Boxing coach Archie Durie hailed his 30th home show as the best event ever, as a capacity crowd enjoyed a night of entertainment at Hampden Park on Saturday.Of the 20 Durie’s Boxing Club fighters taking part in the evening at the national stadium’s Lomond Suite, seven made their debut.Rutherglen fighter Gary Wilson, 11, beat Aaron Wards of Argo BC in a 39kgs fight, the judges scoring an unanimous 5-0 decision in favour of the Durie’s boxer, with both youngsters making their debut.Kayla Lynch, 12, from Castlemilk, won every round and forced a standing eight-count on Inverness’ Maria Cameron in their 41kgs bout.Winning by unanimous decision, Kayla was also voted best home boxer by the judges on the night.Another convincing win was recorded by Cambuslang 15-year-old Rehan Farid, who beat Jayden Sanjeet of Edinburgh’s McTaggart and Scott by unanimous decision.Franky Manson, 14, from Castlemilk, won his 54kg fight by unanimous decision.Duries’ first defeat of the evening came when Edinburgh boxer Lachlan Ross of Royal ABC fought back to beat Cambuslang’s Michael McMillan in their 54kg fight by taking rounds two and three, after the home fighter had started well.Lucas Ewan, 13, from Castlemilk, got the night back on track with a close-fought 3-2 split decision against Dundee’s Lochee BC fighter Oliver Jackson.Jamie Durie lost his 62kg fight against North Glasgow BC’s Talha Talha by unanimous decision, having been also deducted a point for holding late in the third round.Five others were involved in skills bouts in front of the capacity 360 crowd.The first two skills bouts were between 10-year-old Danyal Khan and Adam Khan, who is 11; and Mohamadean Khan, 10, and 12-year-old Josh McSorley.Castlemilk lad Ross McNeil came up

Rutherglen boxing coach hails 'best ever event' at Hampden show

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