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Shakur Stevenson wanted to return home to Newark. In front of 5,150 fans at Prudential Center, Stevenson, the WBO No. 1 contender, knocked out two-time world title challenger Alberto "Metro" Guevara (27-5, 12 KOs) in the third round of a scheduled 10-rounder.
BOXING is split over the outcome the vacant British heavyweight title between unbeaten prospects Daniel Dubois (11-0, 10KOs) and Nathan Gorman (16-0, 11KOs) on London’s o2 Arena on Saturday (July 13), live on BT Sport.
ARCH rivals Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton are joined as one over the big Daniel Dubois v Nathan Gorman showdown. IBF featherweight champion Warrington won a brutal thriller on points against Frampton and they’re expecting another explosive clash when unbeaten pair Dubois (11-0, 10 KOs) and Gorman (16-0, 11 KOs) clash.
Josh Warrington believes the only thing left for him to do is to unify the featherweight division. The Leeds man retained his IBF world title earlier this month with a split-decision victory over his mandatory challenger. Warrington took on Kid Galahad at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, exclusively live on BT Sport, and came out on top via margins of 113-115, 116-112 and 116-113 on June 15.
Kid Galahad has backed Josh Warrington to go on and unify the featherweight division. The Sheffield man was on the wrong end of a split decision against ‘The Leeds Warrior’ last Saturday, exclusively live on BT Sport. Galahad was the mandatory challenger to Warrington’s IBF world title and was denied the victory after tallies of 113-115, 116-112 and 116-113 were handed in by the three ringside judges.
WHILE TYSON FURY WAS taking over Vegas, back at home Josh Warrington returned to his regular haunt of the FD Arena in Leeds for the first time as a world champion to make his mandatory defence against Kid Galahad. Unfortunately, this one was never likely to be pretty because it takes two to make a fight.
Josh Warrington retained his IBF featherweight title with a tight win over Kid Galahad in Leeds on Saturday. Warrington remained undefeated and improved to 29-0 but only just, recording a narrow split-decision victory at First Direct Arena.
Josh Warrington admitted his frustration after squeaking out an unsatisfactory split decision win over Kid Galahad to retain his IBF featherweight title in Leeds. The home favourite had to dig deep to keep hold of his title in a fight far removed from his previous all-action title clashes with Lee Selby and Carl Frampton.
First Direct Arena, Leeds - In a mandatory contest, IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington (29-0, 6 KOs) was able to gut out a very close twelve round split decision over previously undefeated Kid Galahad (26-1, 15 KOs)
Warrington, Kid Galahad Scorecard BoxingScene Live - The pair of unbeaten featherweights wrapped up a contentious promotional buildup to their forthcoming title fight with yet another intense exchange. The latest came following Friday’s pre-fight weigh-in, where both easily hit the mark for Saturdays’ featherweight title fight in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds, England.