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Welcome to the WABA in Sofia Gardens. It's the championship | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
finals. We are under the spotlight as a Welsh boxing looks forward to | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
London 2012 and beyond. Things have been great for Welsh boxing. There | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
will be a hell of a lot to fight for. Fred Evans has been fantastic. | :00:59. | :01:06. | |
There is no reason why they cannot win medals. Two years to go to the | :01:06. | :01:13. | |
Commonwealth Games. Now is the time to make an investment. To be home | :01:13. | :01:22. | |
country champion tops it off. is the one I want him to win. The | :01:22. | :01:32. | |
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It's a big night and the big names are in town and on the team. | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
Starting with the light heavyweight champion. Nathan, you have another | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
fight in a month. For weeks tomorrow, the Albert Hall and | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
defending a world title. Keeping busy. What is your role tonight? | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
Interviewing the fighters tonight, the winners, getting their thoughts | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
and feelings. There is some serious talent. The yes, good names on the | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
list and I look forward to it. for you later. Another member of | :02:09. | :02:16. | |
boxing's intelligence it, Nicky Piper. A before they get started, | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
one small but significant change. Although amateur boxers score by | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
the knuckle part of the glove to the body, they were not be | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
announced until the end of the round. The average will be on the | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
scoring pass. The boxer with the most points is the national | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
champion. And we complete the line-up of big | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
hitters with former British Commonwealth and European | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
welterweight champion, Colin Jones in the commentary position | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
alongside Steffan Garrero. Big names for a big fight night. Let's | :02:56. | :03:06. | |
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get it on! First up, the battle of the flyweights. Ryan Llewellyn from | :03:08. | :03:18. | |
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Cwmcarn. J Harris was a finalist The first of the finals for 2012. | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
The flyweight category. Ryan Llewellyn from Cwmcarn in the red. | :03:31. | :03:41. | |
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J Harris from Gwent. Immediately, Ryan Llewellyn is on the attack. A | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
new scoring system this year. There is no running scores on the screen. | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
We get those at the end of every row. Five judges at ringside. Those | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
who score furthest away from the other three, those scores are taken | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
out and an average taken off the three remaining scores. Fairer that | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
way, in major tournaments at the end of the bout it's always the | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
right winner and that's the most important thing. How they get there | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
is another thing. As long as they get to the rights Boxing and the | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
verdict that's important. What's interesting is they have done away | :04:23. | :04:30. | |
with the one-second window where they had to have three judges, | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
hitting the bottom at the same time. The when second window is unfair | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
for the judges and puts them under pressure. That's been taken away. | :04:41. | :04:50. | |
We are seeing a fairer results. Ryan Llewellyn is a tough cookie. | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
His physical disadvantage is quite something. And so he has to get | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
under Jay Harris and open him up but with. A shorter man but getting | :05:01. | :05:09. | |
a few shots in in the first three minutes of the WABA this year. | :05:09. | :05:18. | |
Getting a couple in the end of the round. 7-6 is the lead for Harris. | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
J Harris seven points to six up. He took a few good right hands in the | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
first round. Some culmination punches. | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
Harris is trying to become the 2012 Welsh title-holder at flyweight. | :05:35. | :05:43. | |
There is still a lot on it. Make no bones about it, Andrew Selby at 52 | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
in the Olympic Games, he will be competing and getting ready for the | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
Games. It opens up another spot for were the wings the flyweight title | :05:54. | :06:02. | |
tonight. There's a lot at stake. The boys know what is ahead for | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
them. There's a lot at stake in terms of competing for Wales and | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
the Commonwealth Games. Staking a claim for Glasgow, these boys | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
tonight in 2014. A good combination from Harris. He got his man on the | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
roads for a second. Ryan Llewellyn getting out of the way. A three | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
inch height advantage, Harris. He is the more experienced man. Ryan | :06:28. | :06:38. | |
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Llewellyn is getting through with Another right hand hook combination | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
from Ryan Llewellyn. The second half was all Jay Harris. A good | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
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combination of punches. Keeping his Looking to extend his big lead from | :07:04. | :07:13. | |
the second round, Harris working on the body and head again. A good | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
little hook, a great a right hook taking the feet away from Ryan | :07:17. | :07:26. | |
Llewellyn, a little stumble. He redeems the attack point. When you | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
look at too little fellows for the Welsh title, you expect great | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
battles by sue the heavyweights but in their category this is a great | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
little about. Both boys not giving any quarters. The number of punches | :07:42. | :07:49. | |
these guys are throwing over this nine minutes is phenomenal work. | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
Ryan Llewellyn has taken more but he has not stopped his engine. He | :07:54. | :08:00. | |
is firing them off. Still looks like he's enjoying himself with 10 | :08:00. | :08:07. | |
seconds left to go. A big right from Jay Harris. He is looking to | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
end this on a high, Harris. He lost in the thick the 6th -- 56 kg | :08:13. | :08:22. | |
category last year. He wants Welsh title this year. And he has got it! | :08:22. | :08:29. | |
45 points to 33. He did not have it all his own way. Ryan Llewellyn | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
came back with some big punchers. A big finish to finish the round. Jay | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
Harris seals the victory. Finishing strongly. A deserved champion. | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
2012 Welsh WABA champion is in the blue corner! Jay Harris! Well then, | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
blue corner! Jay Harris! Well then, you looked nice and sharp. I lost | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
last tip in the final against Chapman. I dropped down the weight. | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
Back freshener. With London 2012 less than four months away, it's no | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
great surprise the Olympic boxers are not fighting tonight as they | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
have been sharpening their mettle elsewhere. | :09:17. | :09:26. | |
Sheffield, City of steel and home to just to get -- Jessica Ennis. | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
is going well, keeping in the gym. It is everything I have dreamed for. | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
It is not often you see what people in the Olympic Games. It is really | :09:39. | :09:48. | |
big. High work-rate. Get Ready! Two qualifiers are Welsh, art of the | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
five I can see five medals. I am confident about Andrew and Fred's | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
ability and moving to London. the's speed is out of this world. | :10:01. | :10:09. | |
He can move, it's like will-o'-the- wisp! He is a special talent. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
one of the most talented boxers I've ever seen. He is one of the | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
best in the world. Fred Evans has been a revelation, a tremendous | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
fighter, Southport very smart. have known him since he was forced | :10:26. | :10:34. | |
-- a four-year-old. He came back after Christmas and beat the cube | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
number one and won gold. Fantastic. Both are moving along nicely. | :10:40. | :10:48. | |
Wales's only Olympic boxing medal to date was Ralph Evans in 72. What | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
are the final preparations? I had the tournament last month and one | :10:52. | :11:00. | |
silver. A want to keep shop. Fred has come back from two major | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
tournaments. He is back in the gym ticking over but not really putting | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
it in yet. We don't want him to peak too early. When the time is | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
right we were left the training and get them spot on for the Olympics. | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
The Olympic dream is still alive for Joe Cordina, he has made into | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
the second European qualifiers in Turkey in two years' time. I will | :11:25. | :11:33. | |
push myself to the limit. I am hoping to get it. That's my goal, | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
the Olympics. It is brilliant for Wales to have boxes of this calibre. | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
I want a medal for my country. There is pressure but I know I can | :11:45. | :11:52. | |
do it I am good enough. See what happens. | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
And I am happy it I have found Fred Evans. Great to see. Last year he | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
won this, did he fancy this year? would have liked to be here but I | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
have preparations for the Olympic Games. I had to miss out. You have | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
to be careful about the preparations. They write a program | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
for me every week. I have to stick to that and do my preparations for | :12:18. | :12:25. | |
the Olympics. You won gold in February. Yes, a hard tournaments, | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
I lost four times but beat the Cuban on the way. It was good. I've | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
got a good base to go on. How to prepare your mind and body for the | :12:34. | :12:41. | |
Olympics? I have training camps, international training camps which | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
are all benefit from sparring. I have another competition at the end | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
of next month. There will be me finished then the stock there is | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
more spiring and ready for the Olympics. The whole country is | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
behind you. Best of luck. Cheers. At 64 kilos, the light welterweight | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
promised a good punch-up on paper. Thomas Hoar is an awkward fighter. | :13:05. | :13:13. | |
At 5 ft 11 he comes with a reach advantage. Nico Morrison is the | :13:13. | :13:23. | |
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finest and so far has success ratio BELL it looks to be a very evenly | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
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And in goes Nico Morrison, trying to find out where his range would | :13:38. | :13:47. | |
be. A big gap between the two, there will be a bigger reach | :13:47. | :13:55. | |
advantage for the man in red. Already, it's a little scrappy and | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
a little ungainly, but that is what you are going to get at this weight | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
level. And you have got a big international ring tonight, a lot | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
of these boys would be used to the ring. It will suit Thomas Hoar, | :14:11. | :14:19. | |
because he likes to move a little bit, a lot more than Nico Morrison. | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
Morrison will have to hunt him down and look for those body shots. | :14:25. | :14:34. | |
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Which would be an easy shots -- I thought the mood was more than | :14:35. | :14:43. | |
that, actually. The left jab was the superior Penge. That punch. | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
Keeping it long, doing the right thing. I think he deserved more | :14:47. | :14:57. | |
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This is what Nico Morrison wanted to do, forced him back as much as | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
it cannot to the ropes and get as many shots away as he can while he | :15:02. | :15:10. | |
is enraged. -- in a range. Not really pouncing on his manner, | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
Morrison, but that is down to the foot work up Thomas for getting | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
himself out of this awkward spots. -- Thomas Hoar. Constantly bouncing, | :15:20. | :15:28. | |
He doesn't want to be there having exchanges with Nico Morrison, he | :15:28. | :15:36. | |
wants to keep on the move. A couple of shots while he was on the ropes | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
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He landed a good right-hander that second round. Some good scoring | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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Such an interesting contrast between the two men in the ring. | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
Good left hook again from the man who has been slightly more on the | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
defensive, but Morrison goes on the attack this time. Get a scoring | :16:14. | :16:21. | |
shot into the right. The referee calls them apart and the closing | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
stages of this round at number three, if you are Morrison, need to | :16:27. | :16:34. | |
be all-out attack. A couple more scoring shots from Thomas Hoar. And | :16:34. | :16:41. | |
he already had the five point lead going into the round. Morrison was | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
slightly off balance that time when he went into the attacker, but he | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
looks like the one tiring. You have to admire Thomas Hoar, he has stuck | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
to his tactics all three rounds. Nice and simple, he has had | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
complicated things, used his feet at the right times, kept a nice | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
distance between them. It is good to see it is not all about the | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
blood and guts and big swinging punches. Good to see the foot work | :17:10. | :17:18. | |
and the skilful jabbing and keeping his man at bay. When he doesn't is | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
when Morrison comes in with some serious punches. He needs a flurry | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
He hasn't got the power in his arms, hasn't got the energy, and I think | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
Thomas Hoar can see that. Yes, keeping it dies and simple, no | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
sense trade. Nico Morrison looking for the big shot, which he will | :17:41. | :17:51. | |
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have to look for -- nice and Big shots coming in from Morrison, | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
not finding their target. But he has definitely got it in him to | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
swing a big one. BELL. | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
BELL. Just hadn't got the energy to put | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
his full power behind it. Thomas Hall shows a big tactical display, | :18:10. | :18:20. | |
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Words can't express how much it means, it is amazing. You are well- | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
suited to the points system. I was always catching him with the third | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
shot, I thought I would keep that going. Are you aiming for the | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
British? Definitely going for it. Well done, mate. | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
This is a real chess match, let's see why. Thomas Hoar up against | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
this shorter, aggressive Nico Morrison. The third round exploded | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
Morrison. The third round exploded into life as Morrison tried to | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
close the gap with his all-out aggression. This proved to be a | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
mistake as he ended up walking into the straight punches. | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
A Olympic ban Fred Evans won the six tonight kilo about last year by | :19:10. | :19:16. | |
beating Jamie Evans. Jamie is back this year under the tutelage of | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
Gerald Jones, who has already trade 71 champions and would like to | :19:21. | :19:30. | |
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This club has been by love, I just love it. I don't know what I would | :19:36. | :19:44. | |
do without it, you know? At think I have been lucky, two world | :19:44. | :19:54. | |
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champions. The boys are, they wanted. -- want it. You can't get | :19:55. | :20:02. | |
it out of your blood. He doesn't say a lot June training but as soon | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
as he spot something wrong, he will say something to -- he doesn't say | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
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a lot during training. Jamie is a good box fighter, very good. If the | :20:18. | :20:24. | |
title fight came tomorrow, I would say, OK. I wouldn't go with anyone | :20:24. | :20:34. | |
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else. For JB to be the champion, he would be the sweat -- 72nd champion | :20:39. | :20:45. | |
to come out of this gym. I'm just hoping that all the hard work | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
actually does pay off. I hope I will have a lot for champions | :20:50. | :20:52. | |
coming out of this team in the future. | :20:52. | :21:02. | |
With Fred Evans missing, this year's welterweight is a wide-open | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
affair. At 25, Kristian Nagle from affair. At 25, Kristian Nagle from | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
Splott is one of tonight's most experienced boxers. JB Evans lost | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
last year to Fred Evans. Can he go one better this year and give | :21:19. | :21:29. | |
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George Jones another champion? Plenty of coaching experience | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
behind Jamie Evans, and with Gerald Jones of ABC behind him, he has got | :21:33. | :21:40. | |
the makings of a future champion. Unlucky to come up against Fred | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
Evans last time round. Fred are not competing this time around because | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
he will be involved in the Olympics later in the year, he is the | :21:47. | :21:53. | |
current champion. Kristian Nagle, 25 years old, a few schoolboy | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
titles to his name at the youth title as well. Been on the | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
international scene for a little while with Wales. Could be an | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
interesting match-up. Yes, Kristian Nagle is very clever and very fit | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
and then you have the Harkness of JB Evans. -- harshness of JB Evans. | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
Don't blink, there is every possibility they could be assured | :22:20. | :22:30. | |
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one here. -- it could be a short A lot of bluffing from both men | :22:33. | :22:36. | |
before the big shots finally come, and when they come, they look | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
pretty big. A good left hook from Christian Aid all right under the | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
guard of Evans. That time, Evans learnt from his mistakes -- from | :22:51. | :23:01. | |
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Kristian Nagle. This is a very Another great left hook from events | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
which finds they header. This is very interesting -- from Evans. A | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
very interesting combination of boxers. Similar styles. Just | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
waiting to take first blood in this one. | :23:17. | :23:26. | |
A about she would have thought with a round that close, or five points | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
apiece -- and there she would have thought. | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
It started very slowly but it burst into life halfway through. At the | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
into life halfway through. At the end of it, a left hook by events. | :23:39. | :23:41. | |
end of it, a left hook by events. end of it, a left hook by events. | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
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Close fight, a big punches. Peschke I heard the whole story that Eddie | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
Thomas, my old manager, used to stay about Gerald is that if they | :23:59. | :24:09. | |
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could get him a world title fight in the mind as well, he would have | :24:09. | :24:19. | |
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Both have the same very well- matched, same height, same way, | :24:20. | :24:30. | |
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Beasant left hook by Kristian Nagle, but it seems that every time he | :24:32. | :24:42. | |
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fires one, one comes back from Jamie Evans. It is almost like they | :24:42. | :24:49. | |
are boxing against mirrors here. Sparks are flying at the end of | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
round two. Both men scoring a, both men looking for big haymakers. A | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
huge left hook which Mrs coming from Kristian Nagle. Just moved out | :25:00. | :25:10. | |
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Some of those big shots are scoring and more of them for Kristian Nagle. | :25:12. | :25:19. | |
Trying to keep it longer, Jamie Evans, but it wasn't always working. | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
But counterpunching from Kristian Nagle. It was getting heated at the | :25:24. | :25:34. | |
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Good left hooks coming in from both men, but they Jabez coming off more | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
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Both men firing of shot. Even when they are tangled, they are not | :25:49. | :25:59. | |
afraid to mix it up. They have any good Fred Evans at the Olympic | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
Games in this division, showing he is the top in the country. With | :26:02. | :26:09. | |
these young plants -- lads coming through, it shows that the future | :26:09. | :26:19. | |
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The final half-hour minutes for Jamie Evans to try and overhauled | :26:22. | :26:32. | |
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A good right hook, two from Kristian Nagle. JB Evans is | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
starting to throw caution to the wind, he has to to a certain extent | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
he -- Jamie Evans. He is trying to open up and reduced the deficit and | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
Kristian Nagle has the perfect opportunity to counterpunch. Do | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
powerful, noisy shots coming onto the head guard of Jamie Evans from | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
Kristian Nagle. Another right hook comes through, Evans tries to work | :27:07. | :27:16. | |
on the inside and push his man off of. Just being held back slightly. | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
They could block that time from Evans with his forearm as the left | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
hook came through of -- a good block. | :27:22. | :27:32. | |
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He saluted the crowd, he thinks he has got it. At 23-15, the judges | :27:38. | :27:48. | |
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64 kgs Senior champion, you looked sharp. Banks a lot. It is any my | :27:53. | :27:57. | |
second fight in four years, I have been out for three years -- thanks | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
a lot, it is only my second fight. I thought it would have been good | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
I thought it would have been good tonight. Happy with that? Yes, he | :28:07. | :28:13. | |
has trained very hard for the last few weeks. So it wasn't champion | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
number 72 for trainer Gerald Jones as JB Evans found the | :28:18. | :28:24. | |
counterpunching of Kristian Nagle too much can handle. He founded | :28:24. | :28:30. | |
Close, but it wasn't enough, as Kristian Nagle took it. He will | :28:30. | :28:35. | |
have to wait another year. The way been for 72 tonight, but it | :28:35. | :28:43. | |
wasn't to be. Up -- you were aiming. Another two years and I were led by | :28:43. | :28:53. | |
:28:53. | :28:55. | ||
London 2012 will be big for female boxing. For the first time affair | :28:56. | :29:04. | |
they will be Olympic medals at stake. However, this ignores the | :29:04. | :29:13. | |
limits of three. Bad news for whilst champion. She lost out as | :29:13. | :29:20. | |
she found herself to light to qualify. Becky Price still has an | :29:20. | :29:24. | |
out side chance of Olympic qualification if she can make a big | :29:24. | :29:28. | |
impression at the forthcoming world champions in China -- championships | :29:28. | :29:33. | |
in China. She has to defend her title against Charlene Jones from | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
:29:43. | :29:48. | ||
Merlins Bridge he won the Welsh Three weight classes for the women. | :29:48. | :29:57. | |
Plenty for these girls to go for. Price has the more experience, she | :29:57. | :30:07. | |
:30:07. | :30:09. | ||
is in the red vest. Jones in the The opening exchanges are a frenzy, | :30:09. | :30:17. | |
to say the least! It is like a premium of the world championships. | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
The weather wins this is guaranteed a spot to go to the world | :30:21. | :30:31. | |
:30:31. | :30:33. | ||
championships in China -- rule ever wins. -- and whoever wins. Decent | :30:33. | :30:42. | |
shots from both boxers. It is a good start from Charlene Jones. You | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
can see a good long jab, a perfect shot making it through. Look at the | :30:48. | :30:58. | |
defence. Everything on the arms. This is have a score these days. | :30:58. | :31:08. | |
:31:08. | :31:19. | ||
The final minute of the contest. A great chap from Becky Price. | :31:19. | :31:24. | |
Shots like that could be the decisive factor. Charlene Jones has | :31:24. | :31:32. | |
in given up yet. No, one of the best girls' finals and boxing I | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
have seen for many years. It's a really grates standard. The winner | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
of this one goes to the championships, the quarter-finals | :31:43. | :31:47. | |
and you get yourself at the Olympic Games. That's how much depends on | :31:47. | :31:56. | |
this next few seconds. Price is two points ahead going into the round. | :31:56. | :32:03. | |
June's refusing to the final seconds to give up on her dreams. | :32:03. | :32:10. | |
It seems the cleaner work is coming from Becky Price. Charlene Jones is | :32:10. | :32:16. | |
falling into every shot. She needs control of her feet again. In the | :32:16. | :32:23. | |
red corner and I think Jones crediting her opponent with a | :32:23. | :32:32. | |
victory. 13.28. Becky Price goes on to the World Championships and | :32:32. | :32:34. | |
maybe a name to lookout for at maybe a name to lookout for at | :32:35. | :32:44. | |
:32:45. | :32:45. | ||
London 2012. Well done. A lot was riding on it. Hopefully China now. | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
Best of luck. Thank you. Becky Price was a big favourite against | :32:51. | :33:00. | |
Charlene Jones. Price try to control the action from long range. | :33:00. | :33:10. | |
:33:10. | :33:11. | ||
The experience of price and she moves on to China. I am delighted | :33:11. | :33:16. | |
to be joined by Nigel Davies. Thank you for coming down. How important | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
is it for you to be here? Well, it's very important that I come | :33:22. | :33:28. | |
here. Being a Welshman anyway, I would not miss this for the world. | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
Being a podium coach is important I come down and not miss the talent. | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
There are many talented boxers in Wales, men and ladies. If I can | :33:40. | :33:50. | |
:33:50. | :33:51. | ||
keep an eye on them and report back, between us all... The Becky Price | :33:51. | :33:54. | |
fight was really good for us to have no way we Charlene Jones | :33:54. | :34:00. | |
letting her through easily. Charlene started so aggressively. | :34:00. | :34:07. | |
She was like a tornado! A very high work-rate. I think in the end it | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
was the height and reach of Becky Price the got her the points in the | :34:12. | :34:17. | |
end but a close contest. An entertaining one. Becky is still in | :34:17. | :34:23. | |
with a chance of going to London 2012. Yes, yes. If Wales centre to | :34:23. | :34:26. | |
China in May and she gets to the last four that's what it's all | :34:26. | :34:34. | |
about. 54 kilos was a Gwent battle between Danny Price and Rachel | :34:34. | :34:40. | |
Pritchard. Let's enjoy the best of the action. | :34:40. | :34:48. | |
The aggressive nature of Pritchard that is taking it away from price. | :34:48. | :34:57. | |
Danny price is giving as good a shot as she can. Price is giving it | :34:57. | :35:07. | |
:35:07. | :35:09. | ||
everything but how -- has not got off the clean shots. The 2012 Welsh | :35:09. | :35:18. | |
champion, Rachel Pritchard! heaviest female wit, 64 kilos saw | :35:18. | :35:22. | |
Rachel Tobin against Tamlyn Williams. | :35:22. | :35:29. | |
All square after the first round. Rachel Tobin are more on the | :35:29. | :35:37. | |
aggressive side of things. Williams got a couple of shots in. These are | :35:37. | :35:44. | |
the big -- the big final few seconds. A single-point victory for | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
Rachel Tobin. 18 points to 17. She is the light welterweight champion | :35:50. | :35:57. | |
for Wales. Every year there's one fight that | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
more eagerly anticipated then the others. This year, its the 81 kilos | :36:04. | :36:14. | |
:36:14. | :36:19. | ||
between the prominent members of I have won eight titles, the | :36:19. | :36:29. | |
:36:29. | :36:35. | ||
British title. Ice bar with Nathan before. He is a quick one. He is a | :36:35. | :36:40. | |
tidy fighter. Nice and fall and through the jabs. I need to stay | :36:40. | :36:47. | |
away from him! Nathan is strong, although he does not look strong, | :36:47. | :36:56. | |
he is tall and strong and fast. His speed can be deadly. He is unbeaten | :36:56. | :37:05. | |
this season. He is very fast, fast reactions. Low hands, he gets away | :37:05. | :37:15. | |
:37:15. | :37:17. | ||
He tries to capture with the counterpunch. Hopefully we can put | :37:17. | :37:27. | |
some pressure on him. If I decide to box, that's what it will be. | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
can't wait to get in there and show what I can do! Show him the | :37:32. | :37:41. | |
business. It will be a great fight. This title is No. 9, it's going to | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
:37:51. | :37:52. | ||
The fight of the night is a battle for Welsh Development Squad | :37:52. | :38:02. | |
:38:02. | :38:02. | ||
supremacy. Sexual chocolate Morgan- Jones has won 21 out of 26 so far. | :38:02. | :38:08. | |
Nathan Thorley has one Welsh championships in the past. Not one | :38:08. | :38:18. | |
:38:18. | :38:20. | ||
A B contest for both men. Both on the 2014 elite squad. -- a big | :38:20. | :38:25. | |
contest. Big markers to set down for both of these guys ahead of the | :38:25. | :38:33. | |
Commonwealth Games. Morgan James in the red. Nathan Thorley in the blue. | :38:33. | :38:39. | |
Immediately they decide to go at it. Nathan Thorley with a three inch | :38:39. | :38:49. | |
:38:49. | :39:04. | ||
advantage. Nathan Thorley has moved up. He has a 6 ft 5 frame, 75 kilos | :39:04. | :39:14. | |
:39:14. | :39:30. | ||
Morgan is a talented boxer. He likes to counterpunch, quick hands. | :39:30. | :39:40. | |
:39:40. | :39:45. | ||
Jones, a good big punch from Nathan Thorley just missing the whiskers | :39:45. | :39:53. | |
of Morgan. Another angle... Just about Mr, thankfully. He came back | :39:53. | :40:03. | |
:40:03. | :40:05. | ||
with a good combination of his own. Good fast hands. Some good work | :40:05. | :40:10. | |
coming from Jones as he looks to extend his three-point lead he | :40:10. | :40:18. | |
holed from round number one. Another good jab. Nathan Thorley | :40:18. | :40:22. | |
trying to avoid them, it depends what the judges are set as to what | :40:22. | :40:31. | |
they think. Another wild attempt. Nathan Thorley will not worry about | :40:31. | :40:41. | |
:40:41. | :40:50. | ||
that. A tight guard up to his head. There was a cheeky shot and the | :40:50. | :40:54. | |
response from Nathan Thorley is what you would expect. He has been | :40:54. | :41:04. | |
:41:04. | :41:12. | ||
He gets his man back on the ropes exacting revenge. He gets back | :41:12. | :41:18. | |
centre ring. Nathan Thorley almost gets caught with a straight jab | :41:18. | :41:25. | |
from Morgan-Jones. He has found his range, the big man. He gets one | :41:25. | :41:28. | |
through the guard but gets one back for his troubles from Nathan | :41:28. | :41:35. | |
Thorley. A typical round to score, this one. Morgan-Jones extend his | :41:35. | :41:40. | |
lead, 12 points to seven. An aggressive start the Nathan Thorley | :41:40. | :41:46. | |
but messy and not much accuracy. A great chap from Morgan-Jones. | :41:46. | :41:56. | |
:41:56. | :42:04. | ||
Morgan is doing the damage. excellent shots which had spurred | :42:04. | :42:10. | |
Nathan Thorley into life. Good shots straight through the guard. | :42:10. | :42:15. | |
He is trying to turn round, Nathan Thorley. Jones needs to be careful | :42:15. | :42:19. | |
with the body shots. They are making contact as well. Getting the | :42:19. | :42:29. | |
:42:29. | :42:30. | ||
head movement back as well. Jones wasn't fully with us for a second | :42:30. | :42:40. | |
:42:40. | :42:43. | ||
or two. I am not sure that is the way to protect yourself. The final | :42:43. | :42:45. | |
exchanges. Both men on the elite squad looking ahead to the | :42:45. | :42:49. | |
Commonwealth Games in two years but this would be a body-blow to Mother | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
loses this one. Psychological advantage to the winner. On the | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
back foot again goes Jones. Try to cruise the final stages of this | :43:00. | :43:09. | |
round. Will he did it with a three- point advantage? -- do it. Making | :43:09. | :43:18. | |
contact at will. His footwork is in bed but he is clubbing the shots in. | :43:18. | :43:23. | |
The confidence of the man is something to behold. He has his man | :43:23. | :43:33. | |
:43:33. | :43:36. | ||
That is it as far as Nathan Thorley is concerned. It is all over and | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
Morgan Jones has struck a huge... Look how much it means to the | :43:41. | :43:44. | |
Look how much it means to the Merthyr Ex man, it is a big win for | :43:44. | :43:52. | |
Morgan Jones. The light heavyweight champion of Wales for 2012 is | :43:52. | :43:56. | |
Morgan Jones. Well done, an emphatic victory. I enjoyed every | :43:56. | :44:00. | |
second of it. You have come on a lot than the last year, improved | :44:00. | :44:06. | |
rapidly. I have found the right weight, you know? I had been at 75 | :44:06. | :44:10. | |
for a long time but I was struggling to make the weight, but | :44:10. | :44:14. | |
light-heavyweight, that is for me. You feel stronger, the punches are | :44:14. | :44:20. | |
snappier. I can concentrate on my boxing. I'm just loving it. | :44:20. | :44:26. | |
So we have to the elite squad members in North -- Morgan Jones | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
and Nathan Thorley fighting for superiority. It was a hard contest. | :44:31. | :44:34. | |
Nathan Thorley put everything into the third round attempted to close | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
the deficit but ended up walking on to a big punch that closed the | :44:38. | :44:43. | |
contest. Of Morgan Jones at the champion. | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
-- Morgan Jones, the champion. Lot a state tonight with boxers | :44:47. | :44:52. | |
from all over Wales fighting for funding as the Welsh Amateur Boxing | :44:52. | :44:55. | |
Association prepares the 2014 Welsh -- Commonwealth Games, and that | :44:55. | :45:05. | |
:45:05. | :45:05. | ||
further ahead by investing in future stars of the sport. | :45:05. | :45:10. | |
We want more success. We have had Andrew Selby and Fred Evans when | :45:10. | :45:13. | |
European Championships, they have qualified for the Olympics, and it | :45:13. | :45:18. | |
is thinking how can we invest in the sport further? We think we have | :45:18. | :45:21. | |
got there the support, financial and from Sport Wales, to really | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
make a big difference. We have got three programmes in place in Wales. | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
A talent programme for youth and juniors. Then. A women's programme. | :45:32. | :45:38. | |
It is about seeing what they can achieve, and what they need to do | :45:38. | :45:48. | |
:45:48. | :45:50. | ||
to move on to the next level. are identified, really, from a very | :45:50. | :45:54. | |
young age. There is there reason why these young boys cannot emulate | :45:54. | :46:02. | |
champions. I remember up when I was there. Boxing has changed a lot, it | :46:02. | :46:08. | |
is something that would improve more as time goes on. The up taking | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
up on board what they do up on GB and from youngsters up to the | :46:13. | :46:18. | |
seniors, we will hopefully be a strong a nation in the boxing world. | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
We have two years to go until the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow said | :46:23. | :46:26. | |
there is the time to make a big investment in the sport, and have | :46:26. | :46:33. | |
even more success -- there is the time. Things have been great for | :46:33. | :46:37. | |
Welsh boxing and we intend to keep the ball rolling. Of we want to | :46:37. | :46:46. | |
stamp us Mark in Great Britain and represent ourselves and let | :46:46. | :46:51. | |
everyone know well as a big force in boxing -- we want to stamp our | :46:51. | :46:56. | |
mark. A I'm joined by the chairman of the Welsh Amateur Boxing | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
Association Terris bed. What have you made of the standard tonight? | :46:59. | :47:05. | |
think very good. -- Terry Smith. With the development squad working | :47:05. | :47:10. | |
on them regularly, we have a lot of promise. Can you explain to me what | :47:10. | :47:15. | |
the support Wales support of WABA has meant to the organisation? -- | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
Sport Wales. We have everything from them. It is the basis of our | :47:20. | :47:23. | |
development. We have just introduced the new performance | :47:23. | :47:26. | |
director James Thomas and with Colin Jones, we are looking for | :47:26. | :47:32. | |
buried pick things. -- very. It did that basic, decent funding and you | :47:33. | :47:38. | |
end up with better boxers? Course. We can see the boxers at | :47:38. | :47:43. | |
grassroots levels and if we can support them, they can become an | :47:43. | :47:46. | |
elite performers. If seems to be working, some good fighters out | :47:46. | :47:55. | |
there. I am blood -- glad you enjoy A North-South bust-up between | :47:55. | :48:05. | |
:48:05. | :48:08. | ||
Cwmbran's Joe Hall and Kazim Ghani. Just waiting for Kazim Ghani to | :48:08. | :48:16. | |
fire one up. Wherever the gap is, he finds it. The big shots are | :48:16. | :48:22. | |
coming from Joe Hall. 24-22 for Joe coming from Joe Hall. 24-22 for Joe | :48:22. | :48:28. | |
Hall. I didn't know anything about his style, I didn't know what to | :48:28. | :48:38. | |
:48:38. | :48:39. | ||
expect in the ring. St Joseph's Leon Goodman and Daniel Richards | :48:39. | :48:43. | |
were well matched at middleweight. There is the big left having | :48:43. | :48:48. | |
strayed from Daniel Richards, the head of the valley boxer. Leon | :48:48. | :48:51. | |
head of the valley boxer. Leon Goodman felt that one -- head of | :48:51. | :48:56. | |
the ballet. He needs to keep attacking, Leon Goodman. Daniel | :48:56. | :49:04. | |
Richards knows exactly how is going to defend his lead. Every time, he | :49:04. | :49:10. | |
finds a way of getting that left through the guard. 14-7, he secures | :49:10. | :49:16. | |
victory. What is next? I'm going to go on and turn professional and | :49:16. | :49:24. | |
hopefully come and join you! Nice Next up, it is the big boys, with | :49:24. | :49:28. | |
current heavyweight champion of Lloyd Davies from Mountain Ash | :49:28. | :49:36. | |
taking on the man from rural Wales, where in boxing circles, he is | :49:36. | :49:46. | |
:49:46. | :49:49. | ||
I am not even a farmer. I have never been on a farm, never worked | :49:49. | :49:55. | |
on a farm, but it is stuck there, so I had dared have much choice. -- | :49:55. | :50:05. | |
:50:05. | :50:14. | ||
I started when I was 15, I walked in and instead of shaking my hand, | :50:14. | :50:24. | |
he hit me. He was tiny, and he is now 6 ft 3. The first year, I was | :50:24. | :50:32. | |
allowed to hit the back. I was terrible. Boys from the country are | :50:32. | :50:38. | |
strong lad, they need to train and they love training -- strong lads. | :50:38. | :50:44. | |
Lloyd is a better boxer than me, he is strong and he is fit, so it will | :50:44. | :50:49. | |
be an interesting bout. I expect a hard fight, because he is a good | :50:49. | :50:58. | |
boxer. I have been involved for 35 years in boxing, trained over 30 | :50:58. | :51:03. | |
Welsh champions. This is the one I want to do it, the Welsh | :51:03. | :51:13. | |
:51:13. | :51:17. | ||
Big Rhys Williams at 6 ft 3 has a height advantage and if he connects, | :51:17. | :51:23. | |
watch out. But Lloyd Davies's are three times finalist and last | :51:23. | :51:30. | |
year's champion. -- Lloyd Davies is A. Experience or exuberant, which | :51:30. | :51:38. | |
Time for the big boys to show what they can do. Rhys Williams in the | :51:38. | :51:46. | |
red, Lloyd Davies in the blue. Both of these up above 6 ft, and very | :51:46. | :51:53. | |
much the heavyweight, the big swingers. Rhys Williams going for a | :51:53. | :51:58. | |
couple of big shot very early on in the first round, just to see what | :51:58. | :52:03. | |
Lloyd Davies is made of. Davies beat Robert Penn with a second- | :52:03. | :52:10. | |
round stoppage last year. They will shoot title for Williams at the | :52:11. | :52:17. | |
British Youth silver medallist. -- a youth title. It is very much | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
Lloyd Davies with the best of the opening stages in round number one, | :52:21. | :52:26. | |
getting through to the head three or four times. Yes, and Rhys | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
Williams, a little over anxious. Just get back to his boxing, | :52:31. | :52:33. | |
because Lloyd can punch a bit, there is no doubt about it, should | :52:34. | :52:37. | |
he gets caught with two or three of them, he will find himself in | :52:37. | :52:42. | |
trouble. In these to be patient, try and take his shot, because | :52:43. | :52:52. | |
Lloyd can poach a bit. That punch a bit. -- puncher bit. Incredibly | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
:53:02. | :53:03. | ||
Lloyd-Davies is starting to find gaps. Three or four holes and that | :53:03. | :53:10. | |
defence. -- in that event. A very much ahead on points and Rhys | :53:10. | :53:17. | |
Williams needs to get back guard up. He has done well to respond. He has | :53:17. | :53:23. | |
proven he has got a good solid chin, takes a good shot. He just wants to | :53:23. | :53:29. | |
get his hands up a bit tighter. You don't want to be up there mixing it | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
with the experienced Gilad. He is dropping his right every time he | :53:33. | :53:38. | |
fires up the jab and that is where the shot are coming from. The | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
referee having a look at this, a standing count come in for Rhys | :53:42. | :53:45. | |
Williams to protests like you can't believe it but I'm pretty sure he | :53:45. | :53:52. | |
can. In the an Rhys Williams is so | :53:52. | :53:56. | |
strong, he has taken so many punches -- Ilunga Rhys Williams. | :53:56. | :54:04. | |
How many... How busy standing up to this? He took a lot of shots but he | :54:04. | :54:10. | |
is standing up so far. You just wonder how much Lloyd Davies has | :54:10. | :54:14. | |
expanded earlier on. He is looking as though the energy levels they | :54:14. | :54:18. | |
have gone bad because it did most of the running for the first three | :54:18. | :54:25. | |
minutes -- may have gone bad. But he reckons again. You wonder how | :54:25. | :54:28. | |
much longer Rhys Williams can take these heavy shots. The referee will | :54:28. | :54:33. | |
be having a very good luck in between these rallies. Let's start | :54:33. | :54:38. | |
forget, he is only a youngster. There is their need for him to be | :54:38. | :54:45. | |
stuck in their taking unnecessary punishment. -- no need. A learning | :54:45. | :54:50. | |
experience of nothing else against the current Welsh champion. He is | :54:50. | :54:53. | |
taking some serious punishment than you wonder whether the referee | :54:53. | :54:59. | |
needs to champion, three or four to the head. -- needs to jump in. He | :54:59. | :55:02. | |
took a standing count for the first round and a couple of those punches | :55:02. | :55:09. | |
looked a little oddly. -- Oh dear. Slashing uppercut coming through | :55:09. | :55:15. | |
from Lloyd Davies. A few of those were making serious contact with | :55:15. | :55:22. | |
Rhys Williams. A massive lead of 30-4 and when he is throwing and | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
landing this may be shot, I am not surprised. How is Rhys Williams | :55:26. | :55:31. | |
standing up to this? Not the sort of man you want a bit on the street. | :55:31. | :55:41. | |
But good shot, Class C punches, powerful shots. -- high-class | :55:41. | :55:46. | |
punches. Williams is taking a lot of punishment. Another big shot | :55:46. | :55:52. | |
from Davies, crisp, clean punches. Massive books coming into the head | :55:52. | :55:55. | |
of Williams and Williams isn't going to give up, you can't blame | :55:55. | :56:00. | |
him for that. He has taken everything. Probably one of the | :56:00. | :56:09. | |
most courageous performances I have courageous performance that I think | :56:09. | :56:13. | |
I would rather not see. I have to agree with you, he is taking a | :56:13. | :56:18. | |
ridiculous amount in there and he has not really firing many back. | :56:18. | :56:23. | |
That is his third standing count of the bout. He has had one in every | :56:23. | :56:31. | |
round. The referee decides he is taking too much time and with a | :56:31. | :56:35. | |
minute left in the final round, it was coming for a long time. It was | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
coming from the first standing count, Lloyd Davies wins by a | :56:39. | :56:40. | |
count, Lloyd Davies wins by a stoppage. The heavyweight champion | :56:40. | :56:48. | |
of Wales for his second year running. The winner and the 2012 | :56:48. | :56:55. | |
Welsh they be a Ali to his Lloyd Davies. -- A B A. Second year | :56:55. | :57:02. | |
running, feel-good? A Yes, I did my preparation and I homework and it | :57:02. | :57:08. | |
showed. A happy with that performance? Very happy. Everybody | :57:08. | :57:13. | |
is saying this boy of Ostrom, he has never been stopped. -- this boy | :57:13. | :57:20. | |
was strong. Happy to get the stoppage? Yes, even better. This is | :57:20. | :57:25. | |
my friend of my T-shirt, he passed away about a month ago and I would | :57:25. | :57:30. | |
like to dedicate it to him. Lloyd looked every bit as champion as he | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
through combinations of class and power continuously. The strength | :57:33. | :57:36. | |
and durability of Williams was amazing but eventually, at the | :57:36. | :57:42. | |
finishing touches forced a third round stop. | :57:42. | :57:48. | |
How was that you tonight? A great evening of boxing. I didn't wanted | :57:48. | :57:55. | |
to stop. There were a few big names missing, but it was very good. | :57:55. | :58:01. | |
the knockout was pretty full-on. Yes, that was my box of the night. | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
He has improved rapidly over the last year and he had boxed | :58:06. | :58:12. | |
beautifully up to them and the knockout finished it off. And the | :58:12. | :58:15. | |
first time we are going to see female boxing at the Olympics. You | :58:15. | :58:19. | |
think Wales will have some representatives? Possibly, Becky | :58:19. | :58:23. | |
Price is probably the favourite at of all of them to make it and there | :58:23. | :58:28. | |
is a good chance they are going to qualify now. -- out of. She has a | :58:28. | :58:34. |