Jamie Moore TKO11 Andrew Facey... British junior middleweight champion Jamie Moore defeated a determined English titlist Andrew Facey at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Friday. It was the second time that Moore and Facey clashed but this time Facey stepped it up a notch and pushed Moore hard for the first eight rounds of a scheduled twelve frames. But by the ninth the champion had succeeded in breaking Facey down, hammering the elusive challenger with big southpaw lefts until Facey was canvassed. Facey, 19-5-1, beat the count and continued to try and pick off the surging Moore, 28-3, until the eleventh when the British champion dropped his rival repeatedly before finishing off the lanky Midlands man on the ropes at 2:14 of the round. Moore's promoter Frank Maloney is close to announcing a European title challenge for Moore, who is the mandatory challenger to reigning champion Zaurbek Baysangurov. source for all results: frank maloney press release
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Ajose Olusegun TKO3 Armando Candel... Commonwealth light welter king Ajose Olusegun, 21-0, made an appearance on the card, stopping overmatched Spaniard Armando Candel, 5-3, in the third as the British based Nigerian stayed sharp awaiting his next title defense. Olusegun is little known but is rated #17 in the world by Boxingtalk.
Mark Thompson W8 Frank H. Horta... On the undercard, Manchester area welterweight Mark Thompson, 13-1, prevailed in an eight-round thriller with France's Frank Harroche Horta, 10-6-3. Southpaw Horta was coming off a narrow majority decision loss against two time European champion Frederic Klose just four months ago and the 27 year old Parisian presented Thompson with a very difficult puzzle to solve. But the Englishman proved his meddle by walking through a hail of leather and forcing the action throughout, picking up a 77-76 points win on the card of referee Phil Edwards.
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Craig Watson W6 Frederic Gosset... One of England's top prospects, welterweight Craig Watson, 11-1, kept on form with a six round points verdict over France's durable Frederic Gosset, 11-39-2, and hopes for a showdown with Matthew Hatton.
Other Results... Brett Flournoy, 6-0, defeated Ryan Ashworth, 2-2... featherweight Mark Moran, 7-0-1, and light heavy Carl Dilks, 4-0,, kept perfect records with victories over Gavin Reid, 2-1, and Lee Nicholson, 3-10-1, respectively...Â
super middle Martin Murray, 2-0, finished off Phillip Callaghan, 0-6-1, in the first and Jack Arnfield, 1-0, made his pro debut with a first round destruction of Louis Byrne, 1-3.