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At the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, on Saturday night, Marc Leach of Salford won an English Bantamweight Title Eliminator by stopping Louis Norman in round 2. Norman was on the canvas three times before Referee John Latham waved the fight off – with the Shepshed man looking dazed as he stood for the count. Livewire Leach improves to 11 wins with 1 loss.
The Steve Wood – VIP Boxing Promotions show featured ten fights in total, but the fight of the night was a close one between Danny Wright and Zoltan Szabo. A fast-paced, all action six round Super-Lightweight contest which saw Wright get the win on points 60-55.
All undercard results as follows:
Andrew Fleming (Wigan via St.Helens) v Lee Connelly (Killamarsh)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Fleming wins on points 40-37 with Connelly having a good round four.
Kane Gardner (Beswick) v Paul Ducie (Blackwood, Wales)
4 x 3 Welterweight Contest
Gardner wins by TKO Round 3 Referee John Latham stopped the fight as Ducie was taking too many punches. Ducie protested.
Lyndon Arthur (Moston) v Adam Williams (Manchester)
6 x 3 Cruiserweight Contest
Arthur wins by TKO in 2min 17 of round 1. An uppercut sends Williams to the canvas and he stood for the count but Referee Sarginson waved the fight off. Williams’s corner were holding the towel at the ready. Williams sustained a nick under the right eye.
Jamie Mitchell (Blackpool) v Emmanuel Moussinga (Stourbridge via Cameroon)
4 x 3 Super-Middleweight Contest
A close contest. Mitchell tired quickly and Moussinga got more success in the latter half of the fight.
Mitchell wins on points 39-38
Muhammad Ali (Debut)(Bolton) v Andrej Cepur (Klaipeda via Russia)
4 x 3 Super-Welterweight Contest
Debutant Ali settled in after a rocky first round when he didn’t appear to be listening to his corner. He went on to win on points 40-36
The diabetic man had his levels checked between rounds and became the first UK type 1 Diabetic boxer to win a pro fight.
Brad Rea (Debut)(Stretford) v Jordan Grannum (Islington)
4 x 3 Middleweight Contest
Rea wins on points 40-36
James Moorcroft (Wigan) v Arvydas Trizno (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
6 x 3 Super-Welterweight Contest
Moorcroft wins on points 60-55
Danny Wright (Failsworth) v Zoltan Szabo (Budapest)
6 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Wright wins on points 60-55
Adam Ridge (Leigh via St.Helens) v Dean Jones (Telford)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Ridge wins on points 39-37
