PICTURES: Knockout action from Elgin Amateur Boxing Club's annual show at Elgin City Social Club

By Craig Christie

- craig.christie@hnmedia.co.uk

Published: 18:00, 07 December 2023

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Elgin Amateur Boxing Club’s annual show at Borough Briggs packed a punch last Friday night.

Calum Hunter from Elgin BC (left) and Ryan Cameron from Lochaber BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Twelve bouts thrilled the crowd on Sunday, with the club also hosting three finals involving boxers from other clubs.

See all the pictures below from a thrilling night of action.

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Abdul Bah from Elgin BC (left) and Adam Findlay from Kincorth BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Elgin coaches encourgaging the competitors...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Adam Findlay from Kincorth BC (left) Abdul Bah from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Lennon Porter from Elgin BC (left) and Jamie Douglas from Lochaber BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Ashley Teagle from Inverness BC (left) and Zane Islane Granite City...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Megan Gordon with Calum Hunter from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Daniel Terris from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Daniel Terris from Elgin BC (left) and Robert Mclean from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Robert Mclean from Elgin BC (left) and Daniel Terris from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Kyle McDonald from Lochaber BC (left) and Kurt Shaunghnessy from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Robert Stewart from HBA (left) and Tyler Sked from Elgin BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Marcus McEwan from Elgin BC (left) and Brodie Zindeldin from HBA. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Brodie Zindeldin from HBA (left) and Marcus McEwan from Elgin BC. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Kurt Shaunghnessy from Elgin BC (left) and Kyle McDonald from Lochaber BC...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Joe Kinsella from HBA (left) and Fraser Edwards from Elgin BC. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Fraser Edwards from Elgin BC (left) and Joe Kinsella from HBA. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Fraser Edwards from Elgin BC. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Andrew Forsyth from Elgin BC (left) and Jacob Ballingall from Elgin BC. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

Jacob Ballingall from Elgin BC (left) and Andrew Forsyth from Elgin BC. ..Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

The dreaded 3-2 split in the judges’ decisions went against Elgin on two occasions, highlighting the very fine margins between victory and defeat.

Both opening fighter Kurt Shaughnessy (against Lochaber’s Kyle McDonald) and Lennon Porter (against Lochaber’s Jamie Douglas) were edged out in close bouts, while Marcus McEwan was defeated on a 4-1 split against Highland Boxing Academy’s Brodie Zindeldin.

Losing on unanimous decisions were Elgin’s Abdul Bah, who battled superbly with Kincorth BC’s Adam Findlay, Calum Hunter against Lochaber’s Ryan Cameron and Tyler Sked against HBA’s Robert Stewart.

Club head coach Paul Gordon said there was an “absolutely brilliant” fight in the all-Elgin bout between Jacob Ballingall and Andrew Forsyth, won by the former.

There was also a 60kg youth district final, a 75kg senior final and an 86kg senior novice final on the same bill.

One of the club’s female boxers, Faith Ross, recently won the Scottish Novice 60kg title and was named as the club’s boxer of the year.

Paul 'Ratch' Gordon with Faith Ross who has won the Scottish 60kg title and Elgin Boxer of the Year...Elgin Boxing Show at Borough Briggs, 2023. ..Picture: Beth Taylor.

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