{"id":128608,"date":"2025-09-08T21:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128608\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:22:13","slug":"odel-kamara-and-callum-makin-move-one-step-closer-to-world-boxing-championships-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128608\/","title":{"rendered":"Odel Kamara and Callum Makin move one step closer to World Boxing Championships glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connor O’Neill reports affter Odel Kamara and Callum Makin returned to action in the World Boxing Championships\"OdelOdel Kamara after he beat Kuwardeep Manu<\/p>\n

Odel Kamara and Callum Makin both delivered statement performances as they advanced into the quarter-finals of the World Boxing Championships. Kamara got his tournament up and running on Saturday afternoon<\/a> as he beat Shpetim Bajoku of Kosovo in his 70kg round of 32 contest.<\/p>\n

The Salisbury ABC <\/a>man is being tipped by many to claim gold after winning gold and silver at his two most recent international competitions and he again showed his class here. The 21-year-old made a blistering start to the contest, scoring a knockdown inside the opening 30 seconds of the fight.<\/p>\n

To his credit, Kuwardeep Manu of Canada rose to his feet quickly to beat the count.<\/p>\n

But the knockdown set the tone for the rest of the fight, as Kamara used his fast hands and smart footwork to keep up the pressure.<\/p>\n

The final scorecards had Kamara winning 30-26 on two and 30-27 on the other three.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like a little fast start,\u201d the 21-year-old said, laughing. \u201cIt gets the ball rolling and after I put him down, I just thought box him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I could beat him as soon as I got a feel for him. I just thought play it safe, don\u2019t get no cuts, no bruises and I\u2019ll be ready for the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kamara will face Byambaerdene Otgonbaatar of Mongolia in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, and even though he is one bout away from securing a medal, he only has one thing on his mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only medal I am bothered about is the gold medal,\u201d he said. \u201cJust one fight at a time and I will get that gold medal eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, a couple of hours later, it was Makin’s turn to take to the ring as he took on Michal Jarlinski of Poland.<\/p>\n

The Rotunda ABC<\/a> man started the 75kg fight on the front foot, with the landing of a huge right being greeted by huge cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n

Among the crowd ringside were brothers Paul Smith, Callum Smith and Stephen Smith, with Chantelle Cameron joining them.<\/p>\n

They watched three rounds that ebbed and flowed, but in the end, it was Makin who got the nod via split decision.<\/p>\n

Three judges scored the contest 29-28 in favour of Makin, with the other two believing Jarlinski won the fight by the same score.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very physical, good on the inside and was applying pressure all the time,\u201d Makin told the ECHO<\/a> after the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I had to dig deep if I was going to win and that is what I did. I am happy. I could hear my supporters screaming and shouting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was Paul Smith who shouted to me to let my left-hand go a bit more, I did and it worked well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor O’Neill reports affter Odel Kamara and Callum Makin returned to action in the World Boxing ChampionshipsOdel Kamara…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-128608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}