Weymouth six on bill with legends

9:18am Tuesday 1st April 2008

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FORMER world champions Alan Minter and John Conteh will be treated to seven bouts at a black tie dinner/boxing extravaganza.

The gentleman's-only showpiece, at the Hotel Rembrandt in Dorchester Road on Saturday, April 12, aims to raise cash for equpiment at Weymouth ABC.

Six Weymouth boxers will feature on the bill with two hoping to avenge defeats earlier this season.

Colum Siddons, 70kg, has a return bout with Emin Coleman after losing on a majority decision to the Taunton boxer at a Bridport show earlier this year.

Senior light heavyweight Shaun Brady (boxed three, won two) will also be looking to turn the tables on Gary Connolly from Bournemouth after losing on a majority decision last time.

Toby Osmond (junior, 45kg, boxed six, won five) is matched with Fax McVey from Salisbury while Toby's older brother Jason (junior, 66kg, boxed seven, won four) will face CJ Rogers from Waterside ABC in Southampton.

Jon Jo Look (junior, 70kg, boxed four, won three) will box Jack Gough from Bristol and senior lightweight Mo Khan will take on Jack Nash, also from Bristol.

Oakmead boxer John Ham-merston will face Francis Lynn from Taunton in the other bout of the evening.

After the action British boxing legends Minter and Conteh will invite the audience to a question and answer session.

Fight fans will remember how Boom Boom' Minter overcame Italian stallion Vito the Mos-quito' Antuofermo to become the undisputed world middleweight champion in Las Vegas 27 years ago.

They can also reminisce with Liverpool's Conteh, who in 1974 at the age of 23, became the first British boxer to hold the WBC World Light Heavy-weight Championship for a quarter of a century after beating Argentinian Jorge Ahu-mada after 15 gruelling rounds at Wembley.

Weymouth ABC secretary Henry Bowring said: "This is a one-off prestigious gentlemen's-only black tie event that will feature a first-class four-course meal and seven bouts.

"We have fabulous raffle prizes that include a quality laptop computer, a 42-inch digital television, a day out at Thrux-ton in a Lamborghini and a weekend for two in Paris, with air fares included."

Tickets, at £120, are still available by contacting club chairman David Nelmes on 01305 812748 (07899925316 mobile) or Jason House on 01305 812016 (07875492660 mobile).