Zach Parker Close To Rocky Fielding With Blackledge KO Win
By Elliot Foster
Zach Parker put himself in pole position to fight for the British title next with a crushing one-round win.
At the ECHO Arena in Liverpool, as part of the World Boxing Super Series supporting cast, the 23-year-old super-middleweight was up against Luke Blackledge.
And Parker, from Derbyshire, made short work of the former Commonwealth champion, from Accrington, as he knocked him down heavily in the opening round, forcing the referee Michael Alexander to halt the contest and not allow the action to continue.
The Neil Marsh-managed Parker has now pushed himself a step closer to becoming the mandatory challenger to Rocky Fielding, who returns later this month against David Brophy with the Scotsman’s Commonwealth strap also at stake.
Meanwhile, Isaac MacLeod and Danny Craven shared the ring for eight rounds in what turned out to be something of a modern classic.
Neither fighter took a step back and, in reality, neither deserved to lose as each took shots flush and continued.
But it was MacLeod, 22, who was handed the nod over previously undefeated Warrington man Craven (now 3-1, 1 KO) by 58 points to 57.
And Adam Little stopped late replacement opponent Reece MacMillan inside four.
MacMillan stepped in to take the place of Darren Surtees, who withdrew earlier in the week through injury, but he was beaten by the former English welterweight champion as the referee saw fit to stop the contest after one minute and 29 seconds of stanza number four.
