By LIAM TWOMEY
THERE were major celebrations at Inbalance Boxing in Werribee last month after the club had four athletes win Victorian Titles at the State Boxing Championships.
Lightweight Taylah Gentzen, welterweights Dawn Berryman and Josh Keirl, and middleweight Don Concha completed a great tournament for both themselves and the club enroute to the impressive victories.
Head coach Darren Cowley was rapt with the performances of his competitors and said all four were worthy winners.
“It really comes down to a combination of a lot of hard work that the four of them put in over the last two or three years, and in Josh’s case four years,” he said.
“They all went really well on the day, and hopefully they can continue on from here.
“Josh was tipped to win his division and Don had won six fights in a row going into it, so he was always going to be there or thereabouts. Taylah was a bit of a surprise packet, but she has got a bit of breeding in her and is the niece of Wilf Gentzen the local boxing legend.”
With training for the new season beginning this week, Gentzen and Berryman will compete in the same division in 2013 while Keirl’s next big fight will come at the Australian Championships in February.
It will be a tough start to the year for Concha who is looking to drop a weight division in 2013.
“Don will be moved up into the Senior Men’s Open Division, but we are going to drop some weight off him,” Cowley explained.
“He plans to run the weight off over this Christmas/ New Year period.”
On the back of the most recent success, Cowley encouraged anyone interested in taking part in boxing and fitness training to contact the club via its Facebook page.
“All are welcome to come down to the club and train,” he said.
“There is no pressure to fight. If you just want to come down and learn some techniques or just train like a fighter, then they are welcome to come down.”
