Haris Qureshi overcame big night nerves to win his first ever boxing bout on his ring debut.

The 11-year-old Audley Police Amateur Boxing Club fighter fought back his nerves as well as his Scottish opponent to win in the annual Blackburn Lions chairity boxing gala.

Held at King George's Hall, an Audley Police ABC Select took on a team of fighters from Scotland, mainly out of the Kinross Amateur Boxing club.

A total of eight bouts took place on the night which was again well supported with another big turnout.

Money raised from the event will go towards the Lancashire Air Ambulance Appeal as well as the Blackburn Lions chosen charities.

A total of five Audley fighters got the chance to climb in to the ring while the club's promising Bash Khan had to look on as his opponent failed to turn up.

The Ali brothers, S and A provided the big fight warm-up entertainment with a Kid Gloves contest which, fittingly, finished as a draw.

The bout gave the two youngsters a chance of experience of climbing in to the ring.

However, for Qureshi it was the real deal as he came up against a Scottish opponent who had already two fights under his belt.

But despite a tentative start to the three, one-and-a-half minute rounds contest, Qureshi calmed and deserved his first ever victory.

There were a number of senior contests but two Blackburn fighters narrowly missed out on victories.

Asim Khan took on Bolton's Chris Eckersley in a three, two minute round bantamweight contest which Eckersley narrowly won on a split decision.

It was even closer for Malik Khan who fought David Drummond of Kinross in a middleweight contest.

In a hard fought contest, Khan was denied victory by the slimmest of margins with Drummond getting the nod in a split decision.

The two defeats helped Scotland to a 5-3 overall victory.

Yaqoob Hussain, coach of Audley who organised the event, said: "It was another successful evening and the Kinross team enjoyed themselves so much that they have invited us up for a rematch."