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Fran Hennessy vs. Ellie Bouttell – results and post-fight report
Fran Hennessy won the vacant WBC Silver bantamweight title with a thrilling majority decision victory over Ellie Bouttell on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena.
Hennessy (8-0, 1 KO) and Bouttell (7-1-1, 2 KO) were elevated to the main event earlier this week after the cancellation of the Adam Azim and Gustavo Lemos fight both men suffered hand injuries.
After a dominant opener, Hennessy was eliminated in the second round.
The undefeated 21-year-old kept her composure and dropped her hands in a crazy third round.
Bouttell began to close the lead in the fifth, having her best round yet, drawing Hennessy into the shootout.
The Billion Dollar Baby was broken with a left-right combination in the sixth, which seemed to throw her off balance a little.
Hennessy regained control of the fight in the seventh set, hitting demanding with the back of his foot and moving fluidly.
Bouttell hit some gigantic shots in the ninth and the two players faced each other in a tight final round.
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One judge scored the contest 95-95, while two others awarded Hennessy the victory on scores of 97-93 and 96-94, respectively.
With her victory, Hennessy was close to a shot at the undisputed bantamweight champion, Cherneka Johnson.
Kraus knocks Crighton down
Rising airy heavyweight contender Gradus Kraus defeated Boris Crighton in a brutal second round fight.
Kraus (10-0, 9 KO) knocked down Crighton (13-7, 7 KO) in the first round with a left hook to the body.
The Dutchman knocked his opponent down again with a series of combinations in the second quarter and despite a recount, Kraus ended the fight by dropping the Scot for a third time with another body punch, before the referee waved and waved, ending the fight.
Kraus secured his 10th victory as a professional.
Undercard remaining
In the heavyweight division, Ergal Elezaj defeated Will Howe in six rounds to remain undefeated.
Hassan Azim, Adam Azim’s older brother, returned for the first time in almost a year and stopped Sean Murray in the fifth round.
Azim (9-0, 5 KO) injured Murray (3-3) in the fourth quarter, and after another series of blows in the fifth quarter, the referee intervened.
Joel Kodua (10-0, 2 KO) made his first successful defense of his English welterweight title after a corner kick from Joe Garside (9-2-3) at the end of the seventh round.
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Archie Edged (27-2, 9 KO) continued his recovery, defeating Angelo Dragone (10-13, 1 KO) on points.
Lightweight prospect Saqib Mehmood (2-0) picked up two straight professional wins and scored on points over Engel Gomez (9-56-3, 4 KO).
Ben Vickers (3-2-1, 1 KO) surprised debutant Derrick Osadolor (0-1) with a low score in their heavyweight bout.
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Dillian Whyte is eager to fight Joseph Parker again.
In 2018, Whyte and Parker played 12 invigorating rounds, with both hitting the canvas.
Whyte won his dramatic heavyweight fight by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena.
‘The Body Snatcher’ is now planning a rematch with the Recent Zealander, who is looking to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine following his October defeat to Fabio Wardley.
“There are a lot of good fights and Joseph Parker is one of them,” the 38-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“I would love to fight Joseph Parker, I think it’s a really good fight.
“He has to come back, he has to be cleared or whatever. I don’t know the situation.
“So in the meantime I have to stay busy and fight my way back, so let’s see.
“I feel like I still have a little bit to give, so let’s see what we can do to finish the season on a high.
“I’m training now and I want to come back in May or June.
“Now it’s just a matter of training and seeing what comes out on this kind of date.”
The former world title challenger from Brixton has not fought since a crushing first-round knockout defeat to rising contender Moses Itauma last August in Riyad.
Former world champion Parker won six times on spin before being stopped in the 11th round against Wardley, losing the WBO interim title and a shot at unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The 34-year-old says he is going through this process after failing the test and hopes it will be resolved soon.
“Let’s hope so [I’m back] soon,” Parker said Professional boxing fans.
“I’m just going through the process and practicing patience.
“We just have to be patient and learn from what they say happened.
“I know what happened and I handed over everything, so let’s see.”
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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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