The Amazing Spider-man, Craig Richards
Shakan Pitters down twice as Craig Richards wins British light-heavyweight title
IN THE last British title bout of what has been a trying 2020 the Lonsdale Belt changed hands on this Hennessy Sports promotion in Redditch, Crystal Palace light-heavyweight
Craig “Spider” Richards, despite conceding both height and reach to Birmingham’s previously unbeaten
Shakan Pitters securing an inside the distance win and returning to South London victorious.
With neither boxer particularly wanting to commit in the tentative early stages and having conceded a little ground to the Londoner in the previous round Pitters had made a better start to the fourth but then found himself on the canvas, initially rocked by an overhand right and then sent sprawling by a right cross whilst in the act of throwing a shot himself he had to hang in for the remainder of the session and after making it through to the bell one wondered if Craig might just have let slip an opportunity.