Seven up for classy, unbeaten Broughton

Broughton and his team celebrate another dominant performance

LIGHTWEIGHT prospect Mykey Lee Broughton scored his seventh straight pro victory on Anthony Manning’s glittering show at Birmingham’s Eastside Rooms last night (Friday).

The 21-year-old capped a successful promotional debut for Manning whose “Nxt Gen” bill attracted a sizeable crowd to the Eastside Rooms.

Broughton, lean and sharp, didn’t have it all his own way against Canning Town southpaw Lee Hallett. He was made to graft early on for his 59-55 victory, after six rounds, on referee Peter McCormack’s card.

Hallett, who has a solitary win on his 68 bout record (three draws), asked questions of the prospect with pin-up looks in the opening rounds. Then Mykey Lee glided into over-drive.

In the latter rounds, Broughton found another gear, peeled-off pin-point combinations and the 35-year-old simply couldn’t stay with him.

Many are predicting big things for Mykey Lee, who was taking part in his second six rounder, and he is certainly blessed with sublime skills and hair-trigger reflexes. As yet, power is a missing piece of the jigsaw and that may come with time and longer distances.

Broughton (1ost 3oz) is certainly easy on the eye. His right uppercut is thrown effortlessly and with precision and in the last two rounds his rapid combinations were a blur.

Mykey Lee has very fast hands.

Hallett (10st 3lbs 1oz) used the whole of the ring in the early stages and even had the audacity to take a stroll at the end of the second.

The Londoner elected to take the fight to Mykey Lee in the third, landed two left to the head and, in the following round, landed two rights to Broughton’s body. He treated the audience to a triumphant shuffle at the end of the session.

It was to be his last triumph.

Broughton, grunting loudly with each shot, began unleashing punches in bunches. Hallett dropped his hands and swayed theatrically, but was fooling no one. He simply couldn’t go through the gears the way Mykey Lee was going through the gears.

In the fifth, the Birmingham lad, slightly marked around the eyes, had turned his uppercut into a bolo type shot and it landed with unerring accuracy.

He was now dominant and my notes for the sixth state: “Target practice for Broughton.” Unkind, but a fair assessment.

Mykey Lee won at a canter. With title fights looming, the pace will be raised in the ring.