Impressive Watson lives up to his billing with win

BRADLEY WATSON responded to top-of-the bill responsibility at St Pierre Park Hotel with a convincing and stylish win.

The local flyweight with ambitions of turning professional one day, outpointed the talented Raza Hamza from the North West Region Select squad and it was a performance which underlined the solid improvement in his technique and whole approach to fights.

There will always be brashness with Watson but his respect for the opponent has grown and with it he is a more guarded fighter himself.

Hamza was no pushover and made Watson work hard, but there never seemed any prospect of the local lad not getting the verdict and when it came it was a unanimous one.

The visitors won the 11-bout Guernsey Dinner Boxing Club Show by seven bouts to four, but there was plenty of promise in the performance of the local lads, even in defeat.

Gage Demore was excellent again in beating Jonny Brown, using his height and reach advantage against a squat but tough opponent. Demore won all three rounds.

But the performance of the night came from 15-year-old debutant Ben O'Regan, younger brother of Vale Rec footballer Antony.

Boxing at featherweright over three two-minute rounds, he looked the novice he is over the first part of the opening round in which Ashley Dewsnap forced two standing counts from the local boy.