IN Bunbury on Saturday night, O’Deanes Martial Arts Centre Fight Promotions hosted Fight Wars 2, a boxing and kickboxing show held to showcase talent from the South West.
Margaret River Boxing Club was represented in four out of the nine bouts held on the night.
First up for Margaret River was Adam Gianati (a local viticulture student).
Adam, a southpaw, fought in the 65kg division, and right from the start Adam outboxed and out manouevred his opponent from Bunbury.
Adam bobbed and weaved his way through his three rounds, showing the style and technique of a much more experienced boxer.
Adam easily accounted for his opponent and won his fight convincingly.
Next up for Margaret River was Hoya Pyeon (Korea and Margaret River) fighting a Malay Thai style kickboxing bout in the 67.5kg division.
With his opponent also hailing from Bunbury, Hoya’s speed, agility and explosive fighting style was too much for his opponent.
Hoya showed great composure for a first time fighter, dazzling the crowd witha series of jumping punches, spinning back fists and head high kicks.
Mark Jarret, a local security guard and viticultural worker, boxed for Margaret River in the Super Heavy Weight Class against a more experienced opponent from Bunbury.
The first round saw both fighters landing some telling blows with Mark having to withstand a barrage of body punches.
Second round Mark slowly got on top with his straight punching style, with his opponent taking more hits than Ben Cousins’ website.
Round Three was more of the same with Mark growing in stature and happy to get through his first fight with a win.
Next up was Ian Hedley fighting the Heavy Weight division.
Lining up against his much taller and much younger opponent it looked like Ian had his work cut out for him.
At 47 years of age he had the officials reaching for the record books.
Ian was on his toes for the rounds regularly getting through his opponent’s defence with six and eight punch combies which had the crowd on the edge of their seats.
Ian was well on top of his opponent, landing some good solid punches.
And with just seconds to go he copped a big right hand haymaker which broke his nose badly.
Ian wanted to finish the round but was stopped by trainer Scott Anderson.
Anderson later said his first priority is to protect his fighters.
Ian Hedley and the rest of the Margaret River boxing team thank Scott Anderson for his time and commitment to the club.
Margaret River Boxing Club’s record now stands at nine fights, one loss, which is testament to the outstanding coaching skills of Scott Anderson.
“He is a world class trainer and we are lucky to have him,” owner/operator Margaret River Boxing Club owner Ian Hedley said.
“Scott has the ability to take someone to the highest level in boxing.”