The main event on the Warrior Promotions (Jon Pegg) and First Team (PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson)-promoted Sunday afternoon card in the Second City saw undefeated super-middleweight Eddie McIntosh, from nearby Bartley Green, sweep all six rounds against tall, lean Newark southpaw Jamie Norkett.
Popular McIntosh, 26 and who has yet to drop a single round in 34 scheduled sessions, destroyed Lee Nicholson inside two rounds in his first six-threes in April but never really looked as if he would put defensive-minded Norkett, three inches taller, away before the final bell tolled.
Now unbeaten in nine (two quick wins), Richie Woodhall-trained ‘Braveheart’ has been told that a crack at a belt, likely to be the Midland Area 12st strap held by Stourbridge crowdpleaser Sam Horton, is in the offing before the end of the year. There is also an outside chance that the Scottish and Irish-rooted boxer could get a shot at the Celtic title.
Whatever the belt on the line, McIntosh looks ready.
The bull-strong Brummie dominated durable Norkett (12st 3lbs 2oz) throughout with an assortment of accurate and fast-handed blows to both head and body. The Carl Greaves-handled East Midlander, now with three wins in 13, was content to spend 18 minutes on the back foot, never presenting McIntosh (12st 2lb 3oz) with a stationary target for more than a few seconds.
Eddie significantly stepped up the pace in the final six minutes and his hard hooks left the 32-year-old with blood leaking from his nose and hanging on for survival as the entertaining bout reached its conclusion. John Keane officiated.
Another solid prospect from Birmingham, 20-year-old light-middleweight Nasser Al Harbi, extended his unbeaten run to eight (all on points) with a close, hard but deserved four-threes points nod over Cleator Moor’s tall Martyn King (11st 5lbs 5oz), who had Huddersfield trainer Chris Aston in his corner and put in a good showing.
Al Harbi (11st 8lbs) hooked well, pot-shotted as his foe came in but his low hands and casual manner saw him ship plenty of long leads from the 24-year-old Cumbrian, now 2-4. Most of the four-rounder was scrappy and King, though game and willing, went down 40-38 on my scorecard. Mr Chalmers scored 39-38.
Sculpted Black Country light-heavyweight Quinton ‘Brown Bomber’ Hillocks (12st 6lbs 5oz) took one or two solid-looking punches along the way but eventually outpointed rough, tough but limited Cross Hands brawler Adam Wilcox (12st 6lbs 9oz) over a scrappy four-twos.
Mr Chalmers scored 40-37 to the man from Dudley. Hillocks, now 3-0, had a reputation as a one-punch concusive puncher in the amateurs but has yet to register a stoppage in the paid ranks. Still, he rattled Wilcox, who smashed former Irish title challenger Jonjo Finnegan to a three-round defeat on his last trip to the Midlands, on a couple of occasions.
The Errol Johnson-trained fighter had the seven-fight Welshman hanging on with a huge right in the third and was pleased enough with his afternoon’s work to leave the ring in the same manner as he entered it – over the top rope.
Stourbridge’s Richie Wyatt (10st 7oz) improved his professional stats to 2-0 with a 40-36 four-twos shut-out nod over winless but willing Welshman Craig Dyer (10st 3lbs 7oz), who has yet to get off the mark in 12 outings. Mr Keane had little to do as tall, lean Len Woodhall-trained Wyatt, who edged past Johnny Greaves on his debut in April, speared stocky, well-muscled Dyer, 22, with a long jab and then whipped up a sharp right uppercut from the waist as he marched in. Light-welterweight Wyatt looks as if he could be a decent little fighter.
Popular McIntosh, 26 and who has yet to drop a single round in 34 scheduled sessions, destroyed Lee Nicholson inside two rounds in his first six-threes in April but never really looked as if he would put defensive-minded Norkett, three inches taller, away before the final bell tolled.
Now unbeaten in nine (two quick wins), Richie Woodhall-trained ‘Braveheart’ has been told that a crack at a belt, likely to be the Midland Area 12st strap held by Stourbridge crowdpleaser Sam Horton, is in the offing before the end of the year. There is also an outside chance that the Scottish and Irish-rooted boxer could get a shot at the Celtic title.
Whatever the belt on the line, McIntosh looks ready.
The bull-strong Brummie dominated durable Norkett (12st 3lbs 2oz) throughout with an assortment of accurate and fast-handed blows to both head and body. The Carl Greaves-handled East Midlander, now with three wins in 13, was content to spend 18 minutes on the back foot, never presenting McIntosh (12st 2lb 3oz) with a stationary target for more than a few seconds.
Eddie significantly stepped up the pace in the final six minutes and his hard hooks left the 32-year-old with blood leaking from his nose and hanging on for survival as the entertaining bout reached its conclusion. John Keane officiated.
Another solid prospect from Birmingham, 20-year-old light-middleweight Nasser Al Harbi, extended his unbeaten run to eight (all on points) with a close, hard but deserved four-threes points nod over Cleator Moor’s tall Martyn King (11st 5lbs 5oz), who had Huddersfield trainer Chris Aston in his corner and put in a good showing.
Al Harbi (11st 8lbs) hooked well, pot-shotted as his foe came in but his low hands and casual manner saw him ship plenty of long leads from the 24-year-old Cumbrian, now 2-4. Most of the four-rounder was scrappy and King, though game and willing, went down 40-38 on my scorecard. Mr Chalmers scored 39-38.
Sculpted Black Country light-heavyweight Quinton ‘Brown Bomber’ Hillocks (12st 6lbs 5oz) took one or two solid-looking punches along the way but eventually outpointed rough, tough but limited Cross Hands brawler Adam Wilcox (12st 6lbs 9oz) over a scrappy four-twos.
Mr Chalmers scored 40-37 to the man from Dudley. Hillocks, now 3-0, had a reputation as a one-punch concusive puncher in the amateurs but has yet to register a stoppage in the paid ranks. Still, he rattled Wilcox, who smashed former Irish title challenger Jonjo Finnegan to a three-round defeat on his last trip to the Midlands, on a couple of occasions.
The Errol Johnson-trained fighter had the seven-fight Welshman hanging on with a huge right in the third and was pleased enough with his afternoon’s work to leave the ring in the same manner as he entered it – over the top rope.
Stourbridge’s Richie Wyatt (10st 7oz) improved his professional stats to 2-0 with a 40-36 four-twos shut-out nod over winless but willing Welshman Craig Dyer (10st 3lbs 7oz), who has yet to get off the mark in 12 outings. Mr Keane had little to do as tall, lean Len Woodhall-trained Wyatt, who edged past Johnny Greaves on his debut in April, speared stocky, well-muscled Dyer, 22, with a long jab and then whipped up a sharp right uppercut from the waist as he marched in. Light-welterweight Wyatt looks as if he could be a decent little fighter.
Birmingham's Andrew Patterson kicked the show off with a three-twos exhibition with durable Secondy City trier Jason Nesbitt, who celebrated 100 professional fights the week before. As expected with an exhibition, shots were pulled but both landed with solid jabs and meaty hooks to the body.
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