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Newcastle - Jeff Ofori (13-5-2, 4 KO’s) sprang the upset of the night in Newcastle, dragging former Team GB member, Calum French (4-1, 1 KO), into a fight and wearing him down for a seventh round stoppage.
Newcastle - Ishmael Davis put in something of a breakout performance to bust up and stop Ewan McKenzie in their English super welterweight eliminator.
All action Owen Rees (2-0, 2 KO’s) kicked off tonight’s Next Gen show in Newcastle by stopping Konrad Czajkowski (2-2-1, 1 KO) in the fifth round of their six round super lightweight fight.
Brighton, UK - Roman Fury scored the first knockout of his career, stopping Bradley Davies (1-6-1, 1 KO) in the third round of their cruiserweight fight.
Harlem Eubank (19-0, 8 KO’s) passed the toughest test of his career with flying colors, dropping Timo Schwarzkopf (22-6, 13 KO’s) twice and stopping the German based Kosovan in eleven impressive rounds in front of his hometown fans in Brighton.
In a battle of unbeaten heavyweights, Tommy Welch (12-0, 7 KO’s) proved far too good for the wild Jonathan Exequiel Vergara (5-1, 3 KO’s).
Brighton, UK - Sultan Zaurbek (16-0, 12 KO’s) barely needed to get out of second gear as he coasted to a sixth round stoppage of Sergio Martin Sosa (13-4, 3 KO’s) at super featherweight.
Harlem Eubank and Timo Schwarzkopf will headline the Brighton Centre later this evening but a super middleweight fight between a Dane and an Iranian got the undercard action underway on the south coast.
Lerrone Richards has been notable by his absence over the past couple of years. The former European and IBO super middleweight champion has boxed just once since December 2021 when he earned a creditable but tight split decision over the dangerous Carlos Gongora.
For a two-time unified heavyweight champion of the world, Anthony Joshua still has plenty of doubters. Those who continue to question Joshua’s ability and toughness can largely be ignored but those who wonder whether the 34-year-old still has the hunger to fight his way back to the top of the heavyweight pile may have legitimate concerns.