CUABC vs The Army

CUABC kicked off their 102nd Varsity campaign with a remarkable win against the army on Thursday night.

The Cambridge boys were very much in the trenches in a gutsy performance over the soldiers from Bassingbourne and Catterick Garrison.

First in was Infan Ahmed of Emmanuel against fellow Cambridge man Faisal Naseem of St John’s. Naseem came rushing out in the first round and straight into some very clever boxing by Ahmed who has improved significantly since last season. Naseem kept the pressure on for a full three rounds but Ahmed showed some much improved power and skill in keeping the short but heavy hitting Naseem off him. Despite pressure right through to the final bell the result rightly went to Ahmed.

King’s College man, Dan Lanczi-Wilson could not repeat his last success and was the victim to some great attacking boxing from his opponent. Dan showed some slick boxing skills in the first round but will need to work on his fitness to carry that off over three rounds. Cam 0 - Army 1

First bouter Ieuan Marsh from St Catherine’s College fired the crowd up in a hard fought bout. The crowd saw the meaning of determination, heart and courage and despite being shorter Marsh stayed with his man the whole fight, punching his opponent into any available corner. The bout was without doubt one of the best displays by a novice boxer at Cambridge in years and even some of the ‘Town’ boxers in the crowd started to think a little harder about their upcoming match with the Cambridge boys in January.

Cam 1 - Army 1

Will Rees continues the family tradition of boxing for Jesus College and Cambridge. This year’s club captain took a majority decision against a very slick army boxer and whilst victory almost slipped away he pulled it back in the third round to take the score to Cam 2 - Army 1.

Chris Webb was up against the heavier 2nd Lt. Rich Weston. Despite Chris’s better boxing skills, Weston’s height, reach and better fitness denied him the space and time to use them. With Weston leading the bout in every round Webb had to stand and trade with the big Army man. Weston quite rightly took the decision and drew the result to Cam 2 - Army 2

Rob Chapman brought the Cambridge supporters to their feet for the final bout and did not disappoint. The match was as brutal and as close as many had seen and only on a countback did the judges give it to the Trinity College man. With Chapman in his final year it looks as if he’s leaving nothing to chance as he approaches Varsity Selection.
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