New English senior champion Muhammad Ali
KEIGHLEY'S Muhammad Ali has won his first national senior title after winning the 52kg crown in the England Boxing Elite Championships.
The 18-year-old, who is a graduate from Bradford College's elite boxing programme, beat Blane Hyland of Salisbury on a unanimous points decision in today's final at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
The Bury Amateur Boxing Club member lived up to his No 1 seeding, having beaten Louis Lynn in the semi-final, also by a unanimous verdict.
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