Rising Scottish boxing stars set to pack a punch in new series of Home Internationals

The road to Glasgow 2014 starts here…

Following the Scottish boxing success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Amatuer Boxing Scotland have organised a series of home international bouts to further develop fresh boxing talent.  Featuring National and GB champions the 4 meetings will see the Scottish team of youth, schoolboys and junior boxers take on the best young talent from England, Sweden, Wales and Northern Ireland. Starting on Saturday 11^th December the first of the ‘Bring Back Boxing’ home internationals see a new Scotland Team face England at the Time Capsule Coatbridge from 12 noon.

 

The event format will consist of 16 bouts from the best of Scotland’s schoolboys, juniors and youth boxers. They will be competing against their international counterparts in three round bouts. The combined Scotland Team boast 8 GB chmpions 7 in the schoolboy/juniors division. 17 year old Scottish Youth champion Hugh Gray of Phoenix Club in Glasgow will be looking to build his momentum from the experience gained at the AIBA World Youth Championships in Azerbajian earlier this year. The England Team, will be no pushover with a strong field of experienced boxers  including Shafiq Asif who also impressed at the World Youth Champs. In the Junior/schoolboy bouts old rivalries are renewed as a nuber of Scottish GB chmpions face rematches of their championship bouts. All boxers will be relishing this first step to a place in the Scotland Team for Glasgow 2014.

The Bring Back Boxing Home Internationals are the first step in building on a strong Scottish boxing tradition to develop a new breed of boxing talent in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As part of Amatuer Boxing Scotland’s Development commission for encouraging and nuturing boxing talent a particular focus on age group boxers born in 1996, 95, 94 for schoolboys and juniors and youths (born 1992/93) under a separate development programme.

The England v Scotland bouts have been confirmed as:

Schoolboys/Juniors

97-48kg – JIMMY SMITH  (ENG) V LEWIS HAY  (SCO – GB Champion)

96-36KG SCOTT RANKIN  (ENG) V DAVID BURRELL  (SCO – GB Champion)

48KG BILLY BEER  (ENG) V AIDEN GOUGH ?(SCO – GB Champion)

50KG CORY FENWICK  (ENG) V AIDEN McGLYNN ?(SCO – GB Champion)

66KG PATRICK McCANN  (ENG) VJOHN GREIR ?(SCO)

95-54KG TOM AICHISON  (ENG) V SAM BALL ?(SCO -GB Champion)

57KG JAKE JAMES  (ENG) V WILLIAM MOWAT  (SCO)

94-57KG ALFIE PRICE  (ENG) V MARK McKEOWN  (SCO – GB Champion)

57KG JOSH KELLY  (ENG) V ROBBIE McKECHNIE ?(SCO – GB Champion)

66KG CONNOR LOFTUS  (ENG) V MARK PAVIN  (SCO)

Youths

93-52KG JACK DANIEL  (ENG) V MICHEAL McGURK  (SCO)?

56KG JOHN SAUNDERS  (ENG) V KEVIN SKEA  (SCO) – on weight this bout 1kg allowance with all others?

64KG DARREN TETLEY (ENG) V HUGH GRAY  (SCO – GB Champion)

69KG WAYNE INGRAM  (ENG) V KEIRAN SMITH?(SCO)

92-60KG SHAFIQ ASIF V MICHEAL JAMIESON?(SCO)

64KG TOM KNIGHT V MARTIN HARKINS (SCO)

Listings Info:

Scotland v England – Bring Back Boxing Home International

When: Saturday 11^th December, Doors open 12noon

Where: Time Capsule, Coatbridge

Tickets: Adults £20, Children & Senior Citizens £15. Tickets available through cash sales on the day only 

For all media enquiries including image and interview requests please contact Owen O’Leary on 07815 992658 or at owen@ohreally.co.uk

For further info visit www.amatuerboxingscotland.co.uk or connect on facebook @Amatuer Boxing Scotland and Twitter at www.twitter.com/bringbackboxing

Notes to Editors:

1. Full Home International dates are:

Scotland v England 11^th Dec 2010

Scotland v Sweden 18^th Dec 2010

Scotland v Wales 15^th Jan 2011

Scotland v Northern Ireland 22^nd Jan 2011

2. Amateur Boxing Scotland are the national body for promotion and development of amateur boxing within the country and beyond.

Our aim is to build the popularity of the sport and increase awareness of boxing on a local, regional and national level. We are looking to promote the positive nature of boxing which includes the social aspects, health and fitness and competitive nature which we hope will ultimately produce more boxers and more success at championship events.

A Development Commission is in place to oversee this and focuses on increasing investment and improving the structure of development to allow more boxers to progress to an international standard with a particular emphasis being placed on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.