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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />
Teen boxer earns accolades after win<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
PROMISING teenage boxer<br />
Bobby Brown outfought a<br />
two-time national champion<br />
to claim his weight division at<br />
the Australian Golden Gloves<br />
in Brisbane and be crowned<br />
the best male fighter in his age<br />
group.<br />
The 14-year-old Christchurch<br />
Boys’ High School student<br />
returned home last week with<br />
the boys cadet under 57kg open<br />
grade gold medal after ending<br />
Queenslander Chaise Courtney’s<br />
15-bout unbeaten run via split<br />
decision.<br />
“He had two really, really<br />
close rounds (in the Brisbane<br />
final) and then he pulled it<br />
together and he took the last<br />
round clean,” said coach Holly<br />
Sullivan.<br />
Brown, who is targeting the<br />
2026 Summer Youth Olympics<br />
in Dakar, Senegal, swayed the<br />
judges with his superior speed,<br />
fitness and technique.<br />
Sullivan was also impressed<br />
as a member of the Woolston<br />
Boxing Club’s original youth<br />
intake in 2<strong>01</strong>6 continues to<br />
develop.<br />
“He started fighting at 32kg<br />
or something silly,” she said,<br />
expanding on the long-term<br />
goal.<br />
“The Youth Olympics is the<br />
pathway and the goal we’re<br />
trying to put him towards. We<br />
want to keep pushing at New<br />
Zealand Boxing saying: ‘This kid<br />
is keen’.”<br />
Brown has a 13-win 7-loss<br />
record and graduates from cadet<br />
to junior class next year.<br />
He then spends two years as a<br />
junior before fighting as a youth.<br />
“His losses have all been<br />
against juniors or heavier<br />
opponents generally, he’s been<br />
stepping up a lot,” Sullivan said.<br />
Brown is now preparing to<br />
BRIGHT<br />
FUTURE:<br />
Promising<br />
Christchurch<br />
boxer Bobby<br />
Brown was<br />
named the best<br />
male under-15<br />
fighter at the<br />
Australian<br />
Golden Gloves<br />
tournament<br />
in Brisbane.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
QUEENSLAND<br />
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month’s New Zealand amateur<br />
national championships in<br />
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