Porty to host the cream of British youth boxing talent

Published on Wednesday 14 May 2008 10:36

PORTOBELLO has been chosen to host the cream of up and coming British boxing talent next month.

The British Youth Championships will see the best 17 and 18-year-old amateur boxers fight it out over two days at Portobello Town Hall from June 23.

A spokesman for Scottish boxing said: "This will be a huge treat as some really top British youth boxers will be on show over the two days."

Meanwhile, two Sparta boxers – featherweight Dave Cowan and Scottish light-welterweight youth champion, Chris McHale – will be in action tomorrow when Cowan clashes with Fife's Antony Bilan and McHale boxes Dundee's Mike Towel at the Logie Centre in Dundee on a Lochee club show.

Also, Lochend pro welterweight, Gary McMillan, will box a selected opponent at Glasgow's Thistle Hotel on Saturday before flying out to Las Vegas with coach Terry McCormack to spar at Freddie Roach's gym for ten days.

Also making the trip will be Lochend amateur featherweight, Steven Tiffany.

&#149 IT isn't every day that local boxing fans can watch a 20-bout bill from ringside absolutely free, but that's what the capital's Craigmillar club are offering this Sunday.

The show takes place at the Craigmillar Castleview gym, formerly known as Sandy's Boys Club in Castle Terrace with the first youth bouts beginning at 1.00pm.