Telford girl wins the title on Schools debut!

Kaur, who has just turned 14, outclassed her opponent to claim the title in style at Sheffield's English Institute of Sport on Saturday,

The Hadley Learning Community girl, who represents Merridale in Wolverhampton, only boxed competitively for the first time in February, after a series of skills bouts, and is still unbeaten.

She stepped through the ropes for an all-or-nothing affair with Jackie Birch, from St Mary's in Kent, at 43kg in Class B, for fighters born 2001.

She dominated proceedings from the off, piling on the pressure in the first round as Birch found herself overwhelmed.

Flurries of spiteful punches couldn't quite the job done that early, so she hung back and waited for openings from the second.

The right back hand was landing at will again by the third, but Birch survived to become the first to go the distance with Kaur competitively. The decision was unanimous on points.

Kaur's trainer Khalid Hussain, from Leegomery, said: "Simran is something else, she's super fit and has dedicated herself to the sport.

"She has ran three miles every morning for her training and can do 250 press ups, it's more than I am able to do!

"She's had three competitive bouts before this and stopped two girls in the first round, the other in the second. She's very strong.

"All the three judges had it 30-26 to Simran, which was as wide as it could have possibly been. It was a bit of a mis-match, really.

"I thought a few times that the referee would have handed the other girl a standing count, just to give her a chance of recovering more than anything.

"Simran has got a very bright future, she's very aggressive and hits hard."

Kaur won't be competing in the Schools Three Nations, which Wales are staging, as there's no opponents for her at the weight.

But Hussain revealed her and club-mate Kara Murray, also from Telford, will spend time with England's junior squad helping them to prepare for the European Championship.

He said: "They will be going up there for sparring, which will be great experience against top-class girls who are a couple of years older."

It was a double disappointment for Donnington Boxing Club in the same competition, as both of their lads were pipped to the post on split decisions.

First Bradley Thompson was nudged out of his 34kg Class B decider against Cameron Paul, from Bushey in Hertfordshire.

Then Carlos Stewart was sick in the ring towards the end of the first round of his bout with Jamie-Lee Davis, from Stainforth in Doncaster.

They clashed in the highest weight category of Class A (2002) at 72kg, where Stewart gamely battled on despite feeling unwell.

Coach Tristan Davies said: "It was no robbery, I thought both bouts were close, but it seems to be a toss of the coin where it goes to.

"It was awkward for Brad as they were both southpaws, he lost the first but he was much better when he stepped to the side when the other lad came in.

"He took the second, for me, but they were both tired in the third round, so were hitting and moving with his hands down.

"Carlos felt unwell but we got him back in the corner and I told him he was fighting on, which he went out and did. Fair play to him.

"With him being sick, there wasn't much of a chance the judges were going to give him the win after that, in my opinion."