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Karol Itauma took his professional tally to 8-0 with a convincing win over Michal Gazdik, who he dominated from start to finish and referee John Latham had seen enough after 50 seconds of round four and stepped in to protect Gazdik. The stoppage came after 2.03 of the third round in a fight that was nip and tuck until the fight-changing shot that takes O’Leary to 10-0. New Queensberry signing Pierce O’Leary pulverised his opponent Robin Zamora with a beast of a right hand in the second round that left the Nicaraguan with his senses scrambled and referee Sean McAvoy rightly jumped in to stop him coming under further attack. The Big Bang is back in business in a big way.

Referee Bob Williams scored the contest 77-75 and Islington’s Abdulah is now 5-0 and taken the distance for the first time. Unbeaten super bantam Masood Abdulah was given a good run for his money over eight rounds by the young Bulgarian Tank Banabakov, who largely gave as good as he got until the final two rounds when the pressure was increased and Banabakov’s work got a little ragged. Referee John Latham was quick to rescue him and Ball is now 16-0 and one of the best young champions in the country. Kokololo was rocked in the ninth as Ball started looking for a big finish, but he survived to fight another round.īall launched the heavy artillery in the final round and finally got his man when Kokololo was caught and, for once, didn’t respond. Kokololo opened up in the seventh in an attempt to pick up some momentum but Ball stayed in charge and was controlling the rounds. The target was being found with increased frequency but a worrying mark formed under Ball’s left eye that became more evident as the fifth round drew to a close. He had to work around the Kokololo jab and wasn’t able to be as typically relentless as he normally is against shorter opponents.īall landed some good shots at the end of both rounds three and four, but Kokololo remained a confident operator and Ball started to be bloodied around nose. Ball soon had him rattled by stooping low and ripping up shots towards the jaw of the Namibian.īall was making a first defence of the WBC Silver featherweight title.Īgainst such physical threats, the Liverpool lad had to be on his guard and not get caught by anything in trying to get up close. Nick Ball had a tall order in front of him in the shape of Nathanael Kokololo, who enjoyed a significant height and reach advantage. Read: Sunny Edwards Decisions Andres Campos - Boxing Results The official time of the stoppage was 2.28 of round five. Referee Bob Williams decided he had seen enough and Heffron finally has a British title to take home. The Heffron pressure cranked up in the fifth and Clarke appeared to be in retreat and in some sort of trouble. An uppercut wobbled Clarke in the third as the ferocious exchanges continued.Ĭlarke established something a foothold in the fourth but, again, it was Heffron who landed the cleaner, more telling shots and the Birmingham man was showing remarkable resilience to hang in there.

The second round evened up with Clarke winging in some big shots on Heffron, but the 30-year-old in his third challenge for the British, employed some stealthy footwork and jabbed more effectively. In a fight not to be forgotten, Mark Heffron defeated Lennox Clarke to become British, Commonwealth and IBF Intercontinental super middleweight champion.Ī stunning first round saw Clarke push Heffron over, which sparked the Oldham man into action and Clarke was floundering for much of the remainder of the round as Heffron landed bomb after bomb on a shellshocked champion. Read: David Adeleye Stops Emir Ahmatovic - Boxing Resultsīeech then enjoyed some minor successes, but the spiteful McCann offered him little respite and the Bloxwich fighter was struggling to keep him off and it wasn’t long before a few party tricks came out to play.īeech rallied but was chopped down by a vicious right that put him to the canvas before another assault led to the towel being thrown in and McCann jumping for joy over becoming WBC International Silver featherweight champion.

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