WELTER weight boxer Charles Joma was quietly confident awaiting the preliminary final decision at the Australian Championships last weekend.
Winning his first fight unanimously 5:0, the second result was not to Charles’ favour going down 3:2.
Fighting Terry Nickolas – a 2018 Commonwealth Games athlete – Charles received the first two judges’ favour, Terry six years his senior receiving the following three.
Terry went on to be defeated in the final to four-time Australian champ Jason Malia who will now go on to the World Championships in Russia this September.
Unlucky knock for Charles

Charles fought tactically in the Australian Championships. Many fans were confident he had defeated his preliminary final contender.