Three wins from three fights for the three young fighters representing the Kaeo Boxing Club at the Supercity Boxing Gym tournament in Manukau last Saturday was an impressive result for their trainer Rusty Porter.
Porter was pleased with the 100 per cent strike rate from his three proteges, all Kerikeri High School students, at the event which hosted 19 bouts featuring fighters from clubs from around Auckland, as far south as Napier and as far north as Kaeo.
First up for the (Waipapa-based) Kaeo club in the third bout was novice Kyle Chen (13 years old, 69kg) up against fellow novice Caleb Glew from School of Boxing in West Auckland (15, 69kg).
"Although Caleb was older, Kyle was a lot fitter and used this to his advantage by changing angles and punishing Caleb with hard straight punches to [eventually] win by a unanimous points decision."
Next out for Kaeo in bout 14 was the experienced Blake Hodges, also of Kerikeri (16, 70kg), up against Hayden Lewis of TKO Boxing Gym from Tauranga (19, 75kg). Porter admitted to being a tad concerned as Lewis was heavier and older.