Boxing: Morfey's Lee-thal in his debut bout
DEBUTANT Lee Morfey showed true fighting spirit to clinch victory first time out for the New Astley Club in their 13th Annual Open Boxing Show on Friday night.
The 14 year old overcome a nose bleed sustained in the first round of the three round contest against opponent Scott Chambers to record a unanimous victory, much to the delight of head coach Mark O'Reilly.
"For me he was the star of the show. To come out in his first show and show no nerves was fantastic. He really boxed out of his skin," said O'Reilly.
After putting in some nice shots to the Triple A Amateur boxing club fighter's head, the Exning based boxer let his defence slip as Chambers gave him a nose bleed.
Morfey put in a flurry of good shots near the end of the second round to put Chambers on the ropes. In the final round Morfey's probing jab connected several times, along with a tidy right hook to the head. Near the bell Chambers responded, but it was not enough as Morfey claimed a unanimous victory.
Fellow debutant Danny Planas ensured his career got of to a winning start when claiming a majority verdict over Matt Linsley.
The well supported Planas got off to a good start limiting the Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club fighter to very few shots.
Although sustaining a nose bleed late on in the first, Planas went on the assault in the second and third round to clinch victory.
Riley Vinden showed all his battling qualities to secure another win for the home squad when proving to strong for Five Star Amateur Boxing Club's Stephen Chester.
The 16 year old done enough in an uneventful opening round, before putting Chester on the ropes on several occasions in the second. In the final round Vinden used the jab to good effect, backing it up with several good hooks to Chester's head, as he ran out a unanimous winner.
In the evening's opening bout Harry Rody, 11, clinched his third straight victory, and first for the New Astley Club, when beating Oliver Walker from Boston in a closely fought encounter on a majority decision.
Although not claiming victory the trio of Fred Summers, Mark Samuel and Michael Cooper put up good performances in defeat.
Newcomer Summers went down to St Ives Scott Pepper on a unanimous decision, while Samuel tasted defeat to the highly-regarded Otou Saba from Peacocks Amateur Boxing Club in Canning Town, London.
While Cooper, from Studlands Park, Newmarket, went down on a majority decision in a hard fought contest against Braintree's Robert Greaves.
Fellow New Astley Club fighters also Carl Leon, Jamie Corner and Jordan Whippy also suffered defeats, as did Pender Buckley, cousin of Charlie Buckley, who the night was dedicated to after losing his battle to leukaemia last year.
O'Reilly added: "The show was a good night. Some of our boxers under performed a little bit but all in all I was fairly happy with how it all went."
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