Hinterland boxing coming to Mooloolaba

THE Hinterland Boxing Club has a huge fight night coming up on October 7 at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club, featuring headliner boxer and club favourite Dana Coolwell, along with stablemates Liam Pope, Tyler Blizzard and Joel Walsh.

There will also be a corporate bout between Beerwah Bulldogs A Grade halfback Mathew Kidd and the Maroochydore Swans A Grade halfback from last year’s team.

Dana Coolwell will be headlining the fight card, fighting for the IBF Pan Pacific Featherweight Title against Angelo Beltran, who has won eight out of nine fights, six of which have been KOs.

“This fight isn’t going to be any different to Dana’s last fight, we’ve got a south paw Pilipino who has fought to get where he is and he’s got power,” Dana’s coach and Hinterland Boxing Club owner, Steve, said.

“This is a risky and big fight, but a fight in the right direction and when he does win this fight it’s going to put him in the top 10 or 15 in the world and will be 12 months away from a world title shot.”

Liam Pope is heading into his next bout following his Australian Featherweight title win in June against Nestor Bolum.

Pope will be facing up against Jack Tresidder, a super bantam weight from Newcastle who has won two of his three bouts so far, and Liam’s coach Steve said the fight would put him in the right direction.

“He’s going for a regional title, the Australasian Super Bantam weight title, he’s going back down a weight division, if he wins this fight and if we have a few more development fights he’ll be knocking on the door for a regional strap in one of the other sanctioning bodies also,” he said.

Tyler Blizzard will be fighting for the Australian Super Bantam