Via Ken Hissner: At Manchester Arena, Manchester Lancashire, UK, on Saturday, on ESPN+ Benjamin Shalom (Ultimate Boxxer) introduced former WBA & IBF lightweight champion Amir “King” Khan, who lost heavily to the heavyweight champion. light IBF Kell “The Special One” Brook in the sixth round by stopping the technique at 0:51.
During the Main Event, Amir “King” Khan, 34-6 (21), #147.3, of Bolton, Lancashire, UK, was stopped by “The Special One” Kell Brook, 40-3 (28) # 148.3, of Sheffield, UK, at 0:51 of the sixth half of the 12th.
In the first round, Brook missed a punch and a kick to the chin that injured Khan and nearly dropped him. Khan passed the round.
In the second round, it was all Brook and Khan made little gain. In the third inning, Khan controlled well for two minutes, then Brook forced Khan to hold his ground at the last minute. In the 4th round, Khan played well in the close but not enough to win.
In the fifth round, Khan kept moving trying to avoid right-handed punches from Brook, who easily won the round. In the sixth round, Brook was determined to finish Kahn and that’s what he’s been waiting for at this point since 2004 when Kahn was selected to replace him for the Olympics.
Southpaw Natasha Jonas, 11-2-1 (8), #149.5, of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK, stops former IBF Super Welter Women’s champion Chris “El Bombon Asesino” Namus, 25-7 (8) # 147.5, of Montevidio, Uruguay, at 0:28 of the second round of 10 for the vacated women’s WBO Super Welterweight world title.
In the first inning, Jonas missed a jab into the left chin, and knocked Namus to eight points by referee Howard Foster just before the bell rang.
In the second round, Jonas unleashed a series of punches that ended with a left punch to Namus’ chin, who was counted eight points by referee Foster.
British super-middleweight champion Charlie Schofield, 17-2 (1), #168, of Lancashire, UK, lost the belt to Germaine “G Man” Brown, 12-0 (3), #168, of Kingston, London, UK, over 10 laps.
For the first five innings, Brown pushed Schofield across the ring and left him against the rope most of the time.
In the seventh round, Schofield fans started shouting his name as he might have started his first round.
In the eighth and ninth rounds, Brown went on to land Schofield. In the tenth and final inning, Brown went on to beat Schofield, who had been cautioned for a draw.
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Double scores are 98-92 and 99-92 with this writer at 99-91.
Super light “Killer” Adam Azim, 3-0 (2), #138 ¼, of Slough, Berkshire, UK, stopped Jordan Ellison, 13-36-2 (1), #138 ¼, of Seaham, UK, @ 2: 39 of the third round of a 6.
In the first round, the dominant Azim finally landed a right into the middle of Ellison’s area, and he was counted eight points by referee Darren Sarginson just before the bell rang.
In the third inning, Azim landed a left hook on a raised glove that hit Ellison’s head, and he was immediately waved by referee Sarginson.
Azim celebrated with an upside down movement to the joy of fans.
Superweight Welterweight “The Hit Man” Hassan Azim, 2-0 (1), #150, of Slough, Berkshire, UK, beat Southpaw MJ Hall, 2-74-2 (0), #148, of Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK, through 4 rounds.
In the first three rounds, all of Azim took out some good top right lane against Durable Lobby. During the fourth and final round, Azim remained in the same position throughout the round.
The score is 40-36. He is Adam’s brother.
Middleweight Bradley Rea, 12-0 (4) # 160¼, of Stretford, Lancashire, UK, knocks out nampaw Craig “BTL” McCarthy, 8-1-1 (3), #161, of Waterford, Ireland , with a score of 1:53 of the first round of an 8.
In the first round, Rea landed some right and ended it with a left chin-butt with McCarthy taking the point in the back.
Cruiser class Viddal Riley, 5-0 (2), #199, of London, UK, beat Willbeforce “Black Mamba” Shiheppo, 25-14 (18), #198¼, of Windhoek, Nambia, by 6 the match.
In the first round Riley was in control and with 45 seconds remaining, a right-head butt from Riley into Shiheppo’s chin resulted in an eight-point hit by referee John Latham.
In the second to fourth round, it was all Riley as they both fell to the tarp just before the bell rang. In the sixth and final round, Riley made all six laps for Shiheppo to overcome the gap after scoring the knock-out in the first round.
Referee Latham scored the score 60-53 as did the writer of this article.
2021 Olympic heavyweight bronze medalist “Big Fraze” Frazer Clarke, 1-0 (1), #256, of Burton upon Trent, UK, stopped Jake Darnell, 0-1 (0), #248¼, of Blackpool, UK, at 2:06 of the first day of 6.
In the first half in a mismatched situation, Clarke lunged and then bled rookie Darnell’s nose before referee John Latham waved his hand as the towel was brought in from Darnell’s corner. . Picking a bad opponent for the Olympic Bronze Medal.
