Dubbo's Blue Corner Boxing Gym has had a big week with five fighters in action at Parkes and Gympie in preparation for the Orana titles in April.
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Rob Toomey led the charge with a third round knockout of Andrew Johnston to set up a successful night for the gym.
Johnston caught Toomey off guard in the first two rounds with a quick right jab and an awkward southpaw style.
A counterattack from Johnston opened up his defences in the third and a flurry of punches from Toomey caused the fight to be stopped.
Toomey's next fight will be against Chris Hallford from Dubbo Fighting Arts.
That will be for the Orana title at the Macquarie Inn on April 24 before what is expected to be a huge crowd.
Tom Cummins was the next fighter in the ring at Parkes for the Blue Corner Gym.
In his debut bout Cummins impressed trainer Chris Hodder.
"He's got a good build and a beautiful jab," Hodder said.
"But he has to learn how to handle the pressure and put some more force behind his punches.
"He is going to go a long way."
Cummins won the first two rounds using his jab and some good right-hand punches.
His opponent, from Parkes, fought back in the third round before Cummins played a smart fourth round to win the fight on a unanimous points decision.
Dubbo's Wes Middleton and Kurt Prior had a rematch after their battle at the Garden Hotel in December and after getting away to a slow start Middleton stepped back and started picking off his opponent.
Middleton showed he has tremendous potential but Hodder was equally glowing of Prior.
"Wes has a huge amount of potential and so does Kurt," he said.
"It was a shame that they went up against each other again because Kurt would beat any other fighter in the 57kg division."
After dominating the first round of his bout, Leo Mahoney dislocated his shoulder.
"Leo was a mile ahead on points," Hodder continued.
"I'm so disappointed for him. He has enormous potential as a fighter and I just hope this injury doesn't keep him out for long or dampen his enthusiasm.
"A rematch would be great but it's likely he'll need surgery on the shoulder which always means plenty of time out of training."
Hodder himself was meant to have a New South Wales title rematch with Brad 'Machine Gun' Ryan but Ryan withdrew three days beforehand.
"I trained hard for seven weeks and lost five to six kilos for the fight," Hodder said.
"Luckily a mate of mine from Cabramatta PCYC, Mark Hipwell, rang me up to see how I went and when I told him the story he arranged a fight with one of his boys at Gympie.
"I won the first two rounds easily but lost the third. It was a split decision in my favour but there was no dispute in my mind that I'd won."
"It wasn't that close. I won it well and I look forward to my next fight or a rematch with Nathan ‘Chunky' Griffiths."