Cracking show, the boxers from Carlisle were looking good, nice style and technique but both got caught, just the way it goes sometimes but look good prospects for the future.
Judging was very consistent 16 bouts 15 of which were unanimous decisions round for round same points, the only split was the final bout Muller v Paquette which was very close, the 2 other judges went Mullers way by 1 point for his kicking to the body. I personally went Davids way by 1 point although he was challenging for the world title i feel he did just enough to take it from the champion with him being on the front foot in the later rounds and the French boxer looking tired. The deciding factor for me was Davids superior strength and workrate in the clinch, there were a lot of knees going in to the legs but the ones he landed to the body were clean and i think hurt Muller and upset his game. Muller managed to sweep davids legs away a few times but david did the same in return. A few more body kicks blocked by Paquette or stronger Clinchwork / more stamina from Muller would have made the bout a lot cleaner cut. Definitely a huge amount of work has been done by David whos clinchwork seems to have improved 10fold from what it was on the contender and looked to have much better balance and strength. Nice atmosphere and thank you to Sean for looking after us. There were a few other highlights some big punch KO's and Troy was sporting a nice 1970s porno tash. Good to catch up with Diablo boys, Mish is such a nice lad, also saw Kieran K there, and Dan Green in the same building so even though they look so alike they are not actually the same person. ;-)