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Boxing: Maloney's Abingdon star

From the archive, first published Wednesday 5th Dec 2001.

Frank Maloney, the former manager of world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, was on hand to dish out the prizes at Abingdon Boxing Club's dinner show on Friday.

Maloney presented trophies to the evening's fighters, as well as giving out the club's annual awards.

Jake Guntert was the most successful Abingdon boxer in the club awards, picking up four trophies, among them Most Successful Senior.

Junior Scott Southey scooped two prizes, including Most Promising Schoolboy.

Results

Junior: S Southey (Abingdon) bt I Brooks (Idris-Wales) pts; T Cato (Idris-Wales) bt S Jury (Reading) pts; J Gilbert (Bushey) bt M Town (Walcot) referee stopped fight; C Hunt (Haileybury) bt D Ponting (Abingdon) pts; C Williamson (Farley) bt M Saunders (King Alfred) pts; R McCarthy (Hanwell) bt S Gorman (Droitwich) pts; A Price (M K Royals) bt B Clayton (Onslow Lions) pts; N Hassan (Farley) bt N Harper (Willinghall) pts; B Nichols (Abingdon) bt M Fitzgerald (Aylesbury) RSF; M Cash (St Albans) bt B Reed (Abingdon) pts.

Senior: D Buchan (Hanwell) bt A Hopgood (Abingdon) RSF.

Abingdon Boxing Club

Annual Awards

Most promising schoolboy: Scott Southey. Hardest training schoolboy: Billy Read. Best junior prospect: Scott Southey. Hardest to match schoolboy: Monty Lee. Most improved schoolboy: Dominic Ponting. Hardest training schoolboy: Rick Rogers, Jake Guntert, Anthony Hopgood. Most improved senior: Rick Rogers. Most successful senior: Jake Guntert. Senior to go furthest in championships: Jake Guntert. Best senior at previous dinner show: Anthony Hopgood. Best senior prospect: Jake Gunter.

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