competition with National teams there from Spain, France, England, Ukraine, Lithuania and Wales to name a few.”

The competition draw is scheduled to take place this evening, with the boxing commencing from tomorrow and running until Sunday 24^th September.

 

BOXING Scotland is committed to making the sport of boxing open and accessible to all.

As such we are launching an Equality Survey to understand the current picture of the diversity of our participants and members.

Without this data, it will not be possible to identify any current areas of under representation or potential inequalities, and as such, it will make it much more difficult for us to tackle these issues.

This work is being carried out as part of our responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 and as part of our work towards maintaining the Equality Standard for Sport, Intermediate level.

We will audit and monitor our business activities regularly and take appropriate steps if it appears that our commitment to equality is not being delivered effectively.

Your cooperation in helping us to gather this monitoring information will greatly aid our efforts on two fronts:

1 – To ensure that all staff (paid and unpaid), coaches, officials, board, members and participants are treated fairly regardless of age, race, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

2 – It will allow us to meet our obligations to maintain the Equality Standard for Sport, Intermediate level which Boxing Scotland was awarded in 2019.

There is a Survey for individuals who are aged 18 and over, and a survey for those aged Under-18. Please see the Survey links below;

ADULT (18+) SURVEY LINK – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rY-N_4LGrE-bHUvcRBTaVS2jYLzTuclOikcP1vFmjSxUQTFFSjlMRFBWWktHVFBTT0pJRzg2MFMyTi4u

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If you instead wish to print off a physical copy and send in with Boxers Record Cards, Coaches and Officials badges, please see the links below;

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How will your personal information be treated?

Responses will be treated in the strictest confidence, in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This means that;

Your information will be stored securely with restricted access;

Information will be anonymous (this means that there will be no way in which you can be identified), there is nowhere on the form that asks for your name;

Information will be combined in the form of summary reports which will be reported to our board and published on our website.

We would like to invite as many of our members as possible – including registered boxers, recreational boxers, coaches, officials and volunteers – to complete this survey.

Thank you in advance for your co-operation.

Regards,

Boxing Scotland