Four young Golden Ring boxers have progressed to the regional finals of the national Golden Gloves championships.

And they also scored an early blow for Southampton over Portsmouth in the lead-up to the eagerly awaited FA Cup fourth round clash at the end of January.

Fighting in the Class One under-40kgs division, Josh Bowers delivered a superb second round stoppage to defeat Leigh Park's Kane Burns.

Not to be outdone, Iain Weaver then delivered the same result against Portsmouth's Dougie Mew in the class three under-46kgs category.

The Freemantle-based club also had Sean Cole and Mitchell Whitehead make it through to the next stage with walk-over wins in their respective categories.