“KNIVES Down, Gloves Up.” The message was clear, displayed on the front of the T-shirts the boxers and coaches wore. Crawley put on 16 bouts as boxing aimed to punch out knife crime.
Hayden Bulloch became a Southern Counties 75kgs titlist after beating Eastbourne’s Omid Riouf by unanimous decision. Bulloch controlled the action with many unpredictable combinations.
Crawley’s Thomas Jordan might have had a slightly peculiar choice of entrance music but he really did ‘let it go’ in the ring as he made his way through a grudge match with Brighton and Hove’s Saif Timouki. After Jordan was handed a count in the first round, he bounced back to win a split.