THREE eastern youth boxers battled their way to the brink of British title glory – and a possible Commonwealth youth games place in Poona, India, in October – by winning their way to tonight's finals at Portobello Town Hall.
Gilmerton flyweight Josh Taylor survived a rocky first round against Ashley Williams to subject the Welsh boxer to some furious jabs and hooks so impressively winning by 12-7.
Taylor now clashes in tonight's 51kgs 1991 class final with Englis
h counterpuncher, James Dickens.
But the eastern boxer with the toughest task on his hands was Leith Victoria light-welterweight, Sandy Forsyth – thanks to the chronic serial fouling of his Welsh opponent Dougie Price.
By the third round, the referee had already warned Price for a whole catalogue of rules infractions. By the fourth and final round, the referee lost patience with the Welshman and imposed two back-to-back public warnings for illegal holding and wrestling.
Incredibly, judges only saw Leith Vics ace Forsyth – who now faces England's Joe Hughes in the final – a single-point winner by 11-10.
In the 1991 class light-welterweight semi-final, Fauldhouse light-welterweight Robbie McKie beat England's Jack Kerr by 13-9 to book a final place against Welsh stylist Dale Evans.
• EDINBURGH pro super-middleweight Kenny Anderson will now face Ghanian Adalayo Power at Birmingham's Aston Villa Leisure Centre, on July 19.
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