ELLIS ZORRO blasted Hosea Burton into retirement with a savage seventh-round knockout victory at York Hall. The 30-year-old had to dig deep at times and was trailing in the contest when he pulled a chilling one-punch finish out of the bag midway through the seventh.
Hosea Burton may well have won a Lonsdale belt in a career that has seen him dominate domestically –– but he is looking to go one better. The 34-year-old was last in the ring in December last year when he outpointed Darryl Sharp over six rounds.
IN A CRUISERWEIGHT CRACKER, the undefeated Ellis Zorro will fight for the vacant WBO European title against former British champion Hosea Burton at York Hall on Friday May 12, live on BT Sport from 7:30pm.
Light-heavyweight prospect Karol Itauma extended his unbeaten record to nine fights as he stopped Vladimir Belujsky just 102 seconds from the end of his eight-rounder on the Fury-Chisora undercard at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in what was oddly a fight between two boxers born in a small town in Slovakia.
Dan Azeez won the vacant British light-heavyweight title as he picked up a seventh round stoppage win over Hosea Burton. The two men met on a Boxxer show that was broadcast live on Sky Sports, with Azeez (15-0, 10 KOs) putting in an incredible performance to overcome Burton (26-3, 12 KOs).
Dan Azeez claimed the vacant British light-heavyweight title as he stopped former champion Hosea Burton in the seventh round at Wembley Arena.
Hosea Burton earned the right to fight for his old British light-heavyweight title as he knocked out Liam Conroy with a left hook in the sixth round of their final eliminator in Bolton.
Hosea Burton has labelled Lyndon Arthur as a 'sitting duck' - and wants to face him next provided he can defeated Liam Conroy on this Friday's MTK Fight Night.
MTK Fight Night will make its return later this month - featuring two title fights, three final eliminators. The card will be held at the University of Bolton Stadium on Friday 25 June, and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank in the US, and worldwide on IFL TV.
Riga, Latvia - Under the careful eye of none other than the reigning WBC heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury, as well as a number of excited Latvian fans, local light heavyweight Ricards Bolotniks produced one of his finest ever performances by completely outboxing and outfighting a once-beaten Brit Hosea Burton.