Golden glory for Oldham boxing hopeful Kyle

Oldham Boxing's Marine, Kyle Tullin, has reached another milestone in his already successful career.

In defeating his Scottish and Welsh peers, he captured the gold medal at the GB Tri Nations Tournament just outside Edinburgh, Scotland.

Heading into the tournament as the least experienced boxer out of the quartet of fighters, he was not many people's favourite to lift the the title.

However, everyone who knows Kyle, regardless of the obstacles put his way, he will find a strategy to overcome whatever is in front of him - he refuses to lose!

In his semi-final contest, he faced the Scottish champion Alex Arthur Junior, the son of former World Champion Alex Arthur, who also trains him.

To make the situation even more daunting, Arthur operated out of a southpaw stance, this being the first time Tullin had faced such an opponent.

Again the Oldham boxer demonstrated that he could find a way to win whatever, and subsequently delivered a 4-1 decision over the Scottish favourite

The following day he faced the Welsh champion Cole Harris, an opponent who relies on throwing relentless heavy punches to overwhelm his opponents.

However, this approach would not work with a boxer schooled in the 'Oldham philosophy' of elusive footwork and counterpunching.

This was more like a Spanish bullfight with Tullin being the Matador!

His opponent, to his credit, took a one-sided beating until his corner threw in the towel in the third round and Tullin became the GB Champion at 80kg.

Tullin's story of how he got to this point is a remarkable one, to say the least - the full story will be saved for another day.

But he only returned to boxing six months ago after a two-year break in which he became a Royal Marine.

This is a testament to Tullin's never-lose mentality which was initially instilled at the Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre. a place where he also developed the boxing skills he currently possesses, firstly winning a NW title as youth and taking part in a Boxing tour of Ghana finally becoming a Marine added further to both his mental and physical fitness.

The Oldham boxer has reached many milestones in his fledgling career, with the next one being to progress from the England team to the GB team.

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