Nathan Owens with trainer Keith Walker
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: Castleford’s cruiserweight prospect Nathan “The Outlaw” Owens took his pro slate to 2- 0 (1 KO) on Wayne Carmichael’s well attended dinner show in Bradford.
The 22-year-old picked up a 40 – 37 points win over Doncaster journeyman John Anthony but the score line doesn’t tell the story of the fight.
Stocky Anthony, a former Prizefighter contestant, took the fight to Owens at the opening bell and gave the young hopeful a few things to think about.
However, by the middle of round two Owens had found his rhythm. He’d step forwards behind his jab and then push out a solid right cross before swatting away Anthony’s responses with his gloves.
Anthony, now 7 – 22 – 1 (5 KOs), dug in a couple of decent body shots in the third but by then Owens was thoroughly in command. A flush left as Anthony backed off and a big right to the jaw in the fourth were the punches of the bout from the Castleford man.
One local cruiserweight which didn’t fair so well was Batley’s punching solicitor Zahid Kahut.
The 6ft 6ins southpaw was too easy a target for Darlington’s Carl Wilson whose clean punching ended things one minute into the fourth round.
Kahut, 36, made a decent fight of it but, as Ian Darke once pointed out, he’s the solicitor with no defence and Wilson stung him too easily with wide arching hooks in each of the sessions.
The Yorkshireman’s best round was probably the second as he landed a couple of hefty crosses on the incoming Wilson but he could never add extra sauce to his attacks and with his head bobbing high in the air it was only a matter of time before the visitor got him back with interest.
A solid right to the jaw staggered Kahut into the ropes and when another shot landed in the same unprotected space, the giant lefty collapsed onto his back. Referee Michael Alexander tolled the count and although Kahut somehow managed to get up before it reached ten it was clear he couldn’t continue.
For Wilson, it was the third time in as many fights that he had travelled to Yorkshire and scored an upset.
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After the heartbreak of losing his first two professional contests, Halifax’s popular Shuzzy Hussain finally got into winning ways when he outworked Scotsman Kenny Davidson over six-twos.
There were a couple of even rounds as both men got off blows but in the second half of the fight Hussain’s superior strength and fitness shone through.
A jab to the body followed by a right hand close to the end of round three was particularly eye-catching from the Halifax-native and he continued to find the target without having to take much in return until the final bell.
Mr Alexander, who officiated all evening, score it 59 – 56.
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