Clevedon boxer Jasmine Poole has continued her winning ways in Australia.
The England number two, who was born 'down under' and has dual citizenship, has been in Australia due to a work secondment with her employer, Baker Hughes in Nailsea.
Poole wasted no time joining Western Australia boxing club RingFit, which soon had her Australian boxing career up and running by entering her into the annual female interstate boxing tournament, Queen of the Ring.
Boxing in the light welterweight division (63kg), her first opponent was another WA boxer and professional MMA fighter, Annie Thatcher from Peterson's Boxing Club.
The first round was a competitive battle, with Thatcher's physical presence and ability to hold the centre of the ring meaning a slow-starting Poole had to work hard to outbox her.
Round two saw a more familiar Poole dominate the round with her technical ability and excellent footwork, her straight-right, left-hook combination causing Thatcher a lot of trouble.
Round three saw a more aggressive Poole force a standing count when she followed up a double jab with a clean right hand to the head.
Poole continued to dominate and forced two further standing counts in the third before the referee stopped the contest, awarding Poole the win by TKO.
The final was a closer bout against experienced boxer and South Australian state champion, Nadine Parsons.
Parsons, an unorthodox southpaw, forced Poole to adapt her style, using her footwork and boxing brain to outbox her.
She made Poole's life difficult by smothering her attacks and regularly holding, but Poole managed to land more clean hits and convince the judges to award her the victory by a four-to-one split decision, crowning Poole as Queen of the Ring.
Spasevski was an orthodox boxer with good footwork, quick hands, and a dangerous jab, but Poole was in a different league for this fight.
Poole dominated from the start, her superior power and some excellent combinations never allowing her opponent to gain any momentum.
90 seconds into round three, a series of unanswered punches saw the referee stop the fight.
Poole is crowned WA State Champion in front of a very proud Australian father and grandfather who rarely get to see her box.
Her state champion belt qualifies her for the Australian National Championships in Canberra at the Institute of Sport, November 20-23.
Poole extended her thanks to Baker Hughes for the valuable career opportunity and their continued support of her boxing.
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