PORTSMOUTH’S David Birmingham convincingly won his farewell fight atop an Atlantic Promotions card on the South Pier as he bested Kingsteignton’s Jamie Speight by 58-56 over six-threes on referee Chas Coakley’s card.
Birmingham showed an excellent engine for a 38-year-old. He managed to negate his height disadvantage and get into range well to launch sharp aggressive clusters. Speight, a wily and experienced campaigner himself, tried to pick Birmingham off as he came in but the former footballer exhibited excellent defensive head movement.