Conquest conquers

MATT JENNINGS' conqueror is heading for the very top.

That was the verdict of Tony Conquest's bullish coach, Jimmy Bush, after his man won a split verdict over Jennings to take the shine off a superb show in front of a sell-out crowd at Beau Sejour.

But what the crowd did not know is that the top-of-the-bill fight nearly did not go ahead.

'I'd agreed to do three three-minute rounds, but when we arrived we found it was four two-minutes,' said an unhappy Bush, still startled by the closeness of the scoreline of the cruiserweight clash.

'He will turn pro after the ABAs,' said Bush, who was annoyed by the judging.

As it was, Conquest won a split decision on a night that saw CI championship boxing return for the first time in 50 years.

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