To the left for Akash Tuqir in Euros bow
Hadley's Akash Tuqir is back in European Youth Championships action on Wednesday after a stunning first round stoppage.
Akash tuqir wins his first fight in the Eubc today with cracking uppercut to the body
Posted by Merridale ABA Boxing Club on Sunday, November 22, 2015
The 17-year-old is part of the England team competing in Poland this week for the 25th anniversary of the annual tournament, writes Craig Birch.
A total of 266 boxers from 37 countries are gunning for glory inside Kolobrzeg's Hala Millennium Arena over a total of eight days.
Tuqir made a sudden impact at 52kg, the slick southpaw utilising his trademark left hand to make short work of his opening opponent yesterday.
The teenager, who fights out of Merridale Boxing Club in Wolverhampton, came flying out of the blocks in his Euros debut for England.
Fast hands and feet opened up the body of Spain's Jose Brotons Quiles, who sunk to his knees after a sweet uppercut landed below the ribs.
He was counted out, sending Tuqir through in style to take on Slovakia's Filip Meszaros in a quarter-final, after 16 entered at the weight.
The determined Tuqir has vowed to seize an opportunity that has been five years in the making, after losing four national finals at club level.
He's fell at the last hurdle in two schoolboys, junior and this year's youth final but has been to the medal table representing his country, against the other British nations.
He was just 12 when he won Tri-Nations gold as a schoolboy, while he also took bronze at the Youth Three Nations in April.
