Via Ken Hissner: At Fabriksporthalle, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany on Saturday on ESPN+ promoters Wasserman Boxing and Nisse Sauerland presented in the Main Event for the vacant IBO Light Heavyweight title, both undefeated German boxers Leon Bunn took was knocked down three times, eventually being stopped by Ireland’s Padraig “The Hammer” McCrory in the sixth round.
In the Main Event IBF International Champion Leon Bunn, 18-1 (9), #174.25, of Frankfurt, Hessen, GER, was stopped by Padraig “The Hammer” McCrory, 15-0 (9), #174, of Belfast, Ireland, UK, at 1:58 of the sixth round for the IBO heavyweight title vacated 12 rounds.
In the first round, McCrory fought out of Great Britain for the first time, easily winning the round from the more reluctant dwarves to open the Bunn. McCrory went from mainstream to Southpaw on occasions with the left flank wide open but there was little response from Bunn.
In the second inning, after a minute, Bunn drew blood from McCrory’s nose, seemingly to boost the latter. He headed down Bunn with a high left header for umpire Joerg Milke to count eight. He separated them for what seemed like no reason at one point to McCrory about the offence.
In the third round, Bunn made a better punch when bruised under his right eye, he had lost a lot of leverage. In the fourth inning, McCrory seemed unable to eliminate Bunn, despite easily getting the round.
In the sixth inning, a kick from McCrory’s chin lowered Bunn to a count of eight and the referee waved his hand.
2021 Super Feather Olympic Athlete Kurt Walker, 4-0 (1), #128.75, of Lisburn, Numbers Ireland, United Kingdom, beat Yin Caicedo, 6-5-3 (2), #126, of Cali, COL, on 6 spirit rings.
In the first round, amateur Walker 94-35 lost to Silver medalist Duke Ragan now 7-0, Walker had the upper hand, but Caicedo was punched for punching into the action.
In the second half, Caicedo rocked Walker with a punch to the chin that knocked him off balance at midfield. He went around. In season three, both have their moments. Walker has a slight advantage.
In the fourth round, Walker had a jab in the face the entire round with some bodywork. It was a big round for Walker.
In the fifth inning, Caicedo unleashed fierce punches, but by the end of the first minute, Walker had taken his place, assisting him.
During the sixth and final innings, Walker claimed that Caicedo bit his ear. Since that time, Walker bragged, not mixing much. The replay looks like Caicedo did this but with the mouthpiece there was no real damage. The referee is Alexander Plummins.
Scored 60-54 twice and 59-55, as this writer had it.
Bantam Bilgenur Aras, 8-1 (5), #119.5, Turks living in GER, beat Oksana “Amazon” Romanova, 10-34-1 (2), #118, of Kyiv, UKR, by 6× 2 innings.
In the first round, fifty-year-old Romanova, who has lost her last seven matches, stopping only three times in her forty-four, was brought in as a rival for 26-year-old Aras. Aras didn’t open until the last twenty seconds with some punches to the chin supporting Romanova. In the second and third innings, both won against Aras, who finished with a right to Romanova’s chin at the bell.
In the fourth and fifth innings, Aras landed Romanova looking to qualify for the next round. In the sixth and final inning at half-way, a right from Aras’ chin sent Romanova’s legs wobbly but credits her for her age. 50 to hang in it. Referee is Joerg Milke
The scores twice are 59-55 and 60-54, so is this writer.
Middle Men Kieran Molloy, 2-0 (2), #154.5, of Galway, IRE, Sandro Jajanidze, 10-26-2 (8), #158.75, of Tbilisi, GEO, 6 innings.
In the first two rounds, Molloy got Jajanidze caught in the box in the second round, failing to keep up. In the third inning, Jajanidze took the lead and was counterattacked by Molloy with his chin.
In the third and fourth innings, Molloy grounded 3-punch combinations multiple times, knocking out a high-powered defense of Jajanidze, who continued to take the credit forward, delivering his best punch in the half. right minute in the fourth inning. on Molloy’s chin.
In the fifth round, Molloy put a lot of energy into his punches, looking for an equalizer. In the final seconds, Jajanidze dropped three fists of light directly into Molloy’s chin. In the sixth round and the last point in the middle, the two had the best exchange. In the final twenty seconds, Molloy rocked Jajanidze with a haircut on his left chin but couldn’t keep up with it before the bell rang. Molloy has a small nick at the bottom of his left eye.
Molloy has had more than 100 amateur fights and a record of 84-19 with victories over current undefeated boxer Paddy Donovan, 9-0, and in the US against Quinton Randall, 11-0-1, along with defeats before 2012 Olympic gold medalist Roniel Iglesias of Cuba, 2-0 and 309-44 in the morning and a pair for Pat McCormick, 2-0, 77-11 in the morning.
The score of all is 59-55, with this writer’s 60-54. The referee is Bayasgalan Sandag.
Heavy Daniel “Triple D” Dietz, 7-0 (7), #266.75, of GER, stopped Gyorgy Kutasi, 5-16 (3), #215 (?), of Paks, Hungary, at 2:43 of The first match of the first round is scheduled for 6 rounds.
In the first round, the much taller Dietz knocked Kutasi down with a punch to the chin to score an 8 from Referee Joerg Milke one minute into the round. Shortly after, a right chin hit from Dietz again caused Kutasi to be counted 8 points. In the final minutes, Dietz dropped Kutasi for the third time. When the referee was waving, a towel was thrown into the penalty area by Kutasi’s corner.
Supercenter Allen Bauer, 2-0 (2), #164, of GER, blocked Renato Balogh, 0-1 (0), #164 (?), of Hungary, at 1:33 of the second round of match 4 Scheduled. rings.
In the first round, Bauer performed more hits than punches, with Balogh only responding when punched. In the second round, after a minute, Balogh delivered his first good punch, a right to Bauer’s chin.
Later in the round, Bauer hit Balogh with a punch to the chin followed by half a dozen unanswered punches, causing Balogh to turn away, forcing referee Alexander Plummins to stop the match.
Middle Ryszard Lewicki, 3-0 (2), #165.5, of POL and MIddlesbrough, UK, beat Southpaw Merab Turkadze, 6-18-1 (2), #163.25, of Kutaisi, GEO, 4 rounds.
In the first three rounds, Lewicki easily overcame Turkadze with very few fouls. In the fourth and final round, Lewicki repeatedly pushed him back on the line, while Turkadze showed grit. Unfortunately, Lewick threw him on the canvas after the bell and should have been fined for this but it wasn’t. After the decision, Turkadze showed good sportsmanship when he heard the decision clapping.
The scores are all 60-54.
German-speaking ring announcers did not create weights or places where fighters are known with the help of ring commentators. Even Box Rec has no further information beyond what is reported here.
The weights of some competitors are estimates and have not been published. There is too much time between episodes.
