AMATEURSCENE
John Dennen RINGSIDE
THE GB championships proved to be a superb night of boxing at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Thursday (December 5). With a lighting rig, entrance music and atmosphere normally reserved for professional events, the contests themselves were all fought with ferocity and genuine determination. The tournament pitted contenders from the Home Nations against GB representatives with an alluring prize on offer - a trial with the Olympic squad for any victors not already on the British team. That incentive must have contributed to intensity on display. The competitors all wanted to win, and it showed.