‘We just keep aiming high’ - Teenage boxer wins national title
Alfie Miller, 16, from Spartans Amateur Boxing Club in Great Yarmouth, has won a national bout. Picture: Courtesy of Spartans. - Credit: Archant
A teenager from a Great Yarmouth boxing gym has won a national title.
Alfie Miller, 16, from Spartans Amateur Boxing Club in Great Yarmouth, has won a national bout. Picture: Courtesy of Spartans. - Credit: Archant
Alfie Miller, 16, trains at Spartans Amateur Boxing Club in Great Yarmouth, where he is coached by Tony Norman.
The Ormesby boy, who attends East Norfolk Sixth Form College, was crowned champion in the class B 60kg category at the Amateur Boxing Alliance's (ABA) junior novice championships.
He defeated Jamie Hooper from Seven Hills ABC in the bout was at Hayes Working Men's Club on November 3.
Mr Norman said Alfie won the bout with a "great display of boxing and was crowned champion by a unanimous judges' decision".
Alfie Miller, 16, from Spartans Amateur Boxing Club in Great Yarmouth, has won a national bout. Picture: Courtesy of Spartans. - Credit: Archant
Alfie said he started taking boxing seriously in September last year.
"I thought I'd put my mind to it," he said.
Most Read
- 1 Landlord finds 20 rabbits abandoned at home after tenants move out
- 2 Driver caught at speeds of nearly 100mph also found to have no licence
- 3 Six arrested after Willow the dog finds 'substantial' quantity of drugs
- 4 'The best yet' - Yarmouth's celebration of wheels gearing up for return
- 5 From schools to shops: All you need to know about living in Gorleston
- 6 Mixed feelings for traders as they move into Great Yarmouth's new market
- 7 8 places where you can see fireworks for free in Norfolk for the jubilee
- 8 Father still searching six months after Pawel Martyniak went missing
- 9 Winterton beach poses as Sydney's Bondi in new movie
- 10 Revealed: Your favourite fish and chip shop in Norfolk
His reaction to winning the bout was disbelief.
"I've only been boxing for the year. It was two fights into the season and I've won a national title," he said.
Speaking of future plans, he added: "We just keep aiming high, keep fighting, keep busy, hoping the opportunities come up."
Alfie is the third boxer from Spartans, a club which opened only last year, to have won a national title.
