
Hamzah Sheeraz Stops Guido Nicolas Pitto in Tenth
Super welterweight prospect Hamzah Sheeraz moved to 12-0, as he stopped Guido Nicolas Pitto in the tenth and last round on the Dubois-Joyce bill in Westminster.

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Super welterweight prospect Hamzah Sheeraz moved to 12-0, as he stopped Guido Nicolas Pitto in the tenth and last round on the Dubois-Joyce bill in Westminster.

Jack Catterall, the WBO’s No 1 super lightweight, had his first fight in more than a year as he dropped Abderrazak Houya twice en route to a points victory on the Dubois-Joyce undercard at Westminster.

Former British cruiserweight title challenger Jack Massey got back to winning ways with an eight-round points decision over Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid on the Dubois-Joyce undercard at Westminster.

They make heavyweights in Britain these days. For generations British fight fans got used to investing all their hopes in one big man, now they are spoilt for choice. In most eras, this weekend’s fight between Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois would be to settle who was top dog in the country, now they are not even fighting for second place.

Joe Joyce’s fight with Daniel Dubois will go ahead on Saturday, despite Ismael Salas, Joyce’s trainer, testing positive for COVID. Salas tested positive for the virus after arriving at the fight hotel in Westminster, having spent the past three weeks in Las Vegas. Joyce had trained with the Cuban in Nevada in February and March ahead of the fight’s original date and after being absent from Joyce’s camp for the fight with Michael Wallisch in April, Salas came over to England to train him. However, a prior commitment saw him travel back to Las Vegas at the end of October, only returning this week.

David Haye believes that Joe Joyce has to change his mindset and tighten up his defence if he is going to beat Daniel Dubois on Saturday night. Haye, the former WBA heavyweight champion, signed Joyce to his promotional company when he turned professional after winning silver at the Rio Olympics. In that time he saw him spar many times, but his disregard for the other fighter’s power he says will catch up with him, although he hopes that returning to train with Ismael Salas will make a difference.

A crowd of 1,000 is set attend Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title defence against Kubrat Pulev on December 12. The UK Government announced plans to allow spectators to return to sporting events on Monday when the present England lockdown ends on December 2.

Conor Benn showed that he has the talent to go places in the professional game, as he recorded a landslide points win over Sebastien Formella at the SSE Arena, Wembley. He was taken the full ten rounds for the first time, but this was a huge step up for the 24-year-old.

Fabio Wardley made short work of Richard Lartey, as he flattened him with a roundhouse right hand in the second round of their scheduled heavyweight ten-rounder at Wembley.

Alen Babic continued his rise through the heavyweight ranks as he bludgeoned Tom Little to defeat in the third round at Wembley. The raw Croatian came swinging from the first bell and although Little soaked up plenty of punishment and came back, Babic got through to him in the third, knocking him down twice and leaving him sprawled on his back