Jordan Ellison has done it again by going on the road and upsetting the hometown hero.
The 22-year-old won the British Promoters Challenge belt with a magnificent triumph over Luke Gibb in Maidstone.
Previously unbeaten Kent prospect Gibb had started as the hot favourite, only to be outclassed and outfought by the relentless Ellison, who was a deserved 78-74 victor for referee Lee Avery.
It was the SIXTH occasion the Gus Robinson Developments has travelled away and defeated either an unbeaten boxer or a home-town ticket-seller. Or both!
Ellison floored the Sidcup boxer in the first and controlled matters pretty much all the way to the final bell at Maidstone Leisure Centre.
“I’ve said it before, but there is no-one in British boxing like Jordan,” said Gus Robinson Developments head coach Peter Cope. “He always goes away to win and he deserved it.
“I believe Jordan can beat anyone English level and under. Maybe not the TV kids or those at British level, but he is very good.
“He’s back to the sort of form he showed when he beat the unbeaten American kid [Jacob Wooley] in Hull at this time last year.”
Ellison had sparred British champions Lewis Ritson and Tommy Ward in the build-up to his big awayday and that clearly paid off because he was out the blocks like Justin Gatlin.
The Seaham boxer rocked Gibb in the opening exchanges, flooring the former international towards the end of the opener.
Gibb got up and made it through the round and had a decent second, but Ellison was soon back in charge, using both hands with great accuracy and ferocity.
The former Northern Area title challenger dominated the third, fourth and fifth rounds and while Gibb was more competitive in the sixth, Jordan refused to let things slip.
“If this had been back in the North-East it could have ended 80-72 but the scoreline was about right,” added Cope. “Luke landed a good right in the seventh, but Jordan wasn’t hurt.
“It was a great performance.”
Words: Roy Kelly
