Jamie McDonnell Upset Ian Napa By Majority Decision
By Mark Vester
Jamie McDonnell (13-2-1, 5 KOs) pulled off a close majority decision twelve round decision over Ian Napa (19-8, 1 KO), leaving a stunned crowd at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex. He wins Napa's British bantamweight titles and picks up the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title. The scores were 115-114, 117-112 and 114-114.
There was a clash of heads in the first round. McDonnell was cut above the left eye and Napa took over the early rounds and had McDonnell in trouble in the eight. McDonnell was able to fire back in the second half of the fight to pile up enough points to get ahead on the official cards.
"I'm absolutely over the moon to win the fight, all the training over Christmas has paid off," said McDonnell. "This means everything to me and opens up so many doors for me. I want a European title fight soon."
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