4x3
Stephen Gillingham
89.20 v Jamie Middleton 101.90
Winner: Stephen Gillingham by unanimous points
Referee: Brett McCormick
Judges: Matt Ropis (40:33) Aneeka Williams (39:36) Allan
McColl (40:35)
Stephen Gillingham fought his usual honest fight and didn't
stop his train like effort until the bell went for the last
round despite being so far in ahead on
points.
Jamie Middleton was overweight and had
difficulty keeping himself composed while trying to counter
Gillingham.
Speaking to YVB Jamie informed he had
lost 17 kilos in the last three weeks for the fight and this
seemed rather unhealthy. He intends to settle around the
cruiserweight limit in future fights and is being prepared by
Keith Ellis. The fighters are now: Gillingham to 3
wins 0 losses and Middleton to 0 wins 3 losses
6x2
Tim Hunt
66.80 v Jean Claude 67.70
Winner: T Hunt by unanimous points
Referee: Matt Ropis
Judges: Malcolm Bulner (60:54) Aneeka Williams (59:55) Allan
McColl (60:54)
Tim Hunt outclassed Jean Claude using
well placed copybook punching and refused to join Claude in a
punch swapping roughhouse fight. Wild left and right
swings were the go for Claude both to the body and head from
too far away and when he gets close enough to hit his opponent
he merely holds instead of punching, this was the reason for
getting so far behind on points.
Claude has a very busy style and takes the fight to his
opponents very seriously, and always provides a good fight. If
he straightened his punches his body and footing would be
behind them and he would be much more effective to his task.
The fighters are now: Tim Hunt 5 wins 2 losses and Jean
Claude 1 win 9 losses 1 draw
6x3
Chris Myers
66.25 v Leigh Purcell 66.35
Winner: C Myers by split points
Referee: Matt Ropis
Judges: Malcolm Bulner (59:55 Myers) Aneeka Williams (58:56
Purcell) Brett McCormick(58:55 Myers)
Both fighters got down to business from the first moment of
round one and looked reasonably good but for somewhat untidy
punching from the distance and lots of holding when close.
Early in the second round Chris's mouthguard fell out and the
referee Mat Ropis took it to the wrong corner for a wash
before placing it back into Chris's mouth.
All rounds were fairly similar with the exception of an edge
Chris had in landing his punches a little better than his
opponent. The fighters are now: Myers to 3wins 2
losses and Purcell to 9 wins 4 losses 1 draw
8x3 Victorian Super welterweight title
Heath Ellis
67.50 v Dion McNabney 68.95
Winner: H Ellis RSF 2:58 R4
Referee: Malcolm Bulner
Judges: Brett McCormick Aneeka Williams Allan McColl
Two rounds too late Heath Ellis put his opponent a New
Zealander fighting for the Victorian Super Middleweight title
down for the third time with referee Malcolm Bulner calling it
a night.
Heath savagely but calculatedly made his attack towards mid
third round and put his opponent down twice with the bell
ending the intended slaughter. Heath went straight into the
4th round to end the fight knocking down his opponent and
accidentally himself while throwing a hard right, straight
away Heath put McNabney down again and he stayed there sitting
on the canvas looking happy to see the fight come to an end
with Bulner hailing a stoppage.
Dion McNabney with little skill made it look like a warm up
fight for Heath Ellis. With his hands mostly down by his sides
looking confident but producing nothing.
The fighters are now: Ellis 10 wins 1 loss 1 draw - McNabney 4
wins 10 losses
8x3 Jon Walker 78.40 v Jeff Stutt 77.80
Winner: J Walker RSF 2:40 R2
Referee: Brett McCormick
Judges: Malcolm Bulner Matt Ropis Allan McColl
Jon Walker started the round with a series of body punches
with follow up punches to the head and got into his usual
rhythm of a non stop forward movement with intentions to
corner his opponent and put him away.
On the other hand Jeff Stutt was countering with straight
lefts and rights which were scoring but he seemed to lack
Jonny's strength so having to get broken away from close
quarters by the referee Brett McCormick was a relief.
Jon kept his attack in the second round by 4 straight lefts
before landing a big right and followed up for the best part
of the round, later on in the round Stutt started to give a
better account of himself by landing well placed straight
lefts and rights followed by doubled up body punches until
getting caught with a left hook by Jon which put him down for
a little time, he got up halfway to the count of eight but the
referee Brett Mc McCormick was not satisfied with his
condition when asked to hold his hands up so the fight was
stopped.
Jon has improved in recent times with having his temper under
control which helps him focus properly on his mission of
winning fights. Jon has been unbeaten in his last 7 fights.
The fighters are now: Jon Walker 16 wins 3 losses and 1 draw -
Jeff Stutt 4 wins 6 losses
8x2
Pierre Karam
97.50 v Mike Lloyd 102.80
Winner: P Karam TKO2 (Lloyd ret at the conclusion of
R2)
Referee: Malcolm Bulner
Judges: Brett McCormick Aneeka Williams Allan McColl
Pierre Karam made a successful comeback by stopping Mike Lloyd
at the end of round two.
Karam spent the first round getting his distance and finding
his target, he looked good and will show up much better after
a few fights whilst Lloyd seemed to be lacking confidence and
was putting more effort into throwing punches from too far
away despite attempting to take the lead.
Throughout Mike Lloyd found he was out of step with Karam as
Pierre is very quick on his feet for such a large man.
Karam won the first round with ease and both fighters came out
into round two looking more confident until about 20 seconds
into the round Karam landed a right which staggered Lloyd and
got him on the back move.
By halfway into the round Karam was now looking to end
proceedings and went about it with well placed punches to the
head and body and punched Lloyd down to the canvas where he
got a count of eight.
The round went on with Karam punching to the body and head and
as the bell went to finish the round Malcolm Bulner called it
a stop and nobody complained as Lloyd had enough and was
pleased to retire.
Karam's last fight was in June 2004 at Collingwood Town Hall
beating Colin Hunia on points.
The fighters are now: Karam 18 wins 3 losses 1 draw - Lloyd 2
wins 5 losses
Here are some of the fighters, refs, trainers
and guests at the venue
Left to right: Chris Myers, Heath Ellis,
Tim Hunt and Jon Walker
Left to right: Brett McCormick, Howard
Leigh, Julian (the Farrier) Holland and Dale Westerman
Left to right: Peter Maniatis, Pierre
Karam, Keith Ellis and Leigh Purcell
