Irish light heavyweight Conor Wallace (13-1, 10 KOs) turned a small piece of Queensland Irish on St Patrick’s Day as he scored an emphatic sixth-round knockout over Australia’s Jack Gipp (7-1, 7 KOs) in the DAZN headliner from the Fortitude Music Hall in Fortitude, Australia. 

Wallace started slow in a fight that set fire from the opening bell. The first round swung in the favor of both fighters as they traded for the full three minutes. 

The second started slower as Wallace tried to keep the contest to his rhythm until Gipp threw a right that glanced off Wallace’s shoulder. It would prompt the Irishman to attack with a scoring combination that was followed by a good uppercut.

The third saw both men go toe-to-toe for the full three minutes in a candidate for Round of the Year. It could have gone either way. 

Gipp landed an eye-catching straight left hand to open the fourth round, but it wouldn’t deter the incessant pressing from Wallace. Wallace wouldn’t take a backward step for the whole round and he caught some smart counters for his trouble. 

Wallace found himself cornered and under attack in the fifth, but turned his man to flip the script, letting go his own combination in retaliation. Gipp took another big right hand on the ropes seconds later. 

The opening two minutes of the sixth saw a rare reprieve in action as Wallace went hunting for something bigger. With less than a minute left, Wallace went for the finish, landing a gluttony of combinations to the head and a straight right hand sending Gipp to the canvas. Wallace would take out Gipp definitively with just 17 seconds on the clock, a left hand finishing the job to the adulation of the all-Irish crowd Down Under.

Undercard Results 

Brisbane cruiserweight Austin Aokuso 7-0 (3 KOs) claimed a comfortable unanimous-decision over New Zealand’s Titi Motusaga 5-2 (3 KOs) over six rounds.

Jake Wylie impressed with an exciting third-round stoppage of Ashley Houston, who was shaken in the second and dropped for the first time by a left hook in the third round and moments later he was floored again, from a big right hand, and the referee instantly called it off after 48 seconds of the round.

Brisbane’s Houston is now 5-2 (4 KOs). Wylie, from Queensland, is 13-1 (12 KOs).

At light heavyweight, Brisbane prospect Xavier Fletcher improved to 2-0 (2 KOs) with a third-round stoppage of Jordan Towns, from the Gold Coast, who is 1-1.

Perth light heavyweight Matt Floyd (8-0, 4 KOs) scored a seventh-round stoppage of 2-4 Cole Smith.

In another 175lbs clash, Queensland debutant Ben Mulvihill handed Corey Crittenden his fifth loss. The loser drops to 0-5.

At super middleweight, Queensland’s Max McIntyre is 3-0 (2 KOs) took two rounds to beat Sydney southpaw Amaeze Enyi.