COACH Mick Jelley believes there is plenty more to come from Bury ABC boxing sensation Mauvia Nasim after the 16-year-old won gold on his international debut.

Nasim beat the European bronze medallist Arthur Hillgaard, of Denmark, by a unanimous points decision in the final of the 52k division at the Sven Lange Tournament in Germany.

He had earlier dispatched home favourite Arian Cekicaj on points in the quarter-final and stopped Eric Streit, also of Germany, in the third round of the semi-final in what was his first tournament with the England team.

“It is an incredible achievement for Mauvia because he has only been boxing for about 18 months,” said Jelley, who oversaw the young careers of Amir Khan and Scott Quigg at his Seedfield gym.

“He has had about 15 fights so far. He got beat in the final of the national juniors last year, but other than that he hasn’t had a lot of experience at the very top level.

“So he has done fantastically well to achieve what he has in such a short time, and I would say there is a lot more to come.

“I don’t think he is as fit as he could be yet because his body is still maturing, so I am over the moon with him winning a gold medal.”

Nasim was on course to win his first national title after getting to the latter stages of the Boys and Girls Club Championships, but was pulled out of the competition to go and box for England.

Bury ABC club-mate Ibrahim Nadim, also 16, made it all the way to the Class B finals in Bristol at the weekend but was controversially beaten on points in the 48k division by local Gateway ABC fighter Kieran Desmond.

“His coach, who went down with him, said it was an absolutely atrocious decision,” said Jelley.

“I have since seen the video of the fight and will show it to some local judges to see what they think because this sort of thing should not be allowed to go on.

“We are gutted for the lad because we know just how much hard work he has put in to this.

"This is not the first time something like this has happened and he is at the point now where he is seriously thinking about turning his back on the sport.

“He has been in four national finals, and while he has only won one of them, I would say he should have been given the decision in every one.

“The problem is that you go to different parts of the country and they are presided over by local judges who know the local fighters and are pulling for them.

“It happens time and again and it is not fair – something needs to be done.

“All we want is for our young lads to be treated no different to anyone else, wherever they fight.

“If it is a fair decision then my young boxers will take it on the chin and learn from that, but they shouldn’t be made to doubt the sport by experiences like this.”

Elsewhere, Brian Rennie was beaten by Tonlowe ABC boxer Mitch Roberts in a show at Knutton Ex-Servicemen’s Club on Saturday, while Hassnain Sajiad beat Milo James, of Silverdale ABC, on points.