Ionut Baluta: record, next fight and profile →
Peter McGrail edged past late-replacement opponent Ionut Baluta to winning a majority decision at the BP pulse Live
The highly anticipated super-bantamweight fight between Shabaz Masoud and Peter McGrail, set for Birmingham on June 21, will no longer go ahead.
Dennis McCann put on a disciplined performance to win the European super bantamweight title and defeat Ionut Baluta in a rematch of their controversial draw.
Until his split decision loss to Ionut Baluta 16 months ago, bantamweight Andrew Cain was rated as arguably the most exciting, under the radar talent in British boxing. The hand he damaged during that fight is now fully healed and Cain, from Liverpool, is hellbent on showing that he still deserves the menacing reputation he was developing.
Dennis McCann will get his chance to clean up the one blotch on his 15-0-1 (8 KOs) record when he rematches Ionut Baluta on July 27, 11 months after they battled to a technical draw
Dennis McCann’s confidence certainly wasn’t affected by his draw with Inout Baluta. Last August, the tough Romanian dragged McCann went through a ferocious gut check at a sweltering York Hall. Early in
The atmosphere within the historic old building was off the charts and the place was full from start to finish. York Hall may well be a small hall, but it is cherished by both fans and fighters and it remains the perfect setting for young talents to develop and ultimately graduate to the bigger venues, hopefully without the need for the extensive curtains covering up all the empty seats so evident at a show on Saturday.
York Hall, London - For the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight title, Dennis McCann (14-0-1, 8 KOs) and Ionut Baluta (16-4-1, 3 KOs) fought to a fire-fight nine round technical draw.
DENNIS MCCANN CAN show on Friday just why he has long been considered one of the most elite young talents in world boxing. Our super bantamweight prodigy takes a significant step up in class by taking on the redoubtable, rough and rugged Ionut Baluta for the WBO Intercontinental title. It really could prove to be a coming of age fight for the Haribo-munching 22-year-old.
Mccann, Baluta Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Four title fights headline the card at York Hall on Friday when Queensberry return to the historic Bethnal Green venue with a show topped by the super bantamweight collision between Dennis McCann and Ionut Baluta for the WBO Intercontinental title belt.