Heavyweight Derek Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs) won a major victory, beating favorite Joe Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
After being injured in the eighth round and looking tired, Chisora, 40, came back to knock out Joyce in the ninth round with a right hand to the head.
In the tenth, Chisora sealed the win by landing several right hands on Joyce in the final 30 seconds of the contest. The scores were 98-92, 96-94 and 96-94. Boxing News 24 scores Chisora 7-3.
Ryan Garner (16-0, 8 KOs) retained his WBC International super featherweight title with a ten round unanimous decision win over undefeated Archie Sharp (25-1, 9 KOs).
The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93. Garner was seriously injured in the sixth round with a right to the head. However, Sharp recovered well by staying close, wearing down Garner.
The action picked up from the seventh to the tenth round, with plenty of roughhouse tactics for both fighters. Garner’s better engine was the difference in the second half of the race, as Sharp’s foot went down, and he was stopped.
Heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma (10-0, 8 KOs) destroyed former world title contender Mariusz Wach (38-11-1, 20 KOs) by knockout in the second round. Itauma, 19, pelted Wach, 44, with a series of hard shots, some to the back of the head.
After the 6’7″ Wach got back to his feet, Itauma finished him off with a flurry of unanswered punches, prompting referee Michael Alexander to step in to stop the fight. The stoppage occurred at 2:30 of the second round.
Dennis McCann he recently entered the clinic against Ionut Baluta, collecting points that echo the sound of superiority: 120-108 and 117-111, twice. It was a unanimous decision, but to call it a “must” is an understatement. The 23-year-old McCann extended his trophy case to include European gold, adding to his British, Commonwealth, and WBO Inter-Continental super-bantamweight titles.
Royston Barney-Smith he effortlessly earned his first belt with yawning scores of 79-73 and twin 78-74s, in a grueling fight that could double as a cure for insomnia.
Sean Noakes won the English welterweight title by a tight score of 97-94 and 96-94, overcoming a tough challenge from Bassi in a unanimous decision.
Adam Hamed won over Georgi Velichkov by a score of 40-36, moving his record to 2-0.
Brandon Lee he outlasted Juan Anacona in eight rounds by a score of 78-74, marking his 29th victory.
Raven Chapman he nearly stopped Yohana Sarabia, eventually winning by a unanimous decision 100-90 to retain his WBC international featherweight title and extend his record to 9-0.
Jermaine DhliwayoDerek Chisora’s nephew, won his first fight against Engel Gomez on points.
Umar Khan sthe team met Kaddour Hmiani to get his 10th win.
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