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Danny Ball put his name in the mix in a crowded British welterweight scene as he extended his unbeaten record to 11 fights (one draw) at the expense of Sam Gilley’s spotless record as he recorded a ten round unanimous decision in the show-opener at the Copper Box in London.
Dillian Whyte says the knockout loss to Alexander Povetkin last summer has not left any mental scars and neither is expecting the Russian former WBA champion to be anything but his best when the pair meet again on Saturday. Whyte faces Povetkin at the Europa Sports Centre just yards from the Mediterranean Sea in Gibraltar on Saturday, the second time the pair have met in an unusual location after their first meeting in Eddie Hearn’s old back garden during Fight Camp last summer, when Povetkin knocked Whyte out with a single left uppercut and took his WBC interim heavyweight title.
If things go as planned for Zach Parker on Friday night, he will be a very interested observer when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez faces Billy Joe Saunders in Texas in May. Parker would be the first to admit that he has a low profile, but as the WBO’s No 1 contender, he could be in line to face the Canelo-Saunders winner.
Lawrence Okolie says he is aiming to overtake David Haye as the finest cruiserweight from Great Britain before going on to win world titles at three weights. Okolie won the WBO title by beating Krzysztof Glowacki on Saturday night, but believes he will have to unify the cruiserweight title to outstrip Haye’s achievements before moving up in weight.
In the very arena where Marvin Hagler was crowned undisputed world middleweight champion 41 years ago, Lawrence Okolie produced a crushing display to lift the vacant WBO cruiserweight title as he flattened Krzysztof Glowacki with a big right hand.
There were victories for two of Lawrence Okolie’s team-mates from the Rio Olympics on the Wembley undercard of his big night as Joe Cordina and Anthony Fowler kept moving up the rankings.
Chris Billam-Smith bashed away at Vasil Ducar, but despite knocking the Czech boxer down twice, he could not get rid of him and had to settle for a unanimous points decision over ten on the Okolie-Glowacki undercard at Wembley.
If Lawrence Okolie claims the WBO cruiserweight title in his 16th professional bout on Saturday, don’t expect him to slow up. If Okolie beats Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant title at Wembley on Saturday night, he wants to move straight into a series of unifications.
Lee McGregor could be the next superstar from Scotland after he destroyed Karim Guerfi in the first round to claim the European bantamweight title on MTK Global’s show Friday evening in Bolton. The Frenchman, who was in his third reign as European champion, was on the floor three times, as he was finished off by McGregor’s body punches. He now holds the British, Commonwealth and European titles – all achieved in only ten fights as a professional.
Maxi Hughes capped his recent resurgence as he won the vacant British lightweight title, stopping Paul Hyland Jr in the eighth round on MTK Global’s show in Bolton on Friday.