WBO World Lightweight Champion, Terry Harper (16-2-2, 6 KO) easily defeated the former WIBF World Super Delicate Wweight champion and the unbeaten Natalie Zimmermann (13-1, 3 KO) in a German unanimous decision at the Keepmoat stadium, Doncaster, yorksire, yorksire, UK.
In the co-or-Main Main “Maximus” event, Hughes (29-7-2, 6 KO) easily defeated Archie “Sharshoter” Edged (25-2, 9 Kos) by 12-round unanimous decision to capture the empty airy WBC title.
Harper, 28 years senior, defeated Zimmermann by 10 × 2 rounds. In the first two rounds, Harper had his way, repeatedly having Zimmerman against lines in defense. In the last seconds of the third round, Harper threw Zimmerman’s head with a solid stab. In the fourth sixth round Harper had his way, having Zimmerman after the end.
In the eighth and ninth round, Zimmermann was still moving back high, showing a petite insult when Harper replied mainly in the head. In the tenth and final round, at a minute, Zimmermann suffered a nasty cut on the right eye because of his head clash, and the blood of her face. The ring doctor checked this, allowing her to continue.
The results are 99-91, 99-91 and 99-91. Steve Gray was a judge.
Former British champion and IBO World Delicate, Maxi Hughes, won the harmful decision about the former WBO EURO Master Archie Edged thanks to a 12-round unanimous decision.
In the first three rounds, Southpaw Hughes had an advantage, mostly chasing a keen ring. Edged stood his land in the fourth round, and sometimes even turning Southpaw, while Hughes still had the advantage.
In the sixth round Hughes after a minute landed the right hook to the chin. Edged began to show unsuccessfully, losing the next round. In the last minute of the seventh round, Hughes acted sharply with his left hook to the chin.
Hughes swayed sharply with the combination of chin in the last minute of the tenth round in this unilateral fight. Hughes landed with his right hook to the chin in the eleventh round, aching keen. In the twelfth and final round, Hughes easily won what could be a performance. Edged did not win any fans in this.
The results were 115-113, 116-112 and 120-108. Victor Loughlin was a judge.
In the completely action, Bloody Match, former English champion in two weight, Reece Mold (20-4, 6 KO), lost the divided decision in 10 rounds with the former English Delicate Lewis Lewis Sylvester (16-1, 4 KO) champion for a free airy title Ibo Continental Lightweight.
In the first round Sylvester scored a good goal when in the last minute on the right form he opened a cut on the left eyebrow in Sylvester. Mold shot well in the last seconds in the third round, when Sylvester stuck him right on the chin.
In the seventh round of the last minute to the right with Sylvester, he opened the cut under the left eyebrows of the mold. In the eighth round, both warriors were covered with blood. Mold flows down his face and chest, while Novel Year’s Eve cover his left side, including the whole ear. The ring doctor checked mold cutting. Sylvester fought for the entire round Southpaw, using the next round.
In the tenth and last round Mold swayed Sylvester with the right chin after a minute. The rest of the road was that Sylvester was driving Southpaw and the Orthodox and back and back, approaching.
The results are 97-93 Sylvester, 96-94 Mold, 96-94 Sylvester. Michael Alexander was a judge.
Former British central champion Jimmy “The Youthful Lion” Flint (15-3-2, 3 KO), fighting with an injured right arm, lost to the former EBU Union and the Mediterranean master WBC Haithem “The Flash” Laamouz (21-2, 9 Kos) for 10 rounds of a unanimous decision about the free title of Ibo Continental Super Delicate.
In the second round, Flint favors his right arm, which seemed injured when Laamouz took a round. From the third to the fifth round, Flint mostly uses a left hook because of the wounded right, when Laamouz takes the next round.
In the eighth and ninth round it seemed that only his left flint seemed to approach. In the tenth and final round it was another close, because they both covered themselves after the fight.
The results were 98-93, 98-92 and 96-94. John Latham was a judge.
Penal waddler Southpaw Ellie Hellewell (7-0, 1 KO) defeated Stevi Levy (13-4, 1 KO) by the decision of 10-round points. Judge John Latham won it 97-94.
Super waddler semi-average Southpaw Joe Hayden (18-0-1, 1 KO) defeated Lewis Booth (16-2) according to an eight-edge decision. The result was 78-75. Michael Alexander was a judge.
The great weight of the average TAZ “The Butcher” Nadeem (6-0, 3 KO) won a ponderous six-circular decision about Bahadur with penalties (4-30-4, 1 KO).
In the first round, he seriously hitting Nadeem, he hurt his right penalties in the last minute, although he had blood from his own nose. In the last minute of the third round, chopping with punishments again pulled blood from the nose above.
In the fifth round it went back and returned about who was ahead of us. The face is marked with punishments, but he could take a round in his eighth combat of the year. They both had moments in the sixth and last round, and Nadadem had an advantage.
Judge John Latham shot him 60-55.
Penal scale perspective Edward “Farm Boy” Hardy (4-0, 2 KO) defeated Darwing Martinez (8-32-2, 6 KO) by decision of 6-round points.
In the second round, Hardy, in the middle of the round, landed the upper right to the chin Martinez, drawing blood from his mouth. In the third round, after half a minute, the left hook from Hardy from the side of his head dropped Martinez on the 8th-Hrabia from judge Marek Downing.
In the fifth round, after a minute, Hardy threw Martinez on the canvas, because his sticking to the judge did not break them enough. In the sixth and final round, the judge finally took over the point from Martinez for the holding. Martinez has gone into survival mode to get to a distance. When Hardy caught up with him, he took him to his body and his head.
Judge Mark Downing won it 60-52.
Super heavyweight Jamie “Thorr” Mellers (8-1, 1 KO) stopped Cameron Kaihau (9-2) at 2:33 second round of the planned 6-Rund fight.
In the second round Mellers had Kaihau on his feet, forcing judge John Latam to stop.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
Former world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been left between a rock and a hard place afterhis promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing has been terminated.
The Ukrainian dethroned long-reigning light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in 2018, scoring an 11th-round stoppage that left his opponent with a brain injury.
Gvozdyk then made a WBC title defence before losing to Artur Beterbievwho extended his ruthless surge with a 10th-round finish in their 2019 encounter.
Since that defeat, ‘The Nail’ suffered a unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez in 2024, before entering a perceived 50/50 contest against Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic in February.
With both making their Zuffa debut, the two veterans delivered a thrilling battle in which Gvozdyk scored two knockdowns and had built a sizable lead.
In round seven, though, the 39-year-old found himself on the canvas and was ultimately stopped on his feet after getting dropped a second time.
Given his overall performance, one would suspect he had done enough to justify another meaningful opportunity, yet Gvozdyk has since told vRINGe that he will no longer be fighting under the Zuffa banner.
“They terminated the contract in February after a loss. That is, every promoter has the option that if a boxer loses, they have the right to terminate the contract. That’s exactly what they did. After the fight, everyone was saying how great it was. That everything was great. I rested. I started preparing as planned – somewhere around May. And then, around April, they told me I’d received an email terminating the contract.”
This is because his contract has been terminated, while Kalajdzic’s next outing with Dana White’s promotional outfit is confirmed for September 26 against Craig Richards.
As for Gvozdyk, it is difficult to predict what will come next but, at the age of 39, one would suspect that he is close to hanging up the gloves.
Still, he could hardly have been happy to part ways with Zuffa, which also terminated its contract with Robert Meriwether following his defeat to Tony Hirsch Jr in April.
Former British champion and Olympic bronze medallist David Price has assessed whether his countryman, Conor Bennpossesses the necessary hand speed to defeat Ryan Garcia.
The two welterweights will square off at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title.
It was arguably a career-best performance that saw him dethrone Mario Barrios in February, scoring a first-round knockdown before winning a wide unanimous decision.
But despite coming off this dominant display, Garcia was far less impressive when he returned from a year-long doping ban and lost on points to Rolando Romero in May 2025.
Still, many would argue that the 28-year-old has shown signs of world-class quality, while Benn remains glaringly unproven at the top level.
The 29-year-old has also not fought at 147lbs since 2022, with his last two outings resulting in unanimous decision victories over faded versions of Chris Eubank Jr and Regis Prograis.
Against Eubank, in particular, Benn’s speed seemed a key factor in their two middleweight encounters last year, despite him suffering a points defeat the first time around.
As he approaches this welterweight contest against Garcia, though, former heavyweight contender Price has told The Smith Brothers that he sees Benn contending with an unfamiliar disadvantage.
“I think I [favour Garcia]. Conor Benn’s got great hand speed, but I think [Garcia’s] hand speed could make the difference in the fight.”
Like Garcia, Benn tested positive for a banned substance – clomifene – and was eventually removed from his cancelled 2022 encounter with Eubank.
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