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Manchester Arena - WBC International champion Nathan Gorman took another step towards British title level with an impressive third round stoppage win over Sean ‘Big Sexy’ Turner. Gorman, who moves to 13-0 with the win looked relaxed throughout and displayed his full repertoire of skills.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce (4-0, 4 KOs) knocked out Lenroy Thomas in two short rounds to win the Commonwealth heavyweight title. A big left hand in the second round sent Thomas down for the full count. Hot light-heavyweight prospect Joshua Buatsi stopped overmatched but tough Frenchman Stephane Cuevas in the fifth of an eight rounder.
Unbeaten super featherweight Jordan Gill kicked off the big Bellew vs Haye II show with a six round decision win over Dubliner Carl McDonald. The referee scored it 60-54 and Gill, now 20-0 is likely to target some more meaningful matches.
SSE Arena, Belfast, Ireland - WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (27-3, 21 KOs) dominated mandatory challenger and former world champion Omar Narvaez (48-3-2, 25 KOs) over twelve rounds for a unanimous decision win. All three judges scored it 120-108.
Birmingham super-middleweight Ryan Hatton kicked off Frank Warren’s big Belfast show moving to 3-0 with two round win over Hungarian journeyman Attila Tibor Nagy, who drops to 11-30-1.
Former amateur star Josh Kelly smiled at friends and family just behind me, oozing the confidence of a fighter who enters to Michael Jackson’s ‘Pretty Young Thing’. Despite the quality of opponent, Kelly barely changed his approach dancing around the ring with hands down and relying on superb reflexes to duck and slip the visitor’s punches.
New Zealand’s Mose Auimatagi Jr kicked the big Cardiff show off in sensation fashion with a sixth round stoppage victory over Wales-based South African super middleweight Morgan Jones here at the Principality stadium.
Part of the challenge enjoying boxing movies as a ‘hardcore’ fan is that filmmakers are historically prone to getting small but important details wrong. A venue which is unfeasibly glossy, title belts which almost but don’t quite look like the real thing and gyms lined with too-fresh fight posters all provide a dead giveaway of a production team which doesn’t quite understand the gritty fabric of the sport.
O2 Arena, London - Callum Johnson sensationally ripped the British light-heavyweight title from Frank Buglioli while successfully defending his commonwealth championship here at the O2 with a first round stoppage in front of a crowd who had barely caught breath from the Ritson vs Cardle thriller.
O2 Arena, London - British champion Lewis ‘Sandman' Ritson underlined his dominance of the domestic lightweight division with a thrilling second round stoppage win over former champ Scott Cardle here at London’s O2 arena.