“In my opinion, I thought Bart won the fight. You couldn’t street fight him, you had to box him and Ryan did.”īoth Bart Zukowski and Abe Dyck suffered losses, but close ones at that. I told him to just stay on his back foot and not get on the guy’s chest. He (Harkness) is a southpaw and is pretty hard to hit and is elusive. He switched up his strategy and started boxing off his back foot. He showed a lot of maturity in the ring, switching his strategy properly after a tough first round to come back in the second and third,” said Mills. It was Ryan Harkness’ first amateur bout as well, although he showed the gumption of a wily veteran, learning as the fight wore on to will himself to victory. “Cory pretty handily beat his guy,” said trainer Joel Mills, out of Pro Performance Athletic Centre. Taber local fighters made their way to the Toefista Boxing #28 at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary, with two emerging with victories.Ĭory Matthews stepped into the ring for the first time in his first amateur fight and won a lopsided decision. From the Archives of Western Newspapers.Christmas break fast approaching for Golden Suns.Busy schedule sees plenty of Oil Kings games over past weekend.

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