THE Hinterland Boxing Club has a huge fight night coming up on October 7 at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club, featuring headliner boxer and club favourite Dana Coolwell, along with stablemates Liam Pope, Tyler Blizzard and Joel Walsh.
There will also be a corporate bout between Beerwah Bulldogs A Grade halfback Mathew Kidd and the Maroochydore Swans A Grade halfback from last year’s team.
Dana Coolwell will be headlining the fight card, fighting for the IBF Pan Pacific Featherweight Title against Angelo Beltran, who has won eight out of nine fights, six of which have been KOs.
“This fight isn’t going to be any different to Dana’s last fight, we’ve got a south paw Pilipino who has fought to get where he is and he’s got power,” Dana’s coach and Hinterland Boxing Club owner, Steve, said.
“This is a risky and big fight, but a fight in the right direction and when he does win this fight it’s going to put him in the top 10 or 15 in the world and will be 12 months away from a world title shot.”
Liam Pope is heading into his next bout following his Australian Featherweight title win in June against Nestor Bolum.
Pope will be facing up against Jack Tresidder, a super bantam weight from Newcastle who has won two of his three bouts so far, and Liam’s coach Steve said the fight would put him in the right direction.
“He’s going for a regional title, the Australasian Super Bantam weight title, he’s going back down a weight division, if he wins this fight and if we have a few more development fights he’ll be knocking on the door for a regional strap in one of the other sanctioning bodies also,” he said.
Tyler Blizzard will be fighting for the Australian Super Bantam weight title against Connor Read winning three out of his four bouts, and will be Tyler’s first title fight as a professional boxer.
Blizzard is one of Steve’s newest boxers to join his club, however Steve has high hopes for the fresh boxer and can see him achieving big things.
“This will be his first title fight, we know that Tyler will work hard when he’s in there and he’s a pressure fighter, he’s big for a super bantam weight and strong,” Steve said.
“We have got plans for Tyler, we want him in the sanctioning bodies and in the same kind of place as Dana within the next 18 months, it’s all systems go for him.”
Joel Walsh debuted at Steve’s club six months ago, and this will be his second fight as a professional boxer and will face Faavesi Isaako in the ring, who has won one out of his five past bouts.
“Joel is from New South Wales and he is a fly in fly out worker so when he is home, he trains hard, he doesn’t have as much time as our other guys but he is just as dedicated,” he said.
“He isn’t fulltime because he’s got a young family and a baby coming, he is just hoping to get a few wins in the ring and a title by the end of next year when he gets his experience up.”
Capacity will be 500 at the local event, which Steve said would sell out fast due to community support.
“How good is it going to be, it’s going to be a great night especially for our club, we have a number of local corporate bouts on the fight card too,” he said.
“It’s going to be a massive night for the club and for the town, there’s only 500 tickets available so get them while you can because they will sell out fast.”