Derek Chisora defeated Joe Joyce by a ten-round unanimous decision in the main event on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. In the main event, WBC International super featherweight champion Ryan 'The Piranha' Garner retained his title, defeating Archie 'Sharpshooter' Sharp via a ten-round unanimous decision in a battle of undefeated boxers.
In the main event, 2016 Olympic silver medalist and current WBO Interim heavyweight champion Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) lost a 10-round decision to the former British, Commonwealth, WBO, and WBA International champion . Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs).
In the first round, they won by seconds. Chisora was going more to the body, taking the round as Joyce went to the wrong corner on the ring. In the second half, Chisora, the shorter of the two, started to go for Joyce's chin. A left hook from Chisora to the side of Joyce's head in the last ten seconds rocked Joyce.
In the final minute of the third round, Joyce landed his best success of the fight so far: a right uppercut to Chisora's chin. In the final seconds, Joyce landed a hard left on Chisora's chin, taking the round. In the fourth round, Chisora, 40, got the punches, Joyce, 38, tied him up and sent him to the ropes.
In the last minute of the fifth round, both found haymakers, Chisora landing a 3-punch combination and Joyce landing the final punch, a right to the chin. Another round for Chisora. In the last twenty seconds of the sixth round, Chisora landed two rights to Joyce's chin.
In the final seconds of the seventh round, Joyce had Chisora in the corner and was rocked by Chisora, who took another round. Joyce continued to walk Chisora to the ropes early on and nearly went through the ropes without referee Kevin Parker's warning.
In the final minute of the eighth round, a double left hook from Joyce to the chin injured Chisora. In the last minute of the ninth round, Chisora, coming off the ropes, landed a right on the chin, bringing down Joyce and receiving 8 points from Referee Parker.
In the last minute of the tenth and final round, Chisora landed several punches that rocked Joyce. Both ended up with swelling under their right eyes. The scores were 96-94, 96-94, and 97-92. I hit it 97-92.
Southpaw Dennis 'The Menace' McCann (16-0-1, 8 KOs) defeated Ionut 'Il' Capo (16-5-1, 3 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision to win the vacant EBU title European Super Bantamweight The scores were 120-108, 117-111, and 117-111.
In the main event, WBC International super featherweight champion Ryan 'The Piranha' Garner (16-0, 8 KO) defeated WBO No. 3 Archie 'Sharpshooter' Sharp (25-1, 9 KOs) by ten rounds each. decision.
In the third round, Sharp was cut over the left eye, possibly from a clash of heads. After losing the first two rounds, Sharp is likely to win this one. In the fourth round, Sharp, who was swinging wildly, suffered a second cut outside his left eye from a clash of heads, although referee Victor Loughlin failed to call anything.
In the fifth round, Garner used his head without being warned by referee Loughlin, who also did not warn about foul play. In the sixth round, Garner rocked Sharp mid-round with a right to the chin, and blood continued to trickle down the left side of Sharp's face.
In the seventh round, referee Loughlin finally gave Garner his first warning for using his shoulder. It was another round for Garner. In the eighth round, Sharp landed on the chin, which didn't seem to affect Garner.
In the ninth round referee Loughlin, for the second time, warned Sharp for hitting Garner in the back. Garner continued to chase Sharp, and when he caught Sharp, he was leaving himself open to get his shot in, but with little effect. In the tenth and final round, both fighters threw bombs, trying to finish. The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93.
WBC International featherweight champion, Raven 'The Omen' Chapmen (9-0, 2) KO) defeated Yohana 'Daniela Cruces' Sarabia (10-1, 6 KO) by unanimous decision in ten rounds. The results were 100-90, 100 – 90, and 100-90.
WBO Inter-Continental Heavy southpaw champion Moses Itauma (10-0, 6) stopped Mariusz 'The Viking' Wach (38-11, 20) at 2:32 of the second round of the scheduled ten rounds.
In the first round, the shorter Itauma jumped in, on his way to the round. In the second round, with less than a minute left, southpaw Itauma landed half a dozen punches, ending with a right hook to the chin, dropping Wach to an 8 count by referee Michael Alexander.
When he got up, Itauma was all over him, pushing him into a corner. He threw half a dozen unanswered punches before referee Alexander made a smart stoppage.
Welterweight Sean Noakes (8-0, 4 KO) defeated Inder Bassi (12-3, 1 KO) by unanimous decision over ten rounds. The scores were 97-94, 96-94, and 96-94.
Southpaw Royston 'Sugar Boy Roy' Barney-Smith (11-0, 5 KO) defeated Brian Barajas, 7-1-1, 3 KO) by eight-round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO Youth Super Featherweight title . The scores were 79-73, 78-74, and 78-74.
Featherweight Umar Kahn (10-0, 1 KO) defeated Kaddour Hmiani (4-3-2, 2 KO) by an eight point decision. Referee Sean McAvoy scored it 78-73.
Light welterweight Brandun Lee (29-0, 23 KOs) defeated Juan Anacona (11-1, 6 KOs) by an eight point decision. Referee Mark Bates scored it 78-74.
Super Lightweight southpaw Aadam Hamed (1-0, 1 KO) defeated Georgi 'Baby Face' Velichkov (4-22-1, 3 KOs), earning a four points decision. Referee Sean McAvoy scored it 40-36.
Lightweight Jermaine Dhilwayo (1-0) defeated Engel 'El Cohete' Gomez (8-33-3, 4 KO) by 4 points decision. Referee Mark Bates scored it 40-36
The ring announcer was Thomas Trieber.
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