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Manchester Arena, Manchester - For the WBO lightweight championship, Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Petr Petrov (38-5-2, 19 KOs) to retain the world title. The scores were 116-112, 120-108, 118-110.
Nicola Adams OBE lit up the Manchester Arena on her highly anticipated pro debut, as she proved to be levels above Virginia Noemi Carcamo, winning every round live on BT Sport. Adams, who won gold at both the London and Rio Olympic Games as well as world and commonwealth gold amongst many others, was correctly judged the 40-36 victor by referee Steve Gray.
Highly rated prospect Daniel Dubois lived up to his “Dynamite” moniker as he stopped Marcus Kelly in just 35 seconds to kickstart his professional career and kickoff BT Sport’s first foray into the sport at the Manchester Arena.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr met today in a fiery encounter at Bramall Lane in Sheffield ahead of their scheduled 27th May clash on Sky Sports Box Office. Brook will be making the fourth defence of the title he ripped from Shawn Porter’s grasp back in 2014, whilst for US 2012 Olympian Spence it represents his tilt at a world title in the pro ranks.
Hard hitting light-heavyweight Jake Ball admits he has been forced to learn a valuable lesson after his shock defeat to JJ McDonagh last November, when he was stopped inside the first round at the Wembley Arena. The 24-year-old was 7-0, with six stoppages, before running into a fired-up McDonagh, but he is now looking forward to returning to winning ways on Friday night at the iconic York Hall as a part of his promoter Eddie Hearn’s new NXTGEN series, live on Sky Sports.
Dronfield middleweight Lewis Taylor (19-2-1, 3 KOs) will travel to Dublin on February 25 to take on Luke Keeler (11-2, 5 KOs) at the National Stadium over eight rounds on a card promoted by Red Corner Promotions.
Boxing is a tough game. Two fighters going head-to-head in the ultimate sporting battle trying to damage the other enough they can’t continue. We all know the score. The fighter will revel in the glory of victory. But hidden in the background within the promotional set-up is the matchmaker, whose job is to provide a fighter with the proper test to show their talent and get them in the right place at the right time to potentially launch an assault at a world title, or any title for that matter.
Scottish promoter Sam Kynoch, who heads up MTK Scotland, has revealed that he is looking to bring the Scottish titles back to their deserved relevance alongside all other promoters across the border as Scottish boxing continues to grow.
Coping with retirement is the hardest issue for the majority of fighters. Many simply don’t want to do it and fight on, while others come back after a year-long break for one last crack at glory and see if they still have what it takes.
Adam Etches will be hoping to put a frustrating 2016 firmly behind him when he returns to the ring on February 4 at the Kensington Olympia in London, as part of ITV’s Box Office card headlined by Chris Eubank Jr’s challenge for the IBO super-middleweight title against Renold Quinlan.