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At the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Saturday night, Bolton’s Haroon Khan delivered a body-shot which scored a second round knockdown of Hungarian opponent Gyula Doda. The Bantamweight contest was scheduled for six rounds.
The Steve Wood – VIP Boxing Promotions’ show also featured eight undercard bouts of action which included four boxers making their professional debuts, results as follows.
Headliner:
Haroon Khan (Bolton) v Gyula Doda (Budapest)
6 x 3 Bantamweight Contest
Khan by KO Round 2
Shakeeb Ali (Blackburn) v Ibrar Riyaz (Reading)
6 x 3 Lightweight Contest
Ali kept busy and we saw the legs of tough-man Riyaz buckle momentarily at the start of the fifth from a shot. Lots of energy from the Blackburn man who wins on points 60-54
Omar Dusary (Blackburn) v Ricky Starkey (Liverpool)
6 x 3 Featherweight Contest
Starkey deducted a point in the fifth round for persistent holding but the ‘Battalion Stallion’ forced a close contest with Dusary that scores a draw.
Draw 57-57
Kyle Lomotey (Debut) (Leigh) v Jamie Ambler (Aberystwyth, Wales)
4 x 3 Light-Heavyweight Contest
Lomotey gets off the mark with a points win 40-36
Casey Connelly (Debut) (Wigan) v Curtis Gargano (Middleton)
4 x 3 Light-Heavyweight Contest
A good first pro outing for Connelly who has his opponent on the canvas in round 1
Connelly gets the points win 40-36
Andrew Fleming (Debut) (Wigan) v Youssef Al Hamidi (Dewsbury)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Fleming notches up his first pro win on points 40-36
Adam Ridge (Debut) (Leigh) v Kristian Laight (Nuneaton)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Ridge wins his first pro bout on points 40-36
James Moorcroft (Wigan) v Dale Arrowsmith (Hyde)
4 x 3 Super-Welterweight Contest
Moorcroft wins by TKO round 3
Ross Cooksey (Barrow-in-Furness) v Jamie Quinn (Stockport)
4 x 3 Lightweight Contest
A close contest sees Cooksey win on points 39-38
