'Soaked it all up' - Colchester's Richardson on his pro debut win at Portman Road
Colchester boxer Lewis Richardson says he's glad he soaked up every moment of his professional debut win at Portman Road tonight.
In front of a vocal crowd of more than 20,000, the 28-year-old Olympic bronze medalist cruised to a six-round middleweight victory over Estonian Dmitri Protkunas.
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"Without looking back at it, I'm happy with the performance and happy with the occasion," he said.
"I just wanted to be as present as possible this evening. You only get one professional debut, so I really wanted to soak it all up and enjoy it.
"I think you heard the crowd. It was fantastic noise. Hopefully they've seen that there's more to come from me."
He continued: "I took my time building a real solid, strong but small team around me and I'm really happy with the people I've got in my corner.
"'ll speak to my them now about what's next. I'm fit and I'm healthy, didn't take too much punishment this evening, so we'll go from here."
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