EBU European middleweight champion Tyler Denny retained his title on a technical decision over former British and WBC International champion Felix Cash after five rounds due to Cash having a cut over his right eyebrow and bloodshot right eye on Saturday night at the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
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In the main event, former British and current EBU Euro middleweight champion southpaw Tyler Denny, 18-2-3 (1), defeated former British, Commonwealth, and WBC International champ Felix Cash, 16-1 (10) after five rounds of scheduled 12 rounds due to a right eye injury suffered by Cash due to a clash of heads.
In the first round, returning after 18 months, Cash outworked Denny. In the second round, Cash received a cut on his right eyelid. In the third round, Denny landed a punch and grabbed Cash without warning from referee Mark Lyson. In the final seconds of the fourth round, Cash, ahead, got caught with a left on the chin by Denny, stunning him.
In the fifth round referee Lyson called in the ring physician due to the right eye of Cash after a clash of heads who called a halt.
The scores were 49-46 and 49-47 twice.
In the co-feature, WBO Inter-Continental champ Lewis ‘The Croc’ Crocker, 20-0 (11) defeated WBA International champ Conah ‘The Wolf’ Walker, 13-3-1 (5), with the help of a questionable point deduction over 10 rounds.
In the first five rounds, it went back and forth, all close. Crocker, using peek-a-boo defense, took plenty on the gloves, only returning in spurts, with Walker having a slight edge.
In the sixth and seventh, Crocker finally opened up more. In the eighth round, Walker came back, out-landing Crocker.
In the ninth round, referee Steve Gray, without previous warning, took away a point from Walker for a low blow. From that point, it was a war. Crocker’s nose showed blood halfway through the fight, and Walker’s right eye almost shut.
The scores were 96-93 twice and 95-94.
Super lightweight Cameron Vuong, 5-0 (3), #139.3, of Blyth, UK, defeated Jeff Ofori, 13-8-2 (4) over 10 rounds.
In the first two rounds, Ofori plodded after Vuong, who used a jab to pile up points, hardly getting hit. In the final seconds of the third round, Ofori finally landed several rights, yet not enough to win the round. At the halfway point of the fourth round, Vuong rocked Ofori with a right on the chin.
In the fifth round, after a minute, Ofori landed half a dozen punches without return, finally winning a round. In the sixth round, Ofori returned to plodding after Vuong, who got away with holding his left hand out, did enough to take the round.
In the seventh through the ninth rounds, Ofori did enough to take the rounds, with Vuong doing more feinting than landing. In the tenth and final round, Vuong continued to dance around the ring with Ofori plodding and, when he caught up to him, out-landed him.
The referee was Lee Every. The judges’ scores were 99-91 and 98-92. 95-95 KH.
WBA International super flyweight champ Shannon Ryan, 7-1 (0), lost a disputed split decision after coming off the canvas in the second round to Commonwealth super fly champ Emma Dolan, 7-0 (1) over 10×2 rounds, for the vacant BBBofC British and Commonwealth Boxing Council super fly titles.
In the first two rounds, the much taller Dolan easily used a jab, winning all the rounds. In the third round, in the final seconds, Dolan laned three punches, with the final one behind the head, as Referee Victor Loughlin gave her an 8-count as the round ended.
From the fourth through the eighth rounds, Ryan showed more movement, outboxing Dolan, who no longer hardly landed her jab.
In the ninth round Dolan continues to hold and hit with no warnings from the referee but Ryan wins another round land good left hooks to the chin of Dolan.
In the tenth and final round, Dolan’s face is red as a beet from the punches Ryan has landed, having dominated since the third round to the end.
The scores 95-94 Ryan, 96-93 Dolan and 96-94 Dolan. 97-92 Ryan KH.
Super flyweight Hamza Uddin, 2-0 (1), dominated Italian-born Giulio Commerso, 4-2 (1), in a mismatch over 6 rounds.
In the first round’s final seconds,Uddin landed four unanswered punches to the chin of Commerso. In the second round Uddin ‘played’ with Commerso landing at will though hands to his side. A final left on the chin rocked Commerso at the bell.
From the third through the fifth, the lopsided match continued with Uddin having his way and Commerso doing little in return.
In the sixth and final round, Uddin showboated and still landed all the punches, while Commerson missed more than land in this mismatch. The referee Kevin Parker had an easy night, and so did Uddin.
Referee Parker scored it 60-53.
Lightweight Ibraheem ‘Spider’ Sulaimaan, 4-0 (3) stopped Jesus Gonzalez, 3-3 (0), at 1:50 of the second round of a scheduled 6 rounds.
In the first round, a left from Sulaimaan as Gonzalez was backing up on the head dropped him for an 8-count from Referee Kevin Parker. In the second round, Sulaimaan landed several punches, the last of which was left to the body. Backing up, Gonzalez suddenly dropped to the canvas, beating the count of referee Parker, but was in no condition to continue.
Super Bantam southpaw Muhammad Mustafa Ali, 4-0-1 (1), drew with Kelvin Madjid, 2-1-1 (0) over 6 rounds.
In the first two rounds, southpaw Ali countered well. From the third through the sixth, Madjid seemed to dominate, pressing Ali and landing uppercuts to the chin when he did catch up with him.
The referee Chris Dean scored it 57-57.
Heavyweight Emanuel Odiase, 4-0 (3) knocked out southpaw Kevin Masirika, 2-2 (1) at 0:45 of the 4th and final round.
In the fourth round, a left from the much taller Odiase to the head and down went Masirika for the count from Referee Chris Dean.
The ring announcer was David Diamante.
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