Ellis Panter enjoys perfect professional debut as he outclasses experienced Noot
Ellis Panter thanked his supporters for ensuring his professional debut was a night to remember.
The 20-year-old took massive support with him from Burton Latimer and Kettering to Derby on Saturday night and they saw him use his skills to dominate Garth Noot over four rounds.
The referee gave the former outstanding amateur every session.
Panter, nicknmaed ‘The Problem’, said: “The roar when I left the changing room was unbelievable. It sounded like 2,000 people were there.
“It felt like the whole of Burton Latimer and Kettering were there and I want to thank everyone for coming.”
Panter said the fight 'couldn’t have gone any better' as he controlled the action from the centre of the ring with his pinpoint jab.
He had 37-year-old Noot on shaky legs late in the opening round when he pulled the trigger on his right hand.
Noot, in his 19th professional bout, did swing back several times in the opening round, but Panter saw every punch coming to make him miss by inches and the South African started to lose interest in winning the fight and focused instead on hearing the final bell.
Panter said: “I spoke to Garth and his coach afterwards and they both said they had come to knock me out. He did try – but I kept making him miss.
“I did get caught in the last few seconds – but I took it well. We had watched him before so knew what to expect and stuck to the gameplan.”
Panter and his uncle Wayne Sharp came up with the game plan.
Sharp has trained Panter since he started and boxing and said: “Ellis boxed to instructions. He had a lot of people cheering for him and we talked about not getting carried away.
“We wanted Ellis to box like a seasoned professional rather than a young lad making his professional debut and he did just that. We were all very happy with how it went.”
Noot was also impressed. He told Panter afterwards he had given him the toughest night of his professional career.
Panter added: “I treated it like a 10 round title fight, not a four rounder.
“The level I’ve been sparring at and how hard I trained showed on the night.”