Boxing: Hamer Boxing Club fight reports

Hamer Amateur Boxing Club saw out 2022 when two young boxers travelled to Garston British Legion in Liverpool to compete in a show organised by Gemini ABC.

The first Hamer boxer to step into the ring was 12-year-old Conor 'The Removal Man' Middleton, who was fighting local boxer Arney Roberts of Gemini ABC. When the bell rang to start the bout, Conor stormed out to unload relentless punches upon his opponent, who constantly backed off towards the ropes. This continued throughout the round, leading up to the last twenty seconds or so, where Roberts began to fight back and land a few punches of his own, which gave his supporters hope and belief.

Both boxers clashed in the middle of the ring, in round two, whilst unloading numerous punches upon each other. Then, to the delight of the crowd, Roberts landed three unanswered punches to the face of his Hamer opponent. Conor tried to fight back in the closing stages of the round, where he also landed some cracking punches of his own, but his corner didn’t believe it was enough for him to take the round.

At the start of the third and last round, Conor came out to land a right hand to the chin and Roberts replied with a combination of punches of his own. For the first twenty seconds or so, both boxers were landing punches upon each other. Then, as the round slowly came to its conclusion, it was the Hamer boxer who was constantly stepping forward and landing punches, whilst Roberts backed off onto the ropes. When the bell rang to end the contest, it was the Hamer lad who had his arm held up in the air in victory.

 

 

The last Hamer boxer to step into the ring in 2022 was 15-year-old 'Champagne' Charlie Braddock, who came out on the sound of the first bell to dip his knees slightly to land a punch to the body, before coming back up to land a solid left hook to the chin of his much taller opponent, Maddox Mould of Gemini ABC.

Charlie continued to step forward, whilst Mould waited upon his back foot to time his opponent’s approach, so that he could land his right hand. The Hamer boxer stepped in to go to the body again, only to quicky come back up to land another left hook to the chin, before the Gemini boxer leaned onto him and pushed him down, leaving the referee to warn both boxers. However, Charlie didn’t deserve the warning because he didn’t go beyond the belt line to land his punches.

As soon as both boxers were allowed to continue, Mould pushed Charlie’s head down once more and the referee warned him again. Mould stood off his Hamer rival, whilst hoping to land a solid right hand as Charlie stepped forward towards him. The Hamer boxer was clever in dipping his knees slightly to go to the body, before coming back up to land his hooks to the head and Mould pushed his head down once again, which received yet another warning from the referee. The referee then quite incredibly turned towards Charlie and told him that it was his last warning for putting his head down, when all that he was doing was stepping towards his opponent with his head chest height, so that his taller opponent would struggle to hit him. Then, just before the bell rang to end the round, Mould was warned for the fourth time in the round for leaning upon his opponent.

When the bell rang for round two, both boxers stepped towards each other with the intent of taking control of the bout. Charlie kept going down to the body, before coming back up to land his hooks to the head. Whilst Mould waited upon his back foot, poking out his jab to keep his range before landing his right hand to the head of his on-coming Hamer opponent. This continued for quite a while, before Charlie attacked his opponent again, only for Mould to push his head down, whilst spinning him around. Then quite incredibly the referee stepped in to warn the Hamer boxer for putting his head down. Seconds later Mould did exactly the same, yet he received no warning from the referee.

Charlie continued to attack, and Mould wrapped his arms around his Hamer opponent, leaving the referee to do nothing but shout out break. Then Charlie dipped down chest height again to land yet another solid right hook to the body before Mould pushed him down for the eighth time, yet unbelievably the referee stopped the action to give the Hamer boxer a public warning for coming in too low, when everyone in the audience could see that he was coming into his opponent, chest height. It looked for all to see that the referee showed favouritism towards the local boxer, when he constantly warned Charlie for dipping low, so that it would slow down the momentum of his relentless attacking action. The referee had also done it twice to Charlie’s teammate Conor, when he looked like he was getting on top, and he had done it to previous Hamer boxers when they came to Liverpool to contest their skills against local opponents.

As soon as the bout was allowed to continue, Charlie attacked his opponent once again, only for Mould to push his head down again, but the referee issued no warning to him. Mould did it again before the bell rang to end the round and all the referee did was to tell him he would be warned if he continued.

Before the start of the third and last round, the referee pulled both boxers together and he warned them of their so-called infringements, but when the constant aggressor Charlie Braddock, landed another cracking left hook to the chin, Mould pushed his head down for the eleventh time, yet he received no warning from the referee once again. Although the referee tried ever so hard to slow down Charlie’s action, his corner still believed that he had done enough to take the first and last round. However, it was no surprise to them when Mould had his arm raised in victory at the end of the contest.