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January fights usually mean a grim festive period for boxers, but Chris Eubank Jr insists that the threat posed by Liam Smith was not enough for him to put his celebrations on hold.
Whatever Josh Warrington has been watching on television this Christmas, he has not got round to watching his fight with Luis Alberto Lopez yet. It still remains a bit too raw.
Chris Billam-Smith got the spectacular win he was after as he flattened Armend Xhoxhaj in the fifth round in Bournemouth to seemingly clear the way for a world-title shot next year.
Dan Azeez continued his climb up the light-heavyweight rankings as he handed former WBA “regular” super-middleweight champion Rocky Fielding a one-sided beating over eight rounds to defend his British title and add the vacant Commonwealth title on the Billam-Smith v Xhoxhaj bill in Bournemouth.
Olympian Caroline Dubois extended her unbeaten record to five fights in lightning quick style as she took just one minute to stop Sofia Rodriguez in Bournemouth.
Michael McKinson got back to winning ways after his defeat to Vergil Ortiz Jr in August as he claimed a six-round decision over Nicaragua’s Roberto Arriaza on the Billam-Smith-Xhojhaj undercard in Bournemouth.
Chris Billam-Smith closes out 2022 with the sort of fight that should be routine, but could end up causing headaches. He hopes to finish 2023 as a world champion.
It is four years, almost to the day, since Rocky Fielding stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, in what proved to be a painfully one-sided fight. Not much has been heard of the Liverpudlian since then but he is back this weekend, up at light-heavyweight, as he looks to launch himself back into world class.
Luis Alberto Lopez claimed the IBF featherweight title with a majority decision over Josh Warrington in Leeds after a sometimes messy, but always hard-fought battle. Lopez built up a big lead, landing heavy shots from odd angles but he had to withstand a brave late fightback from Warrington in the final four rounds.
Ebanie Bridges made a successful first defense of her IBF bantamweight title as she stopped Shannon O’Connell in the eighth round on the Warrington-Lopez undercard in Leeds.