THREE Bradford boxers narrowly missed out on last four places in their respective weight classes at the England Boxing National Championships.

Former Bradford (Park Avenue) and Halifax Town footballer Peter Naylor, who spoke about how he had gone from serving jail time to becoming a champion boxer in Saturday's Telegraph & Argus, dropped a split decision in the quarters.

Yorkshire Champion Naylor, of Rourkey's Gym in West Bowling, was beaten by George Howden (Linacre Lane) in the Under 92kg category on Saturday at the University of East London’s SportsDock.

Meanwhile, Karmand Centre's Bilal Siddique lost on a split decision at the same stage in the Under 48kg class to Reece Redshaw from the Phil Thomas School of Boxing in Middlesbrough.

Another Rourkey's fighter also missed out on the semi-finals. Billy Hughes was defeated on a split by Jordan Shaw from the Army at the Under 67kg weight.