Dennis McCann v Ionut Baluta

Dennis McCann is set to take on Ionut Baluta on Friday 18th August 2023 at York Hall in London.

The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit will be 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

The undercard is set to feature the clash of Collins vs Hamza for the BBBOC British Featherweight and CBC Commonwealth Featherweight championship.

Dennis McCann steps into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ionut Baluta will make his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out.

McCann remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he defeated Joe Ham on 26th November 2022 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight championship fight at O2 Arena, Greenwich, United Kingdom.

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Previous to that, he had defeated James Beech Jnr on 16th July 2022 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick.

Going into that contest, he had beat Charles Tondo on 19th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Wembley Arena, Wembley.

Before that, he had won against Juan Jose Jurado on 5th December 2021 by points in the 8th round at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick.

He had beat John Chuwa on 14th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Albert Hall, Kensington.

Baluta has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he defeated Andrew Cain on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 10 round contest at Telford International Centre, Telford, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Liam Davies on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Telford International Centre, Telford.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Brad Foster on 20th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had lost to Michael Conlan on 30th April 2021 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at York Hall, London.

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Anyone watching this ? Good scrap , fair play.

5 rounds in and I don’t think Baluta has thrown a jab! Puts everything into every punch .
Baluta 1 up after 5, but could easily be the other 2ay with the judges.

McCann wins the 6th. All square.

You are right this is a good contest.

Baluta unorthodox style is giving McCaan problems and caused a big cut now in the 6th round.

This is a close contest both tired last 2 rounds left.

Fight stopped in the 8th because of a cut due to a clash of heads. Goes to the cards. I reckon Baluta was ahead , but they’ll give it to McCann on the cards.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a rematch.

The fight has been stopped because of the cuts.

So it will go to the scorecards.

Whoever wins there has to be a rematch.

Majority draw. 2 cards gave it 86-86 , one gave it to McCann 86-85. Not sure I saw it like that, but I wouldn’t argue with it, could’ve been anything.

That was a small ring which flavoured Baluta

Small hall was good atmosphere.

McCaan did show his skills.

Baluta is very annoyed that he did not get the win and believes the corner of McCaan stopped the fight. So he should get the victory.

Baluta promises he will get the knockout in the rematch.

To be honest, I expected Baluta to win, I thought he shaded it, but in a rematch I expect McCann to improve and win.
Baluta is great value for money to watch and will give anyone a tough fight. But I doubt there is much adjustment or improvement in him.
Whereas McCann and his team should learn a lot from that fight and be able to make the adjustments needed to nullify Baluta’s “bull coming forward” style.
The jab will be the key, keep him at bay and throw combinations and then step out of the zone.
Baluta has never heard of a jab , he leads with power hooks.
Great to watch and York Hall added to it because the atmosphere looked fantastic .
Hopefully they’ll get a purse increase in the rematch because that will have generated a lot more interest.

really good fight. i had ionut winning by two points