Eubank avenges loss, stops Smith
Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr (33-3, 24 KOs) avenged his loss to former WBO jr middleweight champion and current WBO #2 middleweight Liam “Beefy” Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) with a one-sided…
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Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr (33-3, 24 KOs) avenged his loss to former WBO jr middleweight champion and current WBO #2 middleweight Liam “Beefy” Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) with a one-sided tenth round TKO on Saturday night at the AO Arena in Manchester, England. Now trained by Brian “Bomac” Mcintyre, the quicker Eubank was busier and used John Ruiz-style clutch and grab tactics to thwart Smith’s offense early on. Eubank dropped Smith in round four with an uppercut and totally took over after that. Smith survived a furious barrage in round five. Eubank continued to dominate while Smith desperately looked to land a big shot. The later rounds were pretty much one-way traffic. Eubank dropped Smith again in round ten and the bout was waved off by the referee after Eubank’s follow-up barrage. Time was 1:45.
Unbeaten and highly touted WBA #11 super lightweight Adam Azim (9-0, 6 KOs) won a workmanlike ten round unanimous decision over Aram Fanyan (22-2, 4 KOs). Competitive fight. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 99-91.
Olympic super heavyweight bronze medalist Frazer Clarke (8-0, 6 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over David Allen (25-6-2, 18 KOs). Clarke was deducted two points in round six for repeated low blows. After the round, the bout was stopped due to a perforated ear drum suffered by Allen.
In an upset, “Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver” Jack Cullen (22-4-1, 10 KOs) knocked out and dethroned British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion and IBF #13, WBO #14-rated Mark Heffron (29-3-1, 23 KOs) in round three. Cullen dropped Heffron with a clean left hook. Heffron got up quickly, but then sank back to the canvas. Time was 2:43.
Unbeaten welterweight Florian “The Albanian King” Marku (13-0-1, 8 KOs) needed just 54 seconds to demolish Dylan Moran (18-2, 8 KOs) in the first round. Marku bumrushed Moran and got a referee’s stoppage after a barrage of punches.
Former unified women’s super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs), now fighting at super lightweight, outpointed former Euro champ Silvia Bortot (11-3, 3 KOs) over ten rounds. Scored 100-90 for Mayer.
Olympic gold medalist Lauren Price (5-0, 1 KO) won by sixth round technical decision over Lolita Muzeya (18-2, 10 KOs) in a female welterweight bout.
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