Two locals ready for boxing debut

PORTLAND’S Mitch Riddell is off to Melbourne tomorrow to make his debut as an amatuer boxer. The 24-year-old will box as a part of the 2021 Lionel Rose Cup. Picture: KAREN HODGE 210322kh08

By Portland Observer

March 26, 2021 | 8:35 AM

PORTLAND Boxing Club members Mitch Riddell and Darryl Robinson are off to the 2021 Fight Factory Lionel Rose Cup tomorrow to make their debuts.

The Lionel Rose Cup happens annually at the Whitehorse Function Centre in Burwood in Melbourne, with a huge collection of Victoria’s amateur male and female boxers coming together to fight on one day.