Building student laying down solid foundations...
Yorkshire Evening Post
|December 24, 2025
Middleton teen "delighted" with display after backing up successfully on another Haynes Promotions bill.
Rawa Rashid, 17, secured the 75kg novice title boxing belt on the last Haynes show of the year at The Angler's in Burmantofts. After his explosive display, the Leeds College of Building student said: "I now train at AVT in Morley and won my first boxing bout on the Haynes show in December 2024.
"We train very hard at AVT. It's without doubt one of the top gyms in Leeds, as shown by the quality of the trainingcoach Tom Crosby has a contract with Cage Warriors the top MMA promotion in Great Britain and Ireland."
This story is from the December 24, 2025 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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