TAUNTON’S Pawel Ausgustynik returns to the ring on Friday, June 8 against Sebastian Slusarczyk at Bristol’s Ashton Gate, writes Marc Gatford.

The 22-year-old has defeated all six of his opponents in a punch-perfect start to a promising career and now takes on a fellow unbeaten fighter. 

Augustynik said: “Knowing they’ve never tasted defeat keeps me motivated.

“Someone who has never lost will have confidence because they don’t know how to lose.”

Last time out, Pole Augustynik improved his record to 6-0 and dropped Kamil Al Temimi with a body shot that was felt around ringside.

He said: “Going to the body is something I work on and is causing fighters problems - it’s definitely one of my strengths.

“We are working on a few other things from my last bout - the plan is to keep listening to my coaches and keep making improvements.”

“At this stage I’m building towards my fight night fitness and sharpness - last week I was sparring six rounds and next week it will be eight.”

The light heavyweight’s management is allowing him time to make the adjustment from amateur to professional, scheduling his bouts for four rounds.

But the Pole is hoping he’ll be step up soon, saying: “Fighting over a longer duration will suit my style.

“Sometimes four rounds aren’t enough to get these guys out of there.”

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DANIEL Aggett, representing Taunton ABC, won his third ABA bout in as many weeks on Saturday night. 

It was a rematch against Leighton Leakey, of Bristol pro/am boxing club Paddy Johns, whom Aggett had unanimously beaten two weeks earlier. 

This time, however, Leakey had well-known professional boxer and European title challenger Joe Hughes working his corner. 

From the first bell it was obvious Leakey and his team had devised tactics to try and foil Aggett’s notoriously accurate counter-punching and it was simple - don’t rush in.

This made for a much more tactical fight before when Aggett easily picked off the forever advancing Leakey. With both boxers working cautiously behind the jab and the odd right cross it was Aggett who was the sharper puncher and managed to land the better blows to take the first round. 

In round two, Leakey tried to stick to his tactics but Aggett was still beating him to the jab.

As the round went on, you got the feeling Leakey knew he was slipping behind so his work got more desperate and wild, allowing Aggett to seamlessly get into his counter-punching mode and landing eye-catching snappy shots to take round two.

The third stanza saw Leakey working a good jab to try and get into range and he had a lot more success in round three in a very even round of boxing. 

When it went to the judges’ scorecards, Aggett was announced as the winner by a majority decision. 

Taunton ABC coach Mark Glanville said: “I was very impressed with Leakey’s improved performance from two weeks prior, however, Dan still had too much for him and took a well-deserved victory.

“It was a fantastic contest.”