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Lewis Crocker vs Paddy Donovan-Wyniki and report after the fight
Lewis Crocker remained invincible because Paddy Donovan was disqualified in the eighth round of the controversial and confused eliminator of the title of the world in welterweight at the SEZNA Arena in Belfast on Saturday.
Crocker (21-0, 11 KO) was recently released in June 2024, the points from Conah Walker in Birmingham won, while Donovan (14-1, 11 KO) had his last competition in May last year, when he won the ninth round victory over Lewis Ritson in Leeds.
It was a still opening round, and Donovan landed massive blows, and he continued confidence.
Crocker was cut out in the third, caused by Donovan’s impact, but the first warning about the “real offer” took place in the fourth round for using the head.
The fifth saw a crazy exchange between the couple, but later the 26-year-old was taken away for reusing his head, a lot on his protest.
He shook it and landed with a strenuous left hand on Crocker’s body, with the destruction of the northern Irishman deteriorating Limerick ManThis time to employ the elbow.
Donovan reacted again, shooting back, and he dropped “croc” with a salvo of blows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ossw6am9hkk
The 28-year-old defeated the count, but he was reassured after the bell sound at the end of the eight rounds, hints Disqualification of judge Marcus McDonnell.
The confusion was when Donovan thought the fight was ruled in his favor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mbamgtvwk8
McCrory Richards KO
Craig Richards breathed a fresh life in his career when he landed the eighth winner in Lightweight Heavyweight against Padraig McCrory.
The left hand to the body caused damage to Richards (19-4-1, 12 KO), and McCrory (19-2, 9 KO) is not able to defeat the count.
“Spider” bounced off the defeat to Willy Hutchinson last time.
Ward stops McCarthy
In the start of the crossroads in the cruiser’s scale, the former European champion, Tommy McCarthy (21-7, 10 KO) stopped by Steven Ward (15-3, 5 KO) in the sixth round in the planned ten round.
McCarthy was in the second and once again before the end.
And that’s all!
A huge win for Steven Ward in Belfast 👏#MCCarthyward |. @Daznboxing |. #Crockerdonovan pic.twitter.com/uapmhzhawm
– boxing matchroom (@matchroomboxing) March 1, 2025
Walker defeats Woodstock
Lisburn Feather Wweight Kurt Walker was the winner of the bill, but he had to rely on most decisions to pass through Leon Woodstock.
One judge had his ten round levels at 95-95, with the other judges summarizing 97-93 and 96-94 for Walker (12-0, 2 KO) because he remained invincible.
Browne nervous by Turhan
Shauna Browne was stunned in her lithe eliminator of the WBC title against Elif Nur Turhan (10-0, 6 Kos), when Turk conjured up his left hand, which robbed Brown (5 Kos) of her feet and dropped her, and when she got up on uncertain legs, the judge waved.
Elif Nur Turhan drops Shauna Browne and it’s over !! 😱#Crockerdonovan |. Live today in Dazn pic.twitter.com/x4suphwow9
– DAZN Boxing (@daznboxing) March 1, 2025
Other card
Radhan Farrell, a super Bantameight perspective, won a rematch against Gerard Hughes (5-1-1) in eight rounds. Their original meeting ended in a draw, but this time Farrell (7-1-1, 2 KO) was the winner of 79-73.
Aaron Bowen (5-0, 3 KO) won all six rounds in his middle weight clash with Juan Cruz Cacheiro (7-4, 3 KO).
Jack O’Neill (4-0, 1 KO) dropped Mohammed Wako (1-3) on the way to win in four points in Super Bantamweight.
Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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Ryan Garcia insists he was not given a contract to fight Conor Benn, despite the Briton insisting he signed a contract for the fight.
Garcia and Benn are reportedly in talks for a welterweight world title clash in Las Vegas in August.
Benn is the number one contender for the American’s WBC crown, which he won by unanimous decision over Mario Barrios in February.
On Wednesday, Benn publicly called on his rival to sign the end of the deal.
“Sign the contract @RyanGarcia,” the 29-year-old wrote X.
“King Ry” sharply criticized “The Destroyer”, claiming that he was not given a contract to sign.
The 27-year-old wrote further X: “If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of these hands touches your jaw on fight night.”
Benn has not broken the 147-pound limit since 2022, although he has signaled his intention to return to welterweight, and his last fight was at 150 pounds.
The player from Ilford said goodbye to former two-time world champion, Regis Prograis unanimous decision at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this month.
Benn fought at middleweight in his two fights, then fought Prograis in two hard-fought matches against Chris Eubank Jr.
Prior to his victory over Porgrais, the 29-year-old controversially left former promotional team Matchroom to join Zuffa Boxing on a one-fight deal reportedly worth $15 million.
Benn resigned last week from the company formed by UFC president Dana White as part of a five-fight contract.
“I just signed a fresh multi-fight contract, which I am very joyful with,” he said.
“Our visions are consistent.
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If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of those hands touched your jaw on fight night.
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) April 22, 2026
“Our goal remains the same, which is to win the world title, but more importantly, to give people the fight they want.
“Give people mega fights.”
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