Bradford amateurs Karmand Centre suffered double trouble in the ABA finals at Barnsley.

The Barkerend club were confident of following up Gavin Smith's win at the Metrodome last year with more success.

Instead Karmand hopefuls Femi Fehintola and Terry Fletcher both finished well beaten on the wrong end of wide scorelines.

Lightweight Fehintola had a previous victory over his Manchester opponent Andy Morris on a club show and was tipped to repeat that on the big stage.

But he started sluggishly, getting caught with a hopeful left hook straight from the opening bell and left himself too much to do.

Fehintola may have been the bigger puncher but West Wythenshawe's Morris pushed him back at will and was well in front at halfway.

The third round was Fehintola's best but he still was not getting inside often enough despite the shouts from trainer Dave Cariss in his corner.

Fehintola matched Morris blow for blow in the fourth and final two minutes but it was no surprise when his opponent got the verdict by a one-sided 25-12 margin.

Fletcher was on immediately afterwards at 63.5kg light-welter against Londoner Lennie Daws - and unfortunately his bout followed a similar script to his clubmate.

Fletcher looked just as flat in the first round allowing Daws, boxing for Rosehill, to establish an early hold he never relinquished. The Karmand boxer had him briefly on the ropes but kept being drawn inside where Daws used his quick hands to rattle off point-scoring combinations.

By the last round, the effects of a fierce clash had taken its toll with both boxers struggling to move their feet. But Daws landed with a big right which had Fletcher wobbling. He survived that scare although the blow reinforced Daws' advantage and he won 28-18.

A disappointed Cariss said: "I'm proud of them both for getting to this stage but I don't really know what went wrong. They've both been looking really good in sparring but unfortunately it just didn't happen on the day. But there is always next year and we will be back."