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Kid Galahad of Sheffield won the vacant BBBofC British Super Bantamweight Title Saturday night, with a stoppage win over Liverpool’s James ‘Jazza’ Dickens in the tenth round.
A close fought battle which saw fast-fisted Dickens having a decent first half of the contest but Galahad began to pick it up in the latter rounds. The tenth round saw Dickens under pressure. Galahad landed a string of body-shots followed by a left across the face of the Liverpool man who dropped to the canvas. With nose and head bloodied from earlier cuts – Dickens stood for the count but Referee Mark Greene waved it off as Dickens appeared dazed.
Unbeaten Galahad improves to 15 wins (8 by KO), while Dickens’ gets his first loss with 16 wins (5 by KO) 1 loss (1 by KO).
Also on the Hennessy Promotions Bill, Chris Eubank junior of Brighton stopped Bulgarian opponent Alexey ‘the Fish’ Ribchev in the third round of their eight round Super-Middleweight contest.
Eubank, didn’t move when the bell signalled the start of the contest – instead he stood still, in a pose not dissimilar to that which his Father, Chris Eubank Senior, was famous for. Just as Ribchev got close enough, Junior whipped out a jab and fighting commenced (!) At times, he would be a little too risky in his bid to entertain – at one point turning away from the Bulgarian, but there’s no denying he’s flashy. Mid-way through the third, Ribchev was on the canvas and although fighting resumed – he was under pressure and Referee Howard Foster stepped in to stop the fight.
Eubank extends his unbeaten record to 11 wins (6 by KO)
Tyson Fury was ringside to watch Cousin Hughie Fury (albeit not for long!) as he faced Shane McPhilbin of Nottingham in a scheduled eight round Heavyweight contest. McPhilbin retired at the end of the first round citing a shoulder injury.
Hughie Fury improves to 9 wins (6 by KO) while McPhilbin drops to 8 wins (5 by KO) 8 losses (2 by KO) and 1 draw.
Tyson got into the ring with Deontay Wilder of Alabama, USA, at the end of the Show and asked Wilder to fight him after Tyson has fought David Haye in two weeks’ time. Wilder is in the UK sparring with David Haye and it wasn’t long ago (April) that Wilder was calling Fury out himself.
There were seven undercard fights also on the bill, results as follows:
Liam Cameron (Sheffield) v Zahari Mutafchiev (Bulgaria)
4 x 3 Middleweight Contest
Cameron wins on points 40-36 and improves to 15 wins (5 by KO) 2 losses) 0 draws
6 wins (1 by KO) 19 losses (3 by KO)
Jason Cunningham (Doncaster) v Kyle King (Cardiff)
4 x 3 Super Bantamweight Contest
Cunningham gets the points win 39-37 and improves to 9 wins (1 by KO) no losses
King drops to 3 wins 3 losses (1 by KO)
Sam O’Maison (Sheffield) v Martin Shaw (Rotherham)
4 x 3 Welterweight Contest
Sam ‘The Seansation’ wins by third round TKO and improves to 7 wins (2 by KO)
Shaw drops to 3 wins (1 by KO) 4 losses (3 by KO) and 1 draw
Tom McAssey (Sheffield) v Liam Griffiths (Bognor Regis)
4 x 3 Light Middleweight Contest
McAssey wins on points 40-36 and improves to 4 wins no losses.
Griffith drops to 2 wins 30 losses (2 by KO) and 1 draw
Jordan Gill (Chatteris, Cambs.) v Dan Carr (Trowbridge)
4 x 3 Light Welterweight Contest
Gill wins on points 40-36 and improves to 7 wins no losses
Carr drops to 2 wins (1 by KO) 42 losses (1 by KO) and 2 draws
Muheeb Fazeldin (Sheffield) v Leo D’Erlanger (Banbury)
4 x 3 Featherweight Contest
D’Erlanger was forced to retire at the end of round one with a cut to the forehead (inch above the right brow) from an accidental clash of heads.
‘Flashy’ Fazeldin gets the win and improves to 3 wins (1 by KO) and 1 draw, no losses
D’Erlanger drops to 3 wins 1 loss (by KO) and 2 draws
Atif Shafiq (Rotherham) v Sid Razak (Birmingham)
4 x 2 Lightweight Contest
Shafiq wins on points 40-36 and improves to 5 wins no losses.
Razak drops to 9 wins (3 by KO) 112 losses (4 by KO)
