Most impartial observes had Urkal winning the fight by a round. It was a very close fight and Urkal was on his bike for most of the night. Urkal has very fast hands, his straight right in particular, whilst lacking concussive power was delivered with blistering speed. With Magee being an out and out counter puncher he was always going to struggle away from home against a fella like Urkal.

Interestingly enough Urkal traded with and at times had Tyzu on the back foot in their encounter, if he had a bit more firepower then he could well have pulled off the upset. Urkal had a granite chin at light welter and on his day could prove a handful for anyone. A pressure fighter such as Hatton was in essence tailor made for Magee, had Magee trained more diligently then Hatton would probably of lost his O.

Magee was without question one of the sharpest punchers that Hatton faced pre Collazo, Tackie and Thaxton don't even come close. Urkal fared well against Magee because Eamonn was forced to press the action and make the fight. It really has no bearing on Hatton V Magee as stylistically they were poles apart. And Urkal had faster hands than magee but without the pop.