Shannan Davey wins first main event fight on Saturday night at Bundaberg Civic Centre

Another fight – another win. Shannan Davey well and truly turned it on for his home crowd support at the Bundaberg Civic Centre on Saturday night.

The Narrabri boy currently lives in Bundaberg where he trains at the Atilla Boxing Academy under the watchful eye of coach Attila Kovacs.

Saturday’s fight night, at which Davey fought in the main event, was hosted by the Attila Boxing Academy.

The event welcomed many talented boxers from across Queensland and interstate who joined several Bundaberg competitors while a 400-strong crowd showed their support.

In that crowd were many of Davey’s family members who travelled to watch him compete.

The 21-year-old entered the ring for the 23rd and final fight of the night in which he took on experienced Gladstone boxer Rhys Evans.

The pair went head-to-head in an elite 69kg match up which was fought across three three-minute rounds.

Davey was victorious by unanimous decision as he defeated his older opponent in style to extend his record to 27-7.

Davey told The Courier that it felt special to fight and win in front of a home crowd that included his family.

“I pretty much dominated the fight, he only hit me a few times,” he said.

“I got a bit excited and chucked a heap of punches. I think I fought really well, it was one of my best performances I reckon.

“I was the main event for the tournament and it was my first main event so that was really good.

“The crowd was unreal, they all loved it.

“My family came to watch and there was a big Bundaberg crowd there too, there was about 400 people.

“It was an unreal experience to fight in front of my friends and family.”

Davey said that fighting last was a new experience which he successfully adapted to.

“I was pretty relaxed really, I surprised myself,” he said.

“I treated it like I normally would and didn’t think too much about it.

“There were nine other boxers from my team (fighting on the night) and they look up to me so I wanted to keep calm for them to help them through their own nerves.

“I stayed cool, calm and collected and I had my brother (Narrabri boxer Brendan Davey) there to help me too so it all went alright.”

After the fight, Davey’s coach Kovacs took to Facebook to congratulate the Narrabri boy for a ‘jaw-dropping’ display.

“Commonwealth Games here we come,” he added in reference to one of Davey’s goals for the sport.

Davey recently took a significant step towards that goal when he was selected into Queensland Boxing’s futures squad, chosen by National Futures Coach for Boxing Australia Jamie Pittman who previously trained both Brendan and Shannan Davey at the Central Coast.

“We go to camps as a team and if I can stay on the team and I’m still on it next year there’s a chance I could get some overseas fights if they are able to do the Asia and European tours they are looking at,” Davey said.

“It’s a great pathway and it gives me a chance to get looked at for the Commonwealth Games which is one of my big goals.”

Davey’s next challenge will be at Sydney next month, where he will represent Boxing Queensland at the Super 8 tournament from Friday to Sunday, May 14 to 16.

Davey will compete for the 69kg division championship belt at that event where he is guaranteed three fights, one against the representatives from NSW, South Australia and Victoria in his division.

“This tournament will really let me know where I’m at in Australia,” Davey said.