Josh Warrington won a 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Carl Frampton to retain the IBF Featherweight title at The Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Warrington came out like gangbisters and he threw and landed punches with reckless abandon. Warrington dominated the first half of the fight with sheer volume. Frampton showed a champions class as he fought his way back in the fight, and made it very tight on the scorecards bt landing right counters over the combinations of Warrington.
Warrington built up too much of a lead, and held on by scores of 116-113 and 116-112.
Warrington, 125.9 lbs of Leeds, UK is 28-0. Frampton, 125.9 lbs of Belfast, IRE is 26-2
Liam Williams stopped previously undefeated Mark Heffron in round 10 of a scheduled 12 round middleweight fight.
In round two, Williams was cut over the right eye from a clash of heads. Williams dominated the action as he will able to land his right hand at will.
In round two, Williams landed a big shot that drove Heffron into the ropes, which was ruled a knockdown. Williams followed that up with an onslaught of punches, and the fight was stopped at 1:55
Williams, 159.9 lbs of Wales is 19-2-1 with 14 knockouts. Heffron, 157.9 ls 21-1.
Hassan N’Dam won a 12-round majority decision over Martin Murray in a middleweight contest.
At the end of round four, Murray landed an overhand right that sent N’Dam down in the corner. But N’Dam was able to survive that and box and move his way to a points victory by scores of 117-112, 116-112 and 114-114.
N’Dam, 157.9 lbs of France is now 37-3. Murray, 159.9 lbs of England is 37-5-1.
Michael Conlan remained undefeated with a 10-round unanimous decision over Jason Cunningham in a featherweight bout.
In round six, Conlan was deducted a point for a low blow, but Conlan dominated the action, and won by scores of 98-92 and 97-92 twice
Conlan, 125.9 lbs of Ireland is 10-0. Cunningham, 124.9 lbs of England is 24-6.
On his performance against Cunningham
“I made some mistakes in there, but it was a learning experience. It was the first time I went 10 rounds. I felt comfortable in there going the distance, and I got the job done.”
“At the end of the day, it’s another win in the bank. I’m very happy.”
On almost finishing Cunningham in the 10th round
“I thought I had him going, but I couldn’t get him out of there. He did very well to survive. I hit him with some good shots, but he’s a smart fighter and he knew how to survive. If I had a couple more rounds, I think I could have had him out of there.”
On his 2018 campaign
“I’ve progressed. I’ve gone from prospect to contender. I still have a few questions to answer, but I’m happy with the way things are going.”
On what’s next
“I’m going to be back at Madison Square Garden on March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day. Then, we want to come back to Belfast in the summer with a fight in between. I’m not sure who is next, but I want to keep stepping up.”
Nathan Gorman remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu in a heavyweight bout.
Gorman, 238.1 lbs won by scores of 120-108 and 119-109 twice, and is now 15-0. Cojanu, 273.1 lbs of Burbank, CA is now 16-5.
Tyson Fury’s brother, Tommy Fury made a successful pro debut with a decision win over trial horse Jevgenis Andrejevs.
Fury, 178.8 lbs won by a 40-36 scores and is 1-0. Andrejevs of Lativa is 10-103-3.
