Ringside Report: Scott Quigg Vs Jamie Arthur

ByJane Warburton


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Last night, at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which headlined Scott Quigg’s defence of the British Super Bantamweight Title against Welshman – Jamie Arthur.

It was a steady start from Quigg in the opener, but he picks it up in the second round and Arthur puts some distance between them. It was a good round three with both men busy and Arthur looking confident.

Just inside the first minute of round four, Arthur lands a right and left to the head and Quigg finds himself on the canvas. He bounces straight back up but – with a glance to his corner – takes to a knee to recover. Arthur ‘goes after’ Quigg and the crowd roar. Quigg seems intent on settling the score so ‘ups’ the anti. Arthur slips on the canvas but it’s a no knockdown.

After a further three thrilling rounds which sees Arthur’s face bloodied – the end came in the eighth. Arthur had taken one of Quiggs’ trademark body-shots and – having clearly felt the blow – briefly turned away from his opponent when Referee Mark Green jumped in to stop the contest.

Arthurs trainer – Chris Sanigar, was furious at the stoppage!

Quigg retains his title in an exciting, all-action contest with Jamie Arthur also deserving credit for a valiant performance.

Quiggs record now stands at 24 wins (17 by KO) no losses, while Arthur drops to 18 wins (4 by KO) 6 losses (3 by KO).

Also on the Bill, popular Leicester Boxer – Rendall Munroe, impressed with a first round stoppage of Jose Saez in their scheduled eight round Super-Bantamweight Contest. The Argentinean was on the canvas inside the opening seconds of the first round and – clearly struggling at the end of the frame – saw the contest waved off by Referee Steve Gray.

Munroe improves to 24 wins (10 by KO) 2 losses, while Saez drops to 21 wins (11 by KO) 13 losses (11 by KO) and 6 draws.

Joe Murray (Manchester) v Jose Luis Graterol (Venezuela)

Featherweight Contest
‘Genius’ Joe Murray should have faced Chris Male for an English Title, but faced Jose Luis Graterol of Venezuela instead.
Round one sees Graterol get through Murrays guard with some shots to the head, but Murray lands a decent right. Graterol lands with a good left in the third round but Murray slips on the advertising cushion at the edge of the canvas and it’s counted as a no-knockdown.

Murray goes on to get the points win 80-72. Sky Sports Statistics reveal that he landed 81 of 315 punches with 25% success, as opposed to Graterols – 48 of 248 (19% success).

Murray improves to 12 wins (5 by KO) and indicated afterwards that he is looking for Selby’s Titles.
Graterol drops to 14 wins (5 by KO) 12 losses (4 by KO) and 4 draws.

Craig Lyon (St. Helens) v Yuriy Voronin (Ukraine)
6 x 3 Bantamweight Contest

Lyon secures a points win 59-555 and improves to 13 wins (4 by KO) 1 loss and 1 draws, while Voronin drops to 21 wins (16 by KO) 14 losses (3 by KO) and 2 draws.

James Dickens (Liverpool) v Barrington Brown (Nottingham)
6 x 3 Super Bantamweight Contest

Jazza secured a points win 60-54. His record now stands at 8 wins (2 by KO) no losses, while Browns record stands at 5 wins (2 by KO) 7 losses (1 by KO) and 3 draws.

Brown is scheduled to fight Troy James for the vacant BBBofC Midlands Area Super-Featherweight Title, on the 16th March.

Stephen Foster jnr (Salford) v Yauheni Kruhlik (Belarus)
6 x 3 Super Featherweight Contest

Foster gets the points win 60-56 and improves to 29 wins (18 by KO) 3 losses and 1 draw.
Kruhlik drops to 10 wins (2 by KO) 14 losses (2 by KO) and 3 draws.

Matty Askin (Blackpool) v Attila Palko (Hungary)
6 x 3 Cruiserweight Contest

Askin scored a second round TKO over Hungarian – Palko.

Askins record now stands at 8 wins (2 by KO) and he is scheduled to fight Jon Lewis Dickinson for the vacant BBBofC English Cruiserweight Title, on the 21st April.
Palko drops to 12 wins (10 by KO) 2 losses (2 by KO).

Tasif Khan (Bradford) v Delroy Spencer (Wolverhampton)
Super Bantamweight Contest

Khan wins on points 40-37 and improves to 6 wins (1 by KO) 1 loss and 2 draws.
Spencer’s record now stands at 14 wins (1 by KO) 129 losses (12 by KO) and 3 draws.