Mickey Helliet put on a three fight card at the recently £220 million refurbished Savoy Hotel in the Strand in London as part of a charity event to raise money for the Antony Nolan charity that helps Leukemia patients get matches for transplants.
‘Kid’ Lewis Edwards {Guildford} v Danny Dontchev {Bulgaria}
First up was a light middle tussle between Bulgarian hard man Danny Dontchev {10st 11} and Lewis Edwards {11 st 2} who call’s himself ‘Kid’ Lewis, possibly named after that great fighter from yesteryear Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis.
In the opener Lewis looked to use his left jab which he did sparingly as Dontchev took a few rights before trying to come back with some of his own, Lewis easily seemed to take the opener.
In the second Dontchev changed tactics completely as he came forwards taking the fight to Edwards and ultimately bullied the Guildford man out of his game plan as he kept up the pressure, from the second round on Dontchev kept up the pressure on his man, though sustaining a cut late on that bled from over his right eye, undettered Dontchev stuck to his game plan and kept it, though he took a few for his troubles the Bulgarian was on top and scored a solid right hand to Lewis chin who seemed to run out of idea’s let alone stamina as he breathed heavily, Dontchev sustained a cut over his right eye in the third but kept coming proving the stronger of the two protagonist’s it was Lewis not surprisingly who found himself in a corner, one right landed from Dontchev just before the bell as if it was a punctuation mark to end the last three minutes of fistical dominance from the Eastern European!
Fourth round action saw Dontchev hurt Edwards with a decent left hook that seemingly stopped Edwards in his tracks, one time Dontchev slipped to the canvas more a sign of enthusiasm getting the better of him than anything of note that Edwards could produce, at the bell Dontchev planted a kiss on his vanquished foe and took a well deserved 39-37 points winner.
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Tony Owen {Carshalton} v Johnny Greaves {East Ham}
At light Tony Owen took on solid journeyman Johnny Greaves in a good value for money four rounder, Greaves the recent feature of an interview in Boxing Monthly magazine was getting the worst of things as southpaw Owen a tall rangy type could hardly miss as he connected with sharp combinations that Greaves couldn’t help but take, that said it looked early on that Owen {10st 3} might achieve something of a variety and actually get the stoppage over the normally durable East Ham man who did begin to try and mix it and did start to find his way back into the contest.
In the third Greaves was certainly getting the better of things throwing far more leather than that of his adversary, in the final session both almost stood toe to toe for the best part of the round, but it was Owen who was resuming control as Greaves began to concede ground and found himself cornered where at one stage he dropped his hands and invited Owen in to have a ‘go’ Owen duly obliged and took a hard fought points verdict of 40-36, though I had it quite a bit closer mathematically myself {for what that’s worth}
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Gavin Putney {Luton} v Bheki Moyo {Earl’s Court}
In a battle of journeymen, Luton’s Putney and West London’s Moyo {10st 8} a transplanted South African closed the show with a fairly messy crude swinging affair at times, though Putney {10st 9} exhibited the slightly better boxing skills of the two, it was hardly text book the way he moved and threw jabs, he at times resembled a novice who seemed devoid of any real skill factor.
Moyo proved the aggressor throughout has the Luton man got on his bike as he flicked out a fairly tame left jab as he got on the move, but Gavin seemed to do enough to shade the opener, in the second Moyo seemed to do enough but from the third Putney seemed to get the worse of it as Moyo was throwing hayemakers from the front row almost, crude swings were aimed at Putney many of which missed the intended target, Moyo seemed to connect enough but then all of a sudden Putney connected with a good left hook that sent Moyo to the deck for a count, getting up he fought back gamely showing a lot of courage , but it wasn’t too long before Putney connected again with another big left hand that made Bheki stagger in an almost delayed reaction, Moyo showed heart and fought fiercly to the bell.
The final session saw Putney keep out of harm’s way as he literally circled the ring as Moyo kept coming forwards but Putney seemed to be that bit quicker in the final session as cornerman and former British lighweight champ Graham Earl worked Gavin’s corner, at the bell Putney got the decision on ref Ken Curtis card of 39-37.
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