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Nick Ball vs. Brandon Figueroa – results and post-fight report
Brandon Figueroa surprisingly became the recent WBA featherweight champion when he defeated Nick Ball in the final round of their fight when he was out of cards.
Ball (23-1-1, KO13) defended his belt for the fourth time and it was his last points match against Sam Goodman last August in Riyad, while former world champion Figueroa (27-2-1, KO20) bounced back on points over Joet Gonzalez after losing his WBC crown to Stephen Fulton.
Ball hit a challenging uppercut in the first quarter and found the back of the net on the same shot early in the second. Figueroa responded, but the champion put a lot of pressure on him.
Figueroa boxed better but Ball’s shots carried much more weighthis left hand landed almost constantly, but the challenger had his best round in the fourth, working Ball’s body to good effect.
Ball’s nose was covered in blood in the fifth set, but he didn’t hesitate, instead continuing to land cleaner punches and his counters proved too arduous for Figueroa to overcome.
He fought bravely but his punches were inconsistent, although a triple jab landed in the eighth round and he backed it up with a solid ninth strike where he pushed Ball away and worked the host’s body.
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After serving and taking the tenth position, Ball regained control and the power punches returned to the fore, but just when it seemed that he could easily keep the title on the cards, Figueroa had a huge surprise in store: he dropped Ball with a left hand in the final frame.
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The ball survived the count but then fell through the ropes under weighty fire and the contents were sensationally discarded.
Andrew Cain vs. Alejandro Gonzalez
Andrew Cain (15-1, KO13) pulled victory from the jaws of defeat and stopped Alejandro Gonzalez (19-7-3, KO11) in the ninth round of a bantamweight fight that was a WBC title eliminator.
Cain looked down and down in the eighth after being dropped twice due to body shots, but bravely survived and rallied twice in the round to beat Gonzalez, with the guy opting not to continue with a severely damaged eye.
Undercard remaining
Super flyweight Jack Turner (14-0, KO13) remained undefeated, forcing Juan Carlos Martinez Urbina (10-4-1, KO4) to retire after three rounds.
Urbina was already losing in the first round, and in the third round it won a point for holding.
In an eight-round fight, Brad Strand (14-2, KO5) was too good for Ruben Lezama Gonzalez (12-7, KO11) as he forced the guy to throw in the towel in the third round of their super bantamweight fight.
Stephen Clarke (9-0, KO2) remained undefeated by defeating Lewis Howells (3-6, KO0) in the final middleweight bout.
With six rounds on the card, it was a disheartening defeat for the undefeated prospect.
Paddy Lacey (12-1, KO2) was defeated by one point in his middleweight fight against Jack Swallow (4-3-1, KO1), who won 58-57.
Lucas Szeto-Biswana (5-0, KO2) stopped Liam McMillan (2-5, KO0) three times en route to a last-round welterweight victory, and William Birchall (4-0, KO4) stopped Caine Singh (4-9-2, KO0) in the first match of their super featherweight bout.
Super bantamweight prospect Hassan Ishaq (3-0, KO3) defeated Leonardo Baez (5-17, KO0).
In a four-round fight, Luke Turner (2-0, KO1) scored a final-round victory over middleweight Jensen Irving (5-35-2, KO0), and super featherweight debutant Sam Norris (1-0, KO0) won all four rounds against Jack England (1-14-1, KO0).
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Jaron Ennis is the bookmakers’ main favorite to defeat Xander Zayas in their highly anticipated world title clash on Saturday in Brooklyn.
Ennis challenges Zayas for the WBO and WBA super welterweight belts at the Barclays Center live on DAZN pay-per-view.
The undefeated resident of Philadelphia enters the game as the favorite on February 11 Bet365 give the 23-year-old his first professional defeat and become world champion in two weight categories.
“Boots” has stopped 31 of his 35 opponents, including Uisma Lima in his 154-pound debut in October, and is expected to stop the Puerto Rican on 20/21.
The 28-year-old last covered this distance in 2024, and a decision victory is valued at 13/2.
Even though Zayas has taken over as unified champion, he is an underdog Bet365 at 15/04.
Man from San Juan defeated Abass Baraou by split decision will add the WBA belt to his WBO crown in January and his best chance of victory is rated at 13/2 by decision, while success in the shock break is rated at 14/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Xander Zayas will win the fight: 15/4
- Xander Zayas by KO/TKO/DQ: 14/1
- Xander Zayas by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Jaron Ennis will win the fight: 11/02
- Jaron Ennis by KO/TKO/DQ: 20/21
- Jaron Ennis by decision or technical: 8/5
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
Round bets
Xander Zayas
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- Win in round 4: 100/1
- Win in round 5: 100/1
- To win in round 6: 100/1
- To win in round 7: 80/1
- To win in round 8: 80/1
- To win round 9: 66/1
- To win in round 10: 66/1
- To win round 11: 66/1
- To win in round 12: 80/1
- To win by decision or technical decision: 6/1
Jaron Ennis
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- Win in round 3: 40/1
- To win in round 4: 28/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- Win in round 7: 12/12
- To win in round 8: 1/11
- To win in round 9: 10/1
- To win in round 10: 10/1
- To win in round 11: 10/1
- To win in round 12: 1/11
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
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On Wednesday, Lewis Crocker heads to Australia to defend his IBF welterweight world title against Liam Paro for the first time.
Crocker will face Paro at the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, live on DAZN in the UK and Kayo Sports in Australia.
Crocker (22-0, 11 KO) became world champion in September, defeating Paddy Donovan twice before winning the rematch by split decision.
Man from Belfast recorded his second victory over Donovan after the first victory in March last year, and his rival was disqualified for hitting him after the bell.
Paro (27-1, 16 KO) is trying to become a world champion in two weight categories, having previously reigned in the super-lightweight division.
The 30-year-old won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico before winning the belt in his first defense against Richardson Hitchins.
The Australian has since won twice, overtaking David Papot in his last appearance in September.
McKean meets Taliva
Heavyweight Demsey McKean will look to continue his rebuild when he faces Liam Talivaa for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title.
McKean (24-2, 16 KO) had his career cut miniature after a last-round loss to Filip Hrgovic, followed by a brutal first-round loss to Moses Itauma.
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The 35-year-old southpaw returned to winning ways with back-to-back stoppage victories.
Talivaa (8-2, 4 KO) last won the IBF Oceania-Orient title, defeating Faiga Opelu by first-round stoppage.
Undercard remaining
At cruiserweight, Luke Modini (13-0, 11 KO) will likely need distance to beat Peng Qu (17-2-1, 12 KO), while Riley Candy (8-1, 5 KO) could stop Nathan Watson (11-3, 3 KO) at super middleweight.
Vegas Larfield (13-1, 9 KO) can hand Shamal Ram Anuj (11-8, 8 KO) his fourth defeat in a row in a featherweight clash.
Heavyweight Nelson Asofa-Solomon (2-0, 2 KO) can secure a third straight knockout over debutant George Burgess, and Stevan Ivic (8-0-1, 2 KO) can do the same against Caleb Tialu (3-7, 3 KO), also a heavyweight.
Prospective super welterweight fighter Jack Javed (1-0) should overtake Lance McDonald (1-5-1, 1 KO).
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