Jack Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) avenged his defeat two years in the past by defeating former undisputed mild welterweight Josh Taylor (19-2, 13 KOs) by a surprisingly one-sided twelve spherical unanimous determination on Saturday evening on the First Direct Area in Leeds, England. The judges’ scores had been 117-111, 116-113 and 117-111.
The southpaw Taylor, 33, had issue touchdown his energy photographs and was consuming jabs from Catterall all through the competition. When Taylor tried to get shut sufficient to enhance his accuracy, Catterall would tie him up.
This course of repeated all through the combat with Taylor crowding Catterall and getting clinched earlier than he may get his photographs off. It wasn’t entertaining to observe, however we weren’t coping with knockout artists. Each guys are pure boxers, for essentially the most half.
Unbeaten cruiserweight Cheavon Clarke (9-0, 7 KOs) was an excessive amount of for Ellis Zorro (17-2, 7 KOs), carrying him down with bludgeoning short-range photographs to attain an eighth-round knockout to win the vacant British title.
In spherical eight, Clarke shocked Zorro, 31, with a brief proper hand to the top that backed him up towards the ropes. Clarke knocked Zorro down with a follow-up proper. He was then counted out by referee Mark Bates at 2:59 of spherical eight.
Zorro gave Clark a whole lot of hassle by way of many of the combat, selecting off a whole lot of his punches and returning fireplace to make the rounds shut. Within the eighth, Zorro acquired a bit of too courageous by exchanging energy photographs at shut vary and was caught with a proper hand that shocked him.
As an alternative of getting on his bike or tying up, Zorro backed up towards the ropes and motioned for Clark to come back ahead. When he did, he instantly dropped him with a proper to the top.
In a pleasant domestic-level scrap, unbeaten welterweight Paddy Donovan (14-0, 11 KOs) wore down and stopped the heavy-handed Lewis Ritson (23-4, 13 KOs) within the ninth spherical. The time of the stoppage was at 0:32 of the spherical.
Donovan backed Ritson up towards the ropes and pounded away with heavy photographs, leaving referee Howard Foster no alternative however to wave it off. It was an excellent efficiency by Donovan, mixing up his punches nicely and throwing to the physique to put on down Ritson.
The uppercuts had been very nice. Donovan was hitting Ritson repeatedly with uppercuts, and he made no changes to dam the arduous punches.
Gary Cully barely hustled previous Francesco Patera in a ten-round affair, enhancing his report as much as 18-1. Patera, armed with preliminary aggression, finally ran out of fuel towards Cully’s superior attain. Regardless of Patera touchdown extra energy punches, it was Cully’s persistent jab—touchdown that swayed the judges right into a lopsided verdict of 98-92 and 96-94 (twice).
Within the tremendous featherweight ring, Giorgio Visioli continued his predictable knockout parade, dispatching Sergio Odabai with a predictable physique shot within the fourth spherical. Visioli’s report gleams with a calculated 100% knockout fee, hammering residence the monotony of his inevitable march by way of the ranks.
Up at middleweight, George Liddard handled his first eight-rounder like a quick exercise session, dispatching Graham McCormack in a single spherical. Liddard’s overwhelming energy turned what may have been a combat into a fast mopping-up job, leaving his report unblemished at 7-0.
Emmanuel Buttigieg methodically picked aside Anas Isarti over six rounds, immproving his report to 4-0.
Unbeaten cruiserweight Cheavon Clarke (9-0, 7 KOs) was an excessive amount of for Ellis Zorro (17-2, 7 KOs), carrying him down with bludgeoning short-range photographs to attain an eighth-round knockout to win the vacant British title.
In spherical eight, Clarke shocked Zorro, 31, with a brief proper hand to the top that backed him up towards the ropes. Clarke knocked Zorro down with a follow-up proper. He was then counted out by referee Mark Bates at 2:59 of spherical eight.
Zorro gave Clark a whole lot of hassle by way of many of the combat, selecting off a whole lot of his punches and returning fireplace to make the rounds shut. Within the eighth, Zorro acquired a bit of too courageous by exchanging energy photographs at shut vary and was caught with a proper hand that shocked him.
As an alternative of getting on his bike or tying up, Zorro backed up towards the ropes and motioned for Clark to come back ahead. When he did, he instantly dropped him with a proper to the top.
In a pleasant domestic-level scrap, unbeaten welterweight Paddy Donovan (14-0, 11 KOs) wore down and stopped the heavy-handed Lewis Ritson (23-4, 13 KOs) within the ninth spherical. The time of the stoppage was at 0:32 of the spherical.
Donovan backed Ritson up towards the ropes and pounded away with heavy photographs, leaving referee Howard Foster no alternative however to wave it off. It was an excellent efficiency by Donovan, mixing up his punches nicely and throwing to the physique to put on down Ritson.
The uppercuts had been very nice. Donovan was hitting Ritson repeatedly with uppercuts, and he made no changes to dam the arduous punches.
Gary Cully barely hustled previous Francesco Patera in a ten-round affair, enhancing his report as much as 18-1. Patera, armed with preliminary aggression, finally ran out of fuel towards Cully’s superior attain. Regardless of Patera touchdown extra energy punches, it was Cully’s persistent jab—touchdown that swayed the judges right into a lopsided verdict of 98-92 and 96-94 (twice).
Within the tremendous featherweight ring, Giorgio Visioli continued his predictable knockout parade, dispatching Sergio Odabai with a predictable physique shot within the fourth spherical. Visioli’s report gleams with a calculated 100% knockout fee, hammering residence the monotony of his inevitable march by way of the ranks.
Up at middleweight, George Liddard handled his first eight-rounder like a quick exercise session, dispatching Graham McCormack in a single spherical. Liddard’s overwhelming energy turned what may have been a combat into a fast mopping-up job, leaving his report unblemished at 7-0.
Emmanuel Buttigieg methodically picked aside Anas Isarti over six rounds, immproving his report to 4-0.
