The noise from the crowd and the look on Kyle Tessier’s face when he won the headlining rematch against Oozman Shaharu was worth the price of admission to last weekend’s Rumble at Bouchie Lake.
The night’s 16 bouts culminated in the referee stopping the contest between Kyle Tessier and Oozman Shaharu in the second round.
In their first bout, Tessier lost by decision to Oozman and he wasn’t going to let that happen again.
“After the last fight I decided I didn’t want to leave the fight up to the judges,” Tessier said.
With that resolution, Tessier started the bout with everything he had and didn’t let up until the ref stopped the match.
“I never expected Kyle to go after the win with such intensity,” coach Wally Doern said.
It was Oozman’s first loss and the win brings Tessier’s record to 3-1.
Two Rivers Boxer Patrick Brun and opponent Aden Abreaux took the bout of the night, the Kelly Mooney Award, in action filled bout which could have gone either way, drawing the bout of the night judge’s eye.
After three rounds, the decision went to Abreaux.
“They were really emptying on each other with two hands,” Doern said.
Two Rivers boxer Clark O’Flynn and his opponent Joshua Arouzo took home the Logan Reeve award for the youngest boxers of the night for a great three rounds that O’Flynn won.
“These two boys boxed quite well, putting out a great display of boxing, for beginners,” Doern said.
Jag Seegra and Kenny Lally, national medal winners from P.G.’s Inner City boxing club, beat their Albertan counterparts in competitive bouts.
Lucas Gelinas, from Two Rivers Boxing Club, took his match against Kitimat boxer Aron Lee.
Gelinas came out wild before settling down to methodically take the match in the last two rounds.
“It took him a round to settle down. At first he was throwing everything but the kitchen sink, they both were,” Doern said.
Joey McKerricher and Zack Smith fought the penultimate fight of the night.
Smith took the bout on the judges decision, which will prompt a change up for McKerricher.
“We’ve got to change his style up. Joey’s got everything it takes but he’s not using his arms,” Doern said.
Erin Dale, from Two Rivers Boxing, and Jessica Wilk were the only female boxers of the night, with Wilk taking the match in the second round.
A rematch of Randall Graham and Dan Mott was in the works, but illness required the match be put off.
