Terry Flanagan made the first defense of the WBO Lightweight title with a 2 round destruction of mandatory challenger Diego Magdaleno at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Flanagan dropped Magdaleno in round two from a straight left. Moments later, Flanagan landed a huge uppercut that was followed by a big left that sent Magdaleno down again. Flanagan scored a third knockdown from three more hard shots that was finished with a left. The fight went on but not to the liking of Magdaleno as he was drilled by a plethora of punches until the fight was mercifully stopped at 2:38 of round two.
Liam Smith captured the vacant WBO Jr. Middleweight title with a 7th round stoppage over John Thompson.
Thompson controlled the early action as he worked behind a stiff jab and followed up with right hands. In round six, Smith started landing hard power shots and in round seven, Smith battered Thompson until a punishing right hand sent Thompson down face first and the bout was stopped at 1:44 of round seven.
Smith, 153 3/4 lbs of Liverpool, UK is now 21-0-1 with 11 knockouts. Thompson, 152.4 lbs of Newark, NJ is 17-1-1.
In a battle of undefeated Jr. Welterweights, Jack Catterall won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jarko Putkonen.
Catterall is 13-0. Putkonen is 12-1.
Adrian Gonzalez scored a 6th round stoppage over John Kays in a scheduled 10-round Super featherweight bout.
Gonzalez scored 4 knockdowns before the bout was stopped.
Gonzalez of Manchester is 12-1 with 3 knockouts. Kays of Ashton Under-Lyne is 21-5-1.
In a terrific back and forth brawl, Tom Staker and Craig Evans fought to a spirited 10-round draw in a Lightweight bout.
Evans began to bleed from his nostrils in round one. Both guys took turns hurting each other with hard combinations.
Scores were 97-93 for Stalker, 96-94 for Evans and 95-95.
Stalker, 134.9 lbs of Liverpool is 10-1-2. Evans, 134 lbs of Blackpool is 14-1-1.
2008 Olympian Vijrnder Singh made a successful pro debut with a 3rd round stoppage of Sonny Whiting in a
scheduled 4-round Middleweight bout.
The wnd came when Singh blasted Whiting with two hard rights on the ropes at 2:08.
Singh of Gurgaon, India is 1-0 with 1 stoppage. Whiting of Rochester is 2-2.
Jack Flatley made a successful pro debut with a 4-round unanimous decision over Lewis Van Poet sch in a
Middleweight bout.
Flatley of Bolton, England won by a score of 40-36 and is 1-0. Van Poetsch of Lyndley is 4-23.
