Boxing Fight Night LIVE -Webster in the ring
Dacres Stops Webster in Round 7
Dacres lands a right cross-left hook-right cross combination which has Webster reeling and ultimately down to the canvas in the neutral corner. He gets up but the referee waves off the contest.
Dacres-Webster: Round 6
A slower round, but Dacres let his hands go in the final minute, landing a couple of good overhand rights and a left hook.
Dacres-Webster: Round 5
Dacres wakes up! Dacres with a good right hand with a minute remaining. The referee warns him for pushing off with a forearm, but Dacres raced straight at Webster then who took a knee – and only just rose at the count of ten.
Dacres-Webster: Round 4
Dacres shows a little near the end of the round but he probably was still edged.
Dacres-Webster: Round 3
Everyone at ringside is waiting for this fight to explode. Maybe it won’t. Webster edging in front.
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Dacres-Webster: Round 2
Webster maybe produced a little more in this round, but his corner are imploring him to do more. It is likely Dacres is hearing similar in his corner.
Dacres-Webster: Round 1
A very slow opener with neither fighter producing anything of note.
English Heavyweight title fight is next
And it is a rematch between Solomon Dacres (8-0, 2 KOs) and Michael Webster. In Dacres’ last fight he beat Webster (10-1, 6 KOs) via a majority decision.
Taylor wins undisputed points decision!
Taylor is given the fight 97-93 and 99-91 (twice). He is the new WBC International Light-Heavyweight champion.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 10
Lamela with nice uppercuts in close, but Taylor replies with a good straight right, right uppercut combination. After flashy Taylor combinations the fight ends with Lamela landing shots in Taylor’s corner. It could end up being Taylor’s fight by a wide margin but Lamela has been in every round in the second half of the fight.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 9
Both fighters look to have the finish of the fight in mind. Each going through the motions a little, unconvinced they can stop the other.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 8
Lamela’s appetite for the contest seems to be dwindling at times, as he walks away, but part of it seems to be playing possum as he invariably returns with forward flurries. Taylor still producing more.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 7
Taylor has settled down boxing behind the jab and once more he moved southpaw, which I think we can take as a danger sign. Taylor rocked his head back with a left hook, right uppercut combination in the closing stages.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 6
Taylor is slowing up, but is still outboxing his opponent. He is maybe fortunate Lamela does not have the class you expect of a Cuba-born fighter.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 5
Taylor’s quietest round. He has attacked pretty ferociously and maybe taking a rest. Lamela at one point landing a couple of shots against the ropes.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 4
Lamel nodded his head after a Taylor right hand early and turned southpaw briefly to try to stop the Brit’s attack, with limited effect. Maybe a sign his energy tank is draining.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 3
A gorgeous combination from Taylor early, after a straight right saw Lamela rock back on the ropes. The Cuban took the shots well though and does not show signs of being stopped soon.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 2
He is nothing if not game the Spain-based Lamela. He took a number of uppercuts and right hands and is still looking to come forward and land. He seems to be getting used to Taylor’s power. That said, Taylor is still dominating, but could maybe be a little less wild with his right hand.
Taylor-Lamela: Round 1
There is a class difference between the two. Taylor is punching with bad intentions and even jabs have Lamela feeling the effect. Lamela was bravely coming forward, but as he did with 30 seconds remaining he was caught with a counter left hook which had the Cuban reeling.
Taylor-Lamela next…
On paper this might be the most exciting contest – it has some living up to do after Essuman-Cooper…
A fight of the year contender!
Cooper is receiving oxygen but it back on his stool now. Both of these fighters deserve so much credit. Incredibly Cooper was ahead on all three scorecards so Essuman needed a knockout and that is exactly what he got.
Essuman stops Cooper in Round 10!
Straight away a left hook has Cooper reeling and then an incredible salvo of shots traps Cooper in the corner and he falls to the canvas, with the referee waving the contest off.
Cooper stops Essuman: Round 9
Essuman goes down from a huge right hand! The Ghana-born fighter was dominating the round, landing early telling blow and then boxing on his toes before Cooper produced an incredible shot which looked like it would knock out his opponent. Essuman got up and survived until the bell.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 8
You have to admire Cooper’s spirit, he is right back in the contest, but again Essuman’s punches are having a little more effect.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 7
Cooper is bravely fighting back but too often is trapped with his back on the ropes and eating shots. Cooper had some joy in the last minute, but the round ended with him taking another big right hand on the bell.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 6
Huge round for Essuman! Cooper so close to being stopped. The English fighter was busier early, but a big right hand turned the fight around and Essuman proceeded to land blow after blow with his opponent against the ropes. After they were separated Essuman landed an uppercut in the neutral corner which saw Cooper drop to the floor shaking his head and he was very fortunate to hear the bell when the two met once more.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 5
A similar pattern to the fourth, with Essuman having the best of it early, digging in body shots with Cooper trapped in a neutral corner, but right hands over the top seemed to make Essuman wilt a little in the last two minutes.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 4
Essuman had the better of the first half of the round but Cooper landed plenty of one-twos as it drew to a close and levels the scores.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 3
A better round from Cooper with Essuman maybe taking a little breather.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 2
The away fighter landing with cleaner right hands over the top and trapping Cooper against the ropes, he goes two in front.
Cooper-Essuman: Round 1
Essuman the more offensive of the two and takes the opener.
Cooper-Essuman next…
The action doesn’t halt for long on these Magnificent 7 night and next we have a contest for the WBO European Welterweight title.
Parker stops Arnfield in Round 4!
It took a while but we saw the old Zach Parker in the fourth round hurting Arnfield with a big right hand and then putting him down with another, then forcing the referee to jump in afterwards.
Parker-Arnfield: Round 3
Parker a little less aggressive than we’re used to, maybe unsurprisingly after being knocked down last time out, but again he might just take the round.
Parker-Arnfield: Round 2
Again not too much going on, but Parker with the slightly better work to edge in front.
Parker-Arnfield: Round 1
Not much action to speak of. Parker pressing the action slightly more but an even round.
Up first: Parker vs Arnfield
An eagerly-awaited domestic light-heavyweight contest.
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HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE MAGNIFICENT 7
Thanks for joining us for the latest instalment of these Queensberry events.
The card:
HEANEY VS PAULS 2
BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CAMERON VS MEKHALED
VACANT INTERIM WBC SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
COOPER VS ESSUMAN
WBO EUROPEAN & ENGLISH WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
LANE VS CAIN
BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
PARKER VS ARNFIELD
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST
EZRA TAYLOR VS CARLOS ALBERTO LAMELA
WBC INTERNATIONAL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST
SOLOMON DACRES VS MICHAEL WEBSTER
ENGLISH HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
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