JOE Stilgoe and Jason Imeson both stopped their opponents on another knock-out night of boxing at Henry’s Gym.

There were also unanimous points victories for the host club’s Jay Ajay and Ruslanas Vysockas, while Jamie Jackson was the victim of a poor judges’ decision when Whitby’s Sheldon Hegarty was declared the winner despite having his nose bloodied and gumshield forced out twice.

Jorvik’s Rosland Lamani, meanwhile, won on points against Henry’s novice Noah Jackson in the evening’s final bout in front of a big crowd at the York Road venue in Acomb.

A confident Stilgoe ended his contest against Whitby’s Dylan Humble in the first round, pinning him in the corner with a flurry of punches.

Imeson’s victory over the taller Jason Finlinson, meanwhile, was confirmed in the second round after the Northumberland fighter has been subjected to two standing counts.

On their performance, coach Henry Wharton - York’s former world championship contender - said: “Jason Imeson looked sensational and Joe Stilgoe showed that he has learned so much.

“We went back to the drawing board with Joe and, because he was prepared to listen and learn, his progress has been fantastic. He seems to have taken two steps forward instead of one.

“The last time he fought his opponent, he won on a split decision, but this time it looked like no contest.”

After youngsters Dax Almond and Jacob Hunt had demonstrated their talent in skills contests, Jay Ajay took a unanimous points victory against Sheffield City’s Travis Beresford.

Imeson and Jamie Jackson’s contests were then followed by a close split-decision defeat for Henry’s Rivers Wilson against White Rose’s Callum Milner.

Following Stilgoe on, Leon Conlon, of York’s Legions gym, was then stopped in the second round against an aggressive Connor Sams from Northumberland.

Home fighter Tom Maltby went on to recover from a difficult first round to slug it out with Hoyle Mill Police’s Callum Whaling before losing unanimously on points and Vysockas kept his composure and discipline to emerge triumphant over the distance against a charging and unorthodox Tawanda Goto from Rawthorpe.

Noah Jackson also showed his grit after taking a standing count in the second round to go the distance with Lamani.

Hailing the success of the night and the performances of all the boxers on show, Wharton enthused: “It was another cram-packed night of entertainment.

“Even our fighters who walked away with a defeat know they will have learned a lot even if, in the case of Jamie Jackson, you were the victim of a silly judges’ decision. A few of the lads stepped up in class and you have to fight better opponents to reach your milestones.

“Every success story is not about the most gifted, but the most dedicated and one of my fighters - Tom Maltby - showed great determination to stick at it in his fight. He didn’t know before that he could fight like that and come through a real war, but he does now.

“He’ll still be the same size when he comes back into the gym, but he’ll have grown a foot inside. We’ve got four gyms in the city now and we’re giving York something it should have had for years.

“We’re only young in terms of how long the clubs have been going, but I’d like to thank the York public for getting behind us. “