Inverell is sending some of its best boxers best to the Kingscliff Charity Fight Night on Saturday night.
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Locals Charles Boney, Blake Krauss, Darren Finn and John Berger will climb into the ring in front of a sell-out crowd in support of the Cabarita Youth Service. Boxers from five states are on the card.
Krauss and Boney took their talent down to Gunnedah last weekend where Krauss found a second win to remain undefeated, and Boney had a tougher time.
Both said the competition was fierce. The event was hosted by Black and Blue Boxing Gym in memory of local Dan Durham, so the local talent had an emotional stake in the event.
Krauss said he was busy warming up so when he hit the ring, he didn’t expect Gunnedah’s Shawn Hanslow to come out with so much energy.
“Once that bell rang for the first round, I kind of thought, ‘I’ll come in here easy and figure out what he’s like’, but he didn’t really give me a chance; he just come straight for me and started swinging,” Krauss said.
He said it put him off his game, and it took him a few minutes to regain his rhythm.
It was a bit of a battle for the first two rounds, and yeah, then I started picking me punches a bit more, and got a bit more distance,” he said.
Krauss faces Kingscliff fighter Josh Frederiksen at Kingscliff for the NSW State Light Heavy Weight title in Kingscliff’s main event.
Finn has no illusions about his adversary for the Interstate Masters Light Heavy Weight title, Darrel Lebourne.
“He beat me last time. He’s very handy, his work rate’s absolutely insane,” Finn said and admitted he’ll be a little nervous.
“Especially since he’s beat me, it’s with the same judges, the same referee, same title at the same venue. He’s on a 45-win streak.”
Boney felt he would walk into the ring against Caboolture fighter Tre Kennedy with confidence on Saturday. He said he knew he was having an off night last weekend, and missed his timing against boxer Stewart Macbeth.
The Inverell welter weight stands at a career 5-4 and an Aussie championship as a junior middleweight. Boney said Gunnedah helped him regain confidence and focus.
“It did. It helped heaps I reckon, because now I know what I need to work on.”