Some of Dubbo's best amateur boxing talent have received a packed crowd at the Rumble at the Races Fight Night recently held at the Dubbo Turf Club.
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Trainer and boxing personality Graham Wallace was on hand at the event and hailed it as a success, which was presented by local boxing gym Insane Gym, where nine local boxers tested their mettle across the eleven fight deep card.
Moree's Katie Defraine and Allisha Briggs opened the night of boxing in an exhibition that Wallace left impressed by.
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Locals Adam Darlington and Matt McKay put on an instant classic in the Light Welterweight weight class, that Wallace described as the 'fight of the night'.
"Gee, that was a good bout, Adam won that on points, it was a top bout, Adam was just a bit too rugged for Matt, being an old shearer," Wallace said.
"He was just a bit too strong and tough for McKay this time."
"Reece Large and Simon Edwards, as well, that was a really, really good bout," Wallace said.
Large, a Dubbo local, and Edwards, a visitor from Sydney, fought at Super heavyweight, with Large emerging victorious.
"Again, Largey was just a bit too strong and tough for him. They were both about the same build, both rugged and strong, there wasn't much in him."
Dubbo locals Matt Spittles, Dan Byron and Billy Bateup all lost decisions against their cross-town opponents from Parkes and Orange.
The main event of the night of fights was a bout between local Mick Catelotti and Inverell's Grant Cunningham, which Catelotti was able to finish in the first round.
Mick Catelotti, big heavyweight, he won, he stopped Grant Cunningham in the first round.
"It was a top night and Lenny's a lot of work to put into it, poor him, he's put in a lot of work into it and I think he'd have come out alright with it," Wallace said.
"The boys went well, they all went well and their opponents all did well, they were all good bouts, it was a really good night."
"These nights are better than the pro nights, they cost less and the fights are usually better matched, so they're more exciting."
Darlington will next join Moree's Katie Defraine and Allisha Briggs in the Battle at the Bush 2 event in Moree, where he'll take on all-action fighter Stanley Swan, who captains the Moree Boars in Group 19.
That twelve bout card will take place on Saturday, October 19 at the Moree Services Club.