As we get ever closer to the new Norman division, we look with some fondness at what will likely be the last contenders' list from London and York to include many of the top boxers. From January on, those two clubs will be primarily for youngsters to show their stuff and so-so boxers to battle each other for the honors of being the most +so and the least -so. London stayed pretty clean during the last four months (other than the changing of hands at the top) but York saw 4 newcomers into the Top 10. Also, Scottish boxers continue to wow fans with brutal but quick bouts. We are told that Edinburgh Castle has taken to adding a dance festivale after its boxing matches because they are so short.
London
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Dean Millege 9-3-1 (4) def. Aaron Goodier 5-2-0 (4) by decision
Brains overpower brawn in this... well, it was not a thriller of a contest, to say the least. Millege won the first 4 rounds, ran away from Goodier for the rest of the fight, and just eked out a victory because referee Basington Basilhstipe scored the final round even.
Leo Ayling 9-4-0 (6) def. Chris Hawking 2-6-0 by KO(4)
Hawking was in this one, actually, which is probably why he chose not to cover up when Ayling started to pound him. Let this be a lesson to us all! Better to give up one rounde than to lay on one's back at the end of a fight.
Brad Sewell 10-1-0 (7) def. Ron Strode 3-3-0 (2) by KO(7)
Welcome to London, Mister Strode. We promise things will get easier as it goes along. For one thing, Mister Sewell does not figure to fight much in the City league for too much longer.
Scotland
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Craig MacLaine 5-1-0 (4) def. Fraser MacCallum 1-5-0 by TKO(3)
You could schedule a Highlander match for 1 round and it would probably end inside the distance. And somebody would have been knocked down 3 times during that period.
Marc Ogilvie 8-0-0 (6) def. Kian Ainslie 0-8-0 by KO(4)
The Scots like their fights like they like their women: short and dirty. Also red-headed.
Christopher Erskine 12-0-0 (7) def. Joshua Foulis 0-8-0 by KO(1)
Why was this fight even scheduled? Oh yes. The Scots like to see people get hurt. We forgot.
Wales
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Jay Tuck 3-1-2 (1) def. Iestyn Akers 4-1-1 (3) by KO(1)
The first ever match between two Welshmen ends quite quickly.
York
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Aselnodus Tatchell 2-4-0 (1) def. Aelgarus Rider 1-4-1 by KO(3)
Tatchell sends Rider to the ground over and over again. He did not look well against the foreigners and the bears but perhaps this is a sign he is better than that. Or else it is a sign that Rider is really, really bad.
Eawa Peasnell 4-3-0 (4) def. Fisherman Shrimpton 3-4-0 (2) by TKO (4)
Has anyone else noticed that blood looks a lot like claret? We mean, it doesn't taste similar at all. But it looks a lot the same and this bout was a regular claret-bath. Not that we have ever indulged in a claret-bath. That is for the Kinge and the Kinge alone.
Tondhere Mailes 8-2-0 (6) def. Highwayman Waylen 5-7-0 (5) by TKO(6)
Waylen won all the rounds that he didn't spend time on the ground. All two of them.
Coelmund Withy 9-4-0 (5) def. Puddington Frankham 5-7-0 (3) by KO(1)
By our sundial, it took Withy under a minute to dispatch Frankham. That's saying something in these winter months, where the minutes are shorter.
Axegrinden Brown 14-2-0 (9) def. Fatman Chubb 5-7-0 (3) by TKO(6)
This may well be Brown's final title defense, as the Norman Division opens in January and Axegrinden plans on going there.
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London W L D KO Last
C. Fraser Purdy 6 8 0 2 11
1. Spencer Sefton 12 3 2 6 1
2. Finlay Walby 10 2 0 4 2
3. Brad Sewell 10 1 0 7 3
4. Leo Ayling 9 4 0 6 4
5. Dermot Quenby 3 8 0 1 5
6. Dean Milledge 9 3 1 3 8
7. Ian Coggan 7 2 0 5 7
8. Sebastian Turberville 6 4 2 6 6
9. Howard Smith 8 2 0 4 9
10. Crazy Harry Miskin 8 6 0 5 Champ
Scotland W L D KO Last
C. Christopher Erskine 12 0 0 7 Champ
1. Cameron Matheson 5 6 0 2 4
2. Taylor MacCloy 7 3 0 4 2
3. Calum Ring 2 7 0 1 3
4. Kieran Fairlie 6 3 1 3 5
5. Marc Ogilvie 8 0 0 5 15
York W L D KO Last
C. Axegrinden Brown 14 2 0 9 1
1. Archer Rebow 12 3 0 6 Champ
2. Beostar Marsland 9 2 1 7 2
3. Coelmund Withy 9 4 0 5 2
4. Hrothgar Workman 8 6 2 4 12
5. Ethelstamp Woodger 6 5 0 2 8
6. Ealhmund Sproston 8 1 0 4 18
7. Ethelbal Alty 5 7 1 2 7
8. Fatman Chubb 5 7 0 3 9
9. Gael Tunstal 4 3 0 2 20
10. Tondhere Mailes 8 2 0 6 13