Police Club boxers Corey and Cruzlee deliver classy displays
Hot Peterborough Police Club boxing prospect Corey Allen completed an excellent year with a fine victory in the Eastside ABC show at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport.
The 14 year-old had a tough match-up against home fighter Rio Wheeler from D & A ABC at 53kg.
And the city fighter had to weather an early storm against a short, front foot boxer in the first round.
Wheeler came out all guns blazing with powerful hooks to the head and body, but Allen didn’t panic and quickly came to terms with the necessary tactics.
Allen delivered quality and strong long-range straight shots to get on top of his opponent in the knowledge his fitness was likely to be far superior.
And in the second and third rounds Allen boxed to instruction perfectly. His jab kept Wheeler at arm’s length and his domination of the final stages led to a deserved unanimous points win.
Police club head coach Chris Baker said: “Corey is absolutely buzzing at the moment. He is on a four-bout winning streak.
Corey has realised fitness is the key and he has a great engine which has been developed with a strict regime of running and quality coaching, which really showed during this latest contest.
"Rio just didn’t have a good enough engine to compete with Corey.”
Crowd-pleaser
The Police Club also had boxers in action in the Rush Green debut show in Dagenham.
And Thomas Embleton (17) became embroiled in a crowd-pleasing contest against home favourite Quannell Footitt at 63kg.
The city teenager didn’t let his opponent’s boisterous support bother him and he boxed well to instruction in all three rounds.
Embleton had to close the gap against a taller and rangy fighter which he did well, but he unfortunately just came up short and lost on a points decision.
CRUZLEE CLASS
Skills fights where the bout isn’t judged and no winner is declared are an important part of a boxer’s development.
And the Police Club’s Cruzlee Smalley (11) took on Josh Conway at 40kg. It was a first skills bout for both youngsters, also in Dagenham.
Smalley came out very aggressively and dominated the centre of the ring for all three rounds.
He was the shorter fighter, but gave a fantastic account of himself, working well on the inside with quality combinations.