Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) overcame a bad start to come roaring back to defeat Anthony Fowler (15-2, 12 KOs) by an eighth round knockout on Saturday night to claim the WBA International junior middleweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
Last Saturday night, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that Can Xu (18-3, 3 KOs) has a rematch clause in his contract, and he may execute it to force a rematch with Leigh Wood (25-2, 15 KOs).
Lawrence Okolie crushed Krzysztof Glowacki to be crowned the new WBO Cruiserweight World Champion in just his sixteenth fight at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the U.S.
Using his huge 6’5″ size, Lawrence Okolie (16-0, 13 KOs) put on a masterclass performance in thoroughly dominating the smaller Krzysztof Glowacki (31-3, 19 KOs) in stopping him in round six with a powerful right hand to the head to win the vacant WBO cruiserweight title at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
10 x 2 mins WBC and IBO Super-Featherweight World Titles
TERRI HARPER v NATASHA JONAS SD10
(96-94 Harper, 96-95 Jonas, 95-95)
(Denaby) (Liverpool)
Terri Harper retained her WBC and IBO Super-Featherweight World Titles with a thrilling split decision draw against Natasha Jonas in a main historic event at Matchroom Fight Camp.
Dublin’s Jono Carroll produced a career-best performance to stop former World Champion Scott Quigg at Manchester Arena, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
In a poor performance, WBA Super World super middleweight champion Callum Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) labored hard to win a 12 round unanimous decision over John ‘Gorilla’ Ryder (28-5, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.