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Five Golds in Oceania
The Australian boxers collected five Gold medals and three Silvers in the finals of the Oceania Championships in Apia, Samoa on Saturday night.
FINALS. 51kg - Jimmy Ceapa Gold, defeated PNG rsc rd 4, his second short-cut win.
54kg - Luke Boyd Gold, defeated Samoa rsc o/s rd 2
57kg - Paul Fleming Silver, lost to Samoa 24-18
60kg - Will Tomlinson Gold, defeated Samoa 32-17
64kg - Todd Kidd Silver, lost to Samoa after sustaining a blood injury in rd 3
75kg - Jarrod Fletcher Gold, defeated New Zealand rsc o/s rd 3. Fletch won on the whistle over Jameson Belt holder, Nate McEwen. In the semi-final Fletch tipped out #2 Kiwi, Kahu Bentson.
91kg - Brad Pitt Gold, defeated Fiji rsc rd 1.
91+kg - Daniel Beahan Silver, lost to New Zealand 32-28. Ezakai Maama was seven points down entering the fourth round but stormed to 32-15 over Beahan
Our welterweight, Gerard O’Mahony lost 9-11 to Joe Blackbourn, the defending Oceania champ, on day 2. Blackbourn beat Hugo Fata of Samoa 27-3 in the 69kg final.
Steve Sutherland oiur 48kg rep was debarred from contesting the title – Steve’s under 17 - but he won two bouts against locals.
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