Jason Woodham secured an impressive and comprehensive triumph in Thailand last week - beating his more experienced opponent courtesy of a technical knock out.
The Southend-based 20-year-old produced a battling performance and was rightly praised by his coach Chris Rawlings who runs the Mungkorn Dam gym behind the Cricketers pub in Westcliff.
"The guy Jay fought has had over 200 fights in his career so it was some achievement for him to go over there and beat him," he said.
"We were naturally delighted but he's already back training for his next fight which should be in February."
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