Bideford’s Allcorn secures NAGBC quarter-final place with dominant victory

Bideford boxer Coby Allcorn has booked himself a place on the NAGBC quarter finals with a dominant win against John Roddy from Buckingham.

Roddy was the aggressor but Alcorn sat back and counter-punched with clean shots to nick the first round. In the second, both boxers ended up trading shots in a tighter round. A big last was needed to seal the win and Allcorn delivered with two phase attacks landing clean right crosses for the unanimous points win.

Rocky Grigg lost by the tightest of margins in his toughest bout to date against European Champion Tom Connors. Connors controlled the first round from range, demonstrating sharp footwork.

Grigg came into the fight in the second, closing the gap with sharp counter-punching forcing Connors back to the ropes. It was level going into the last and Grigg pushed forward winning the exchanges on the inside, as Connors tried to hit and run leaving it in the balance at the end. The split decision favoured Connors.

Jed Avery was top of the bill on Blue Flames show against home favourite Spencer Poole. Avery stuck to relentless pressure for three rounds but Poole just proved too tricky to pin down, as he boxed and moved to a unanimous victory.