“Its a lonely place in that ring” Toome Boxing Club Ringmaster, thats what he said and right before that and right after that he said respect for the Boxers, and understanding that the guys will put on a show, and thats exactly what these guys did, every boxer had worked seriously hard for this, and every spectator love the fights and the boxing and the fun and everyone had respect for the club and its players, people had come from all over to be at the Randalstown fight night and it was brilliant. Respect for the Boxers, repsect for the club and everyone who bought a ticket and paid for a sponsorship.”
OFFICIAL REPORT
Well it seems the months of waiting were worth it as the ‘Fight Night’ lived up to all expectations.
The boxers performed to a capacity crowd and the supporters certainly raised the roof during the bouts as they cheered on their favourites.
Probably the most hyped fight of the night was between club captain Neil Foster and former member David Jamieson. In the end Foster was declared the winner by a narrow margin. The only KO of the evening came from the glove of Darryl McGarry and thankfully his opponent suffered no ill effects afterwards.
The final bout of the night was the heavyweight bout between Chris Allen and Ballymena’s Adie Kirkpatrick. Again it was a tight affair but Allen just done enough to ensure Randalstown’s clean sweep.
There are very many thanks due
– Most critically to all the opposition without whom the night would not have been possible. The effort put in ensured that there were no real losers and hopefully everyone enjoyed the evening.
– to Toome Amateur Boxing Club for supplying expertise in the form of judges and referees as the fights were very close to call for the untrained eye.
– To Gary Watters from In Touch Rugby who streamed the event live on-line
– To the ‘techies’ who set up the big screens and the sound system affording everyone a ‘ringside’ view
– To the many sponsors, whose support was invaluable.
– to MC Ivan Richardson keeping the crowd well informed for the duration.
Many other volunteers put in an enormous amount of work to ensure the night was a success and they were hopefully duly rewarded to see their efforts so well received.
The superior technique exhibited by Graeme Hume saw him to pick up the award for the best fighter on the night and RRFC were delighted to welcome former Commonwealth Games gold Medallist & current Irish & WBC International Solver Middleweight Champion, Eamonn ‘King Kane’ O’Kane’, making a guest appearance to present the medals and awards at our White Collar Boxing Fight Night.
King Kane had his belts on display and discussed his up and coming IBF Intercontinental Middleweight title shot against Lithuania’s Virgilijus Stapulionis. The IBF number 10 ranked Middleweights fight will be on the undercard of the Frampton vs Martinez (Titanic Showdown) on Saturday 6th of September. Naturally all at RRFC wish him well in this endeavour and no doubt he has picked up some extra fans along the way.
