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Gavin Gwynne produced the performance of his career as he claimed the Commonwealth lightweight title, keeping Sean McComb under endless pressure until he turned his back in the seventh round in Bolton.
Samuel Antwi proved too powerful for Darren Tetley, as he stopped Tetley in the sixth round to claim the vacant English welterweight title of the MTK Global show in Bolton. Tetley was down in the first round and again in the sixth. He loaded up repeatedly, but it worked as he was able to shrug off Tetley’s work In the knowledge that he could come back with better and he landed a series of brutal body punches.
Paddy Donovan continued his rapid rise as a professional as he pounded Siar Ozgul to defeat on the MTK Global show at Bolton. The 22-year-old Irish southpaw was too slick, too powerful and too big for Ozgul, who was pulled out by his corner at the end of the fourth round. Ozgul, a London-based Turkish boxer, had lost five of his previous six but had boxed in high class, having gone the distance with Viktor Posto, Anthony Yigit and Sean McComb.
Like most boxers, Sean McComb has had a tough time over the past 12 months, but he believes that when his big moment arrives, he will be ready for it. On Friday, McComb faces Gavin Gwynne for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title on the MTK Global show in Bolton. Apprenticeship over, this is his first step to what he hopes will be the big time.
The Americas and European Olympic qualifying events will go ahead in May and June respectively, although the final world qualifier for the Tokyo Games this summer has been scrapped.
By Ron Lewis - Mauricio Lara produced one of the biggest shocks in a British ring in years as he knocked out Josh Warrington in the ninth round at the SSE Arena in Wembley. Warrington had given up the IBF featherweight title in his bid to pursue big fights, but al the talk of Can Xu, Gary Russell Jr and Emanuel Navarette can be forgotten for now. Lara was meant to...
Former IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez was denied a springboard back into world class when three judges decided he had not even got close to beating Zelfa Barrett, on another shameful night for British judging, despite spending much of the 12 rounds they shared a Wembley ring, outlanding him.
Leigh Wood became a British champion seven years after his first attempt as he knocked down Reece Mould three times to claim the featherweight title at Wembley. Wood, 32, showed the experience he had had since losing to Gavin McDonnell in 2014, as he outboxed Mould and, after being hurt by the Yorkshireman, he outpunched him too.
Dalton Smith looked like a star in the making as he dismantled Ishmael Ellis at Wembley, never giving Ellis a moment’s piece until he was pulled out after three rounds. The has been a lot of talk about Smith, the 24-year-old son of respected trainer Dalton Smith. He was a member of the Great Britain squad, which is based in his home city of Sheffield, and gained international experience in the World Series of Boxing.
Kid Galahad said he offered to face Josh Warrington at four weeks’ notice after Warrington’s fight with Can Xu fell through, but was told Warrington would rather give up his IBF featherweight title than face him.