BOXING: Monkstown Boxing Club coach delighted with Bustard’s Ulster title win
Monkstown Amateur Boxing Club added yet another champion to its ranks after Michael Bustard was crowned Ulster welterweight champion.
The 25-year-old Mossley fighter defeated Holy Trinity’s Connor Doherty (2-1) to lift the McGeough Cup in Newry on Thursday night (November 12).
A delighted Paul Johnston, who has coached Bustard for 11 years at the Cashel Drive club, told the Times: “Michael’s a dedicated trainer with a very good attitude. He’s an experienced fighter who has been in with the likes of Shane McGuigan and Conrad Cummings. He has also beaten Alfredo Meli.
“He’s a good guy inside and outside of the ring. He has just never had the luck when it came to finals. It’s a long overdue title for him.”