{"id":199,"date":"2024-12-02T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/myles-tupman\/?p=199"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:04:50","slug":"fight-night-newcastle-a-round-for-round-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/myles-tupman\/2024\/12\/02\/fight-night-newcastle-a-round-for-round-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Night Newcastle: A round for round report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forty two students and twenty one fights, we were ringside to give you a punch by punch report of all the action as it happened.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A thrilling Tuesday night saw Newcastle\u2019s Student Union play host to Fight Night. Bright lights, black ties And booze drew students to the event in their hundreds, creating an electric atmosphere and an unforgettable night for fighters and spectators alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were lucky enough to get our hands on ringside tickets to the event, having a front row seat for all twenty one fights to give you a rundown of the event as it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The view from our ringside table | Photo by Myles Tupman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Proceedings kicked off at 6:30pm with the first fight going the distance, a trend we would see throughout the night. With 14oz gloves (around 4oz heavier than the usual professional standard) and headgear worn for all the fights, knockdowns were hard to come by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That didn’t make the fights any less intense. With three rounds lasting two minutes each, anyone that went the distance was in for a brutal test of skill and endurance. Something these students had been training tirelessly for in an eight week program.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The full fight night lineup | Photo by Myles Tupman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As the night progressed and the last few stragglers made their way into the crowd from outside, it became clear why this event is one of the staples of the student year. A cacophony of cheers, screams, chants and boos filled the air, each big punch landed only intensifying the audience involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bitter cross university rivalry between Newcastle and Northumbria lingered throughout. Grudge matches between fighters from the cities opposing universities created a spectacle unmatched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provocative, often times malicious chants were thrown at any fighter that didn\u2019t share a university with certain groups of the crowd. But isn\u2019t that all part of the fun?<\/p>\n\n\n

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The crowd gearing up for a fight | Photo by Lucy Cuss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Keeping track of every result as they happened, it ended an extremely even night with 11 fighters out of the red corner winning, 9 in the blue and only a single draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though all twenty one fights were packed with excitement, the general consensus was that the best performance came late into the night. In a fight that would see one of only two of the events knockouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Millward took down Andrew Loy within 40 seconds, a convincing performance that equally shocked and delighted an audience starved of a proper stoppage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite it being the second to last fight of the event, the energy in the venue had not dwindled as it seemed the organisers played into the cliche of saving the best for last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s some footage of the lead up to brutal knockout as it happened, courtesy of NUTV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n