Fighters from Harwich ABC punched their way to success at their annual club night.

They didn't disappoint their home support with seven out of nine Harwich boxers winning their bouts in front of the capacity crowd at the town's Park Pavilion.

With clubs travelling from Kent, London and Lowestoft to attend, the fight of the night was Harwich's Marcus Poston's victory against old foe Darren Loveday from Newham, London.

Poston, who had lost to Loveday at the same event last year, sought revenge by beating his opponent with a 15-4 computer scoreline.

After a nervy start, Poston, 16, made his superiority tell in the remaining two rounds.

Poston said: "It was great to win this time round after losing to him before. But I've improved by a mile since I last fought him."

It was Harwich boxer Charlie Jacobs that opened the evening's show-case.

Jacobs turned in a great performance despite suffering with a sprained ankle and beat Leyton Scott from Lowestoft.

Aaron Deex beat Bury St Edmunds opponent Stuart Hornsey by a computer score of 8-4 which also earned him the accolade of best Harwich boxer on the night.

Tom Tooley said he was "very glad" that he beat Gary Nash from Triple A of Lowestoft having lost to him last year.

There were also wins for Ashley Gibson against Danny Ross of New Asterley; Lewis Brundle against Ipswich's Lee Stag and Phil Lloyd against Ben Burns of Nemesis, Kent.

Published Thursday, January 23, 2003

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