PHOENIX Fire held their third home event of the season to a capacity crowd at Eagle Sports and Social Club on Thursday.

The crowd enjoyed 13 contests and two skills bouts with 14 of them featuring Phoenix Boxers.

Youth Welterweights George Farrelly, 17, and Ezra McKenzie of Moss Side Fire ABC stole the show with a fantastic bout that earned both boxers an extra award for best bout of the evening.

Both boxers were fully committed and engaged in a highly skilled tussle which ebbed and flowed with both trying to gain the ascendancy throughout the bout, Farrelly came through with a split decision from the judges.

Junior boxer JJ Taylor, 56kgs and aged16, was awarded boxer of the evening for an excellent display of controlled counter attacking against tall southpaw opponent Ryan Doyle of Doncaster South ABC.

Taylor was awarded a unanimous decision from the judges.

Sam Watson, 16 56kgs, also won a unanimous decision against Joe Smith of Wildcard ABC, St.Helens.

In an excellent highly technical bout between two tall stylists, Watson kept in front throughout with excellent long range work. He too was awarded a unanimous decision.

Jack Withe, 15 66kgs, won a split points decision over Steven Powell of Anfield and North Liverpool ABC.

Powell took the first round with his aggressive high work rate, however as he tired Withe took over part way through the second round and won the third clearly to win the decision from two judges.

Youth welterweight Casey Brown, 17, won an unanimous decision against Daniel O Sullivan from Aston, Birmingham in an excellent 3x3 bout.

The visitor won a close first round with some clear quality shots, but Brown upped his work rate and quality in the second to leave the third round as the deciding round.

The Warrington boxer won the last round clearly, keeping to coaches' instructions to take a unanimous points decision.

Youth flyweight Imad Nasseb, 17, won his contest against Sharaz Amran of Burton ABC to go 2-1 up in the lads' own trilogy.

This was the clearest win of the three as the boxers had won a split decision each in previous encounters.

Nasseb won all three rounds scoring with clean attacks and countering effectively when needed to win a unanimous decision.

Luke Turner, 11, and David Ashworth, 14, both impressed in skills bouts.