
Aaron McKenna Bangs Away To Stop David Benitez in Seventh
Unbeaten Irish middleweight prospect Aaron McKenna recorded his 15th win as Argentina’s David Benitez was thrown out by referee Kevin Parker in the seventh of eight rounds in Coventry.

1,010 stories on BoxingScene are published under the Ron Lewis byline.
Every story follows our editorial policy. To report a mistake, use our corrections form; for anything else, contact us.

Unbeaten Irish middleweight prospect Aaron McKenna recorded his 15th win as Argentina’s David Benitez was thrown out by referee Kevin Parker in the seventh of eight rounds in Coventry.

Forgotten heavyweight hope Nathan Gorman needed just 81 seconds to sweep past Tomas Salek in Liverpool and the prospect of a return to regular action might just be what Gorman needs to get his career back on track.

A rematch between Joseph Parker and Dillian Whyte could be in the works after Parker’s surprise decision to sign with BOXXER and Sky Sports.

Chris Eubank could face Liam Smith next, although promoter Ben Shalom says the time is now for Eubank to be fighting for world titles. While signed to Wasserman, Eubank still has at least one fight left on a contract with BOXXER and Sky Sports.

Richard Riakporhe continued to add to his reputation as a power puncher as he unleashed a brutal left hook to the body to stop Fabio Turchi in the second round of their IBF cruiserweight eliminator at Wembley.

Lauren Price made a straightforward professional debut as the Olympic middleweight gold medallist from the Tokyo Games boxed rings around Iceland’s Valgerdur Gudstensdottir at Wembley.

Germaine Brown’s English super-middleweight title defence against Zak Chelli had looked the pick of the fights on BOXXER’s Wembley bill, but it turned out to be a complete blowout as Chelli outboxed and then outpunched Brown for a one-sided decision.

Chris Kongo continued his upward momentum as he claimed a hard-fought ten-round decision over Sebastian Formella on the Richard Riakporhe-Fabio Turchi bill at Wembley Arena, although it was not a flawless display.

Richard Riakporhe hopes to make giant strides towards proving he is the best cruiserweight in the world when he faces Italy’s Fabio Turchi in an IBF eliminator at Wembley tonight. But he still has some convincing that he is the best in Britain.

Talk to Daniel Dubois and you get the feeling that most of his formal education was spent watching tapes of old heavyweights. Challenging for a world heavyweight title, albeit the WBA “regular” one, should have a special resonance for any heavyweight.