Beeston boxing promoter Tristan Haynes is confident that those attending will be entertained and enthralled by the main event on his show at Leeds Anglers Club on Saturday 14 September 2024 as local Leeds lad Kalem Pickles boxes Castleford’s Alex Evans for the Haynes Promotion’s light heavyweight title belt.
“I’m excited to be on the main event,” said Pickles. “Boxing on Tristan’s shows gives me the chance to gain valuable experience against tough, experienced opponents like Alex. I was six when my dad first took me to a boxing club, and I instantly fell in love with the sport. There’s nothing that I dislike as boxing teaches discipline and improves self-confidence. Next year I plan to begin my journey through England Boxing’s amateurs and aim to become a professional boxer when I’m twenty-one.”
At twenty-four Evans is five years older than Pickles.
“I’ve been training and competing for about four years. It’s a hobby. It keeps me fit and I’ve developed lots of friends at the gym and on the circuit. I’m looking forward to the fight getting my weight down for it and then everyone enjoying the show. Boxing totally clears my head and it’s great in every way.”
Nineteen-year-old roofer Owen Ineson from Middleton has trained under Haynes at his MSA gym in Beeston for about eighteen months.
“I love it,” said Ineson. “I started out to improve myself mentally and physically. I was immediately made to feel part of the Haynes boxing team family and learning from the lads who’ve been here longer. I’ve won my three bouts I’m also after a title belt in my bout against Ryan Taylor, who’s older and more experienced. Winning that will be a way of showing how much I appreciate the generosity of Tristan and my teammates. I never turn down a fight and am excited at where this sport could take me.”
Haynes, 31, began his shows in 2021 “to give West Yorkshire boxers a good platform to showcase developing skills locally. We have a dozen or so bouts lined up. Our promotion is about care and compassion for the boxers many of whom are going through their own struggles as they develop their boxing career.”
Haynes is proud that “we’re a team and all those fighting help organise and run up to four annual shows. The shows are boxing entertainment at its best and allow me to demonstrate just how obsessive I am in my love of boxing. We also fundraise for local people who are going through difficult times.”
This post was written by James Bovington
Photo L-R: Alex Evans, Tristan Haynes, Kalem Pickles
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