Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) pulled off an enormous upset in defeating Filip Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KOs) by an eighth spherical stoppage to seize the IBF interim heavyweight title. The ringside physician suggested the competition be halted within the eighth resulting from Hrgovic’s sustained cuts over each eyes. The time of the stoppage was at :57 of spherical eight.
Dubois, 26, had Hrgovic badly damage within the seventh spherical, and he barely made it out of the spherical. Firstly of the eighth, Dubois jumped on the exhausted and hiurt Hrgovic, hitting him at will with pictures. The referee then referred to as a outing and marched the badly bleeding Hrgovic over to the ringside physician, who suggested that the competition be halted.
WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) stopped his earlier substitute opponent Malik Zinad (22-1, 16 KOs) within the sixth spherical of a scheduled twelve-round contest.
Bivol damage fringe contender Zinad with a proper hand within the sixth after which unloaded with a barrage of unanswered punches, leading to referee Howard Foster stepping in to cease the competition.
The time of the stoppage was at 2:06 of spherical six. Earlier within the combat, Bivol dropped Zinad, 30, with a left hook to the pinnacle within the first spherical.
Regardless of struggling a bloody nostril in spherical two, Zinad fought properly in rounds two by way of 5, utilizing his and highly effective proper hand to maintain Bivol from speeding in to land his pictures. Nevertheless, within the sixth, Zinad appeared to anger Bivol with a shot, inflicting him to unload with a storm of punches to get the stoppage.
The referee did the proper factor by stopping it as a result of the final two punches that Bivol linked with had Zinad wanting surprised.
Queensberry group captain and middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz (20-0, 16 KOs) scored an eleventh-round knockout of beforehand unbeaten Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (16-1, 11 KOs) in a WBC title eliminator.
The lanky 6’3″ Sheeraz, 25, dropped Ammo Williams late within the tenth spherical after which completed him off the damage Matchroom fighter in the beginning of the eleventh with a sequence of arduous pictures. The combat was halted at 45 seconds of the eleventh spherical.
Williams, 28, staggered Hamzah with a left to the pinnacle within the first spherical. Nevertheless, Sheeraz got here again from there, dominating Williams the remainder of the best way, making the most of his lengthy attain.
Ammo William’s proper eye swelled up from the jabs of Hamzah. The failure for Williams was that he wasn’t listening to his coach by staying in shut. When he was in shut, he lacked the ability to do something in opposition to the stork-like Hamzah.
Nick Ball (20-0-1, 11 KOs) outworked beforehand unbeaten WBA featherweight champion Raymond Ford (15-1-1, 8 KOs), beating him by an thrilling twelve spherical cut up determination. The scores have been 115-113, 115-113 for Ball, and 115-113 for Ford.
Ford bloodied Ball’s nostril within the seventh spherical with a proper hand and managed the center rounds along with his jab and exact pictures. Ball got here again within the twelfth spherical to get the higher of Ford with close-range pictures in opposition to the ropes. Ford was minimize underneath his proper eye early and above his left eye.
After the combat, Ford mentioned he’ll transfer as much as tremendous featherweight to start out campaigning in that weight division.
Mild heavyweight Willy Hutchinson (18-1, 13 KOs) carried out a masterclass, defeating veteran Craig Richards (18-4-1, 11 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous determination. The scores have been 116-112, 117-111, and 119-109.
Hutchinson, 25, had Richards near being stopped late within the tenth spherical when he trapped him within the nook and unloaded on him with a flurry of pictures. Richards had rallied within the ninth and the beginning of the tenth earlier than getting damage.
Within the eleventh, the 34-year-old Richards appeared to stun a fatigued Hutchinson with a proper hand, however couldn’t join with something to place him in worse hassle resulting from his head motion. Within the twelfth, Hutchinson received his second wind, and used motion and angles to complete robust to get the victory.
