Fight night results
Barnet teenage heavyweight Lewie Pochetty improved to 3-0 and banked a valuable four rounds (40-36) against the stubborn eight-year pro Amine Boucetta with his third pro fight in six weeks during the night’s opener.
While Jimmy Sains’ 100% stoppage streak continues at 160lbs after overwhelming Damien Lacoudray to finish a fiery fifth round before referee Mark Bates waved it off.
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If you missed anything earlier on… there has already been an upset elsewhere tonight.
Jasmina Zapotoczna boxed brilliantly and didn’t waver in the face of relentless pressure to score an upset win over the previously-unbeaten Maisey Rose Courtney for the WBA International flyweight title.
98-92, 97-93, 96-94 read the three judges’ scorecards after ten rounds, with super-middleweight talent Callum Simpson in the 30-year-old’s corner a month before his big title shot.
John Hedges wins
John Hedges wins the vacant Southern Area cruiserweight strap with a unanimous technical decision.
Not the way he would’ve liked, but after an awkward delay, the 22-year-old Essex youngster can celebrate his first title as a pro.
Scores: 59-56, 59-56, 58-57
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We’re still roughly around two hours, three fights away from the main event right now – an intriguing ten-round contest is underway for the vacant Southern Area cruiserweight title between John Hedges and Lewis Oakford.
But now that fight’s just been stopped, early in the sixth, after an accidental – but nonetheless nasty – clash of heads with Oakford cut badly above his left eye. Almost like Sunny Edwards last weekend..