Straight Blast Gym & Stockport Thai Fighters
Unit 1, Hallam Mill, Hallam Street, Heaviley, Stockport, SK2 6PT
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European Boxing Championships
After Jimmy Kelly Jnr's ABA win in Everton Park he went off to Bulgaria to compete in the European Boxing Championships, where he won a bronze medal. He has now been made captain of the England Team for the upcoming Four Nations Competition in 3 weeks time being held in Cardiff.
Everyone at the gym wishes him Good Luck!
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ABA Finals
On Sat 31st May I went to watch Jimmy Kelly Jnr box in the junior ABA Finals at Everton Park Sports Center. Needless to say he won! Although nothing is ever a forgone conclusion in life, and considering the guy he faced was possibly one of the best amateur boxers at his weight in the UK, Jimmy still won pretty convincingly. I have known Jimmy for many years and would regard him as one of the most dedicated athletes I have ever met and he is still only fifteen! Along with his father Jimmy Kelly Snr they have dedicated years of their time to develop Jimmy into the boxer he is now. I would also like to give Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy a mention as this is where Jimmy trains, and the fact that the gym has produced many quality boxers. Jimmy Jnr will now, I hope, push on to new heights and become one of the greatest boxers the UK has ever produced. I truly believe, after watching him box again, he has both the physical and mental attributes to take him to the very top, and with his father to watch him, I just cannot see him failing.
In closing I would just like to say how well run the event was and what gentlemen this sport, unlike some, produces.
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