West Ham Boys had plenty to cheer on a busy weekend of action.
Four appeared on the White Hart Lane show, with debutants Champ Friend and Humza Ahmed both celebrating unanimous points wins over John McDonagh and Tariq Bello.
Senior Jordan Dujon gained revenge over Michael Likalu, while Jawany Scott had a fine win in only his second bout against Sam Mason, in his 17th fight.
Five West Ham youngsters moved straight into the last eight of the London Schools’ finals on Sunday, with five others fighting at Feltham.
Joshua Jarvis gave a masterclass off the back foot to outclass Repton’s Callum Naylor with a unanimous win, before up Frank Middleton battled to a 3-2 points win over Northolt’s Jimmy McDonagh.
Jimmy Doherty powered his way to 4-1 points win over highly fancied Frank Joyce (Repton) and Francie Coyle made it four wins on the trot against Tommy Lee O’Donnell (Hooks Powerday).
Southpaw Coyle dominated from start to finish with accurate shots and stinging backhands with all five judges giving him the nod with a unanimous decision.
Sadly West Ham’s winning run came to an end as Dilraj Goza Singh came up short in a 3-2 loss to Brian O’Donnell (Hooks Powerday) in the bout of the day.
Nonetheless, nine West Ham boys will go back to Feltham for the quarter-finals on May 13..
*Former West Ham amateurs Sammy McNess, Charlie Driscoll and Charlie Duffield had wins at Brentwood on Saturday, in their first fights for almost a year.
McNess and Duffield blasted inside-the-distance wins, while stylist Driscoll boxed his way to a one-sided victory.
“It was great to get back with a good performance,” said McNess, who lost his unbeaten record to Asinia Byfield 10 months ago but scored his eighth win against Kent rival Sonny Whiting, who took a count before the referee ended the fight 79 secocds into the second round.
Former ABA finalist Duffield hammered Sussex rival Callum Ide in a one-sided clash that ended after a minute of the third round, dropping his opponent twice before the referee stepped in and saying: “I was pleased to shake off the ring rust after a long break.”
Driscoll was too slick with long-range skills to beat 60-bout Irish veteran James Gorman on unanimous points for a fifth straight win.
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