Perfect 10 in junior ABA Midlands final

The Black Country could crown a perfect 10 of Midlands amateur champions in the junior ABA regional finals.

The contingent of fighters heading to the Riddings Sports Hall in Scunthorpe has hit double figures going into this weekend.

Windmill ABC's Faluk Hussain, Walsall Wood ABC's Daniel Breeze and Warley ABC's Ahmad Mahazi are in Class Four - born in 1996 - tomorrow.

Hussain faces Birmingham City ABC's Faisal Zaman at 46kg, hoping to bring the first ABA Midlands title to the Smethwick-based club since 2006.

England star Breeze, a two-time national champion in the ABA Schoolboys, goes for juniors glory at 66kg against Kings Heath ABC's Noel Smith.

Afghanistan-born Mahazi stopped his last two opponents - the second in 30 seconds - to get to Evans Boxing Academy's Jacob Barzyhski at 75kg.

On Sunday, three prospects each from Wednesbury ABC and Pleck ABC join Lions ABC's Zishaan Hussain in the competition.

Hussain is up against Capitol ABC's Westley Sykes at 48kg, while Wednesbury's Kashif Khan and Pleck's Haran Bains are also in Class Four.

Khan will duel with Aston ABC's Tahbib Mohammed at 57kg, while Bains steps into the ring to face South Normanton ABC's Tom Cowling at 48kg.

In Class Five - boxers born in 1995 - ABA Schoolboys national champion Ryan Burrows, from Pleck, meets Aston ABC's Mason Lynn at 48kg.

Also in Class Five is Wednesbury duo Dillon Rattu, who opposes Aston's Humza Basharat at 50kg, and Jack Wood, paired with Heart of England ABC's Harry Bray at 54kg.

The sole Black Country presence in Class Six - boxers born in 1994 - is provided by Pleck's Liam Etheridge, who has form in the competition.

Etheridge reached the semi-finals last year and will take a second successive Midlands title if he can beat Chris Walker at 54kg.