EUBC Junior European Boxing Championships 2018 – day 1 results and day 2 schedule

After an impressive opening ceremony, our three boxers were focused on the task at hand and have given Team England a great start with three wins from three on the opening day.

52kg Billy Adams v Giorgi Sajaia (Georgia) – won 4:1

In an all southpaw clash, Billy’s straight left hands found the mark time and time again. Combined with neat footwork Billy was good value for his points win.

52kg Courtney Scott v Antonia Filippa Giannakopoulou (Greece) – won 5:0

Courtney weathered a brief opening minute storm of action from the Greek puncher to soon settle into her rhythm and these championships.  Sharp shots from the English southpaw saw her comfortably through to the next round.

57kg Sacha Hickey v Zeynab Rahimova (Azerbaijan) – won 5:0

Southpaw Sacha soon got into her stride in rounds two and three delivering accurate pot shots to good effect against a tough foe.  Good performance, good result!

The preliminaries continue today and we have six in action:

2pm session (12pm UK time)

• 46kg Jack Dryden v Victor Serbov (Moldova) – Ring A, bout 1

• 48kg Joe McGrail v Simonas Liesinas (Lithuanian) – Ring A, bout 5

• 54kg Ellis Price v Vitalle Prisacaru (Moldova) – Ring A, bout 11

• 63kg George Bance v Alexandru Viorel Bader (Romania) – Ring B, bout 16

6pm session (4pm UK time)

• 50kg Charlie Hickford v Allaksandr Kareuski (Belarus) – Ring A, bout 2

• 52kg Billy Adams v Davit Yegoryan (Armenia) – Ring B, bout 7

For those interested, the draw sheets in full can be found here http://www.eubcboxing.org/news/eubc-junior-european-boxing-championships-draw-sheets/