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Natasha Jonas is used to not being a sporting hero in the eyes of her daughter and does not really expect that to change if she becomes a world champion on Friday, but she does have a lot of competition even in her own family.
Chris Billam-Smith says there is no risk of him facing his stablemate Lawrence Okolie any time soon, as his fellow cruiserweight has his eyes on moving up to heavyweight
Ted Cheeseman (16-2-1, 9 KOs) put his career back on track as he battled his way to a hard-fought unanimous points decision over Sam Eggington (28-7, 17 KOs) in a cracking top of the bill on the opening night of Eddie Hearn’s Fight Camp at Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, Essex.
James Tennyson (27-3, 23 KOs) showed he had the power to make some waves at lightweight as he stopped Gavin Gwynne (12-2, 2 KOs in the sixth round to claim the vacant British title at Matchroom’s HQ in Essex.
Fabio Wardley (9-0, 8 KOs) made short work of Simon Vallily (17-3-1, 7 KOs) to claim the English heavyweight title, stopping him in three rounds at Fight Camp in Essex. It was the 25-year-old Wardley’s ninth and most impressive victory as a professional so far, although Vallily, who has mostly boxed at cruiserweight, looked slow and lethargic, as he failed to get off many attacks or put Wardley under much pressure.
Dalton Smith (6-0, 5 KOs) produced a huge overhand right in the fifth round to flatten Nathan Bennett (9-2, 2 KOs) on the opening night of Eddie Hearn’s Fight Camp in Essex. Smith, once a leading light of the Great Britain amateur squad, looked too good all round for Bennett. He rocked Bennett at the end of the first round, but had to work hard before settling matters with a single shot.
Jordan Gill (25-1, 7 KOs) kicked off Eddie Hearn’s Fight Camp with a commanding display to earn a unanimous points decision over Reece Bellotti in their featherweight ten-rounder. In what was a crossroads fight for both, Gill movement and punch variety proved too much for Bellotti (14-4, 12 KOs), the former Commonwealth champion, who had some success to the body but spent most of the fight chasing after his elusive opponent.
Ted Cheeseman believes his battles with a gambling addiction outside the ring will make him a better fighter inside it. Cheeseman, the former British super-welterweight champion, faces Sam Eggington in the opening night of Fight Camp in the garden of Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, Essex, on Saturday, but he has had his own share of problems on both sides of the ropes.
Lyndon Arthur set up a fight with Anthony Yarde, which could take place in October, as he made a first successful defence of his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title, boxing his way to a unanimous points decision over Dec Spelman at the BT Sport Studios in London.
Caoimhin Agyarko looked a middleweight on the rise as he knocked down Jez Smith three times on the way to a ninth-round stoppage in a scheduled ten-rounder on the Queensberry Promotions show at the BT Studios in London.