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Ryan Doyle Vs Tamas Laska and Matty Askin Vs Tommy McCarthy
It was a bumper weekend of boxing for Steve Wood of VIP Boxing Promotions – with two shows at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.
On Friday night, Ruthless Ryan Doyle of Gorton, Manchester, won his Super-Featherweight contest when opponent Tamas Laska of Budapest, Hungary, retired with an injured hand in round two.
There were wins for all eight home boxers including Jordan Thompson of Manchester who felled Florians Strupits of Latvia via Ukraine twice in the second frame to win by TKO round two.
Saturday night headlined the Final Eliminator for the British Cruiserweight Title between Matty Askin of Blackpool and Tommy McCarthy of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was a cagey start from both men but Askin scored two knockdowns in the fourth round which changed the tempo of the fight. McCarthy recovered well and – swinging in big rights – provided Askin with a challenging contest, but it was the Blackpool man who won on points 117-110, 116-111, 116-111 and goes on to face Craig Kennedy for the British Title.
Undercard Results from Victoria Warehouse – Friday 18 November 2016
Jordan Thompson (Manchester) v Florians Strupits (Bauska, Latvia via Ukraine)
6 x 3 Cruiserweight Contest
‘Troublesome’ Thompson gets the win by TKO Round 2
Kofi Yates (Wythenshawe) v Ibrar Riyaz (Reading)
6 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Yates wins on points 59-56
Luke Willis (Liverpool) v Kristian Laight (Nuneaton)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Willis notches up his second win on points 40-36
Shakeeb Ali (Blackburn) v Qasim Hussain (Sheffield)
4 x 3 Lightweight Contest
Ali wins on points 40-35 (with Hussain dropping a point for holding)
Declan West (Leigh) v Yaddollah Ghasemi (Birmingham via Iran)
4 x 3 Lightweight Contest
West wins on points 40-36
Anthony Leak (Debut) (Manchester) v Christian Hoskin Gomez (Plymouth via Spain)
4 x 3 Middleweight Contest
Big support for debutant ‘Lecky’ who gets off the mark with a points win 40-36
Omar Dusary (Manchester) v Russ Midgley (Leeds)
4 x 3 Super-Lightweight Contest
Smiley Dusary wins by TKO Round 4 in his second pro bow.
Full results to follow.
