Sean McComb responded to his defeat by Arnold Barboza Jnr via a decision victory over Argentina’s Alexis Nahuel Torres.
The Irishman, 32, has been inactive since recording his second of two defeats, in April 2024, but at the Connexin Live in Hull, England, after six largely one-sided rounds, he was awarded a score of 60-54.
Both, boxing from a southpaw stance, made lively starts by attempting to let their hands go, but Torres’ greater reliance on movement perhaps established an early pattern.
In the second round the Argentinian, 28, sought to work on the inside but was ineffective, and therefore largely outboxed.
His output reduced in the third, when McComb increasingly showed that his inactivity hasn’t harmed him.
It was in the fourth when McComb hurt Torres with a punch by his left eye, and when Torres, struggling with McComb’s jab, appeared to be in the early stages of being broken down.
McComb, already aware that he was on course for victory, was more cautious in the fifth – for his part, Torres regularly moved but didn’t fight with intent.
The Irishman used more combinations and boxed with greater intensity in the sixth, making it inevitable that Mark Lyson, the referee, would score widely in his favour. There is little question he requires a greater test.
"I was always training, always sparring, always keeping myself in the gym with Pete [Taylor, my trainer] and it showed," McComb said, post-fight.
"We all know I want a rematch with Barboza Jnr. I'm not going to get it. I'm going to the UK scene. Anyone wants it, I'm here."
