Katie Taylor W10 Christina Linardatou ... Irish star Katie Taylor (pictured) outpointed Greece’s Christina Linardatou (12-2) to land the WBO 140-pound title. Already the owner of all four lightweight championships, Taylor (15-0) boxed and moved stylishly for large spells of the bout despite suffering a nasty cut early on. She earned a unanimous points win by scores of 96-94 and 97-93 (twice) win to become only the third Irish boxer to win titles in two weight classes. “I’m making history again,” said an emotional Taylor after her fight. “I’m breaking boundaries again and I’m a two-weight World Champion – and there’s still more to come. I thought I boxed beautifully on the outside and I didn’t get sucked into a fight.”
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Felix Cash (12-0) stopped middleweight rival Jack Cullen (17-2) to retain his Commonwealth crown. The Wokingham talent forced a stoppage in the eighth round to settle a thrilling toe-to-toe battle that had the crowd on their feet throughout...
Denaby’s Terri Harper celebrated her 23rd birthday in style as she defeated tough Brazilian Viviane Obenauf on points in a successful first defence of her IBO 130-pound title. Harper produced a polished performance on her Matchroom debut to claim a unanimous decision over Obenauf and keep on course for a showdown with WBC champion Eva Wahlstrom early next year...
Heavyweight Martin Bakole defeated USA’s Rodney Hernandez inside two rounds to claim his second stoppage win in the space of a fortnight and progress to 15-1 with 12 KOs. The Billy Nelson-trained talent wasted no time as he landed hurtful hooks to the body and head before finishing the job in round two. “To stop two American guys in a few weeks is amazing for me,” the Congo Heavyweight told Sky Sports afterwards. “My corner told me this guy will give me a hard time, but I knew he would not be able to take my power. I’m looking forward to next year.”...
Leeds super bantamweight Qais Ashfaq turned in the best performance of his blossoming eight-fight career against Glasgow’s Joe Ham. The southpaw won in a contest that was stopped prematurely by an accidental clash of heads in round seven. Ashfaq won the belt with scores of 69-64, 70-64 and 70-63...
Another Leeds 122 pounder Hopey Price made a strong start to life in the professional ranks with a comfortable 40-36 points win over Joe Sanchez... rising Sheffield 140 pounder Dalton Smith moved to 4-0 by forcing a third round stoppage against Michael Isaac Carrero... Birmingham’s Gamal Yafai returned in style by stopping Lee Clayton in three... and ‘The Naytrix’ Nathan Farrell opened proceedings with a four round decision over Ivica Gogosevic. source for all results: matchroom
