Tyler Denny (19-2-3, 1 KO) held on to his European middleweight title with a technical choice win over Felix Money (16-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday.
The bout was stopped at 0:35 of spherical 5 as a consequence of a minimize on the correct eye of Money that was attributable to an unintentional headbutt. For the reason that trigger was an accident, the battle was scored primarily based on the motion that had already taken place, together with what had transpired to this point in spherical 5. Scores have been 49-47 (x2) and 49-46 for Denny.
The battle headlined a Matchroom Boxing card on the Resorts World Enviornment in Birmingham, England. Battle followers around the globe might catch the motion stay on DAZN. With the win, Denny efficiently defended his title for the primary time, having gained the belt in November final 12 months in opposition to Matteo Signani.
Tyler Denny Stays European Titlist With Win Over Felix Money
Battle Recap
Whereas the early rounds have been messy, loads of punches have been nonetheless being thrown by each males. In between photographs, each Denny and Money would resort to holding and conflict heads, a portent of issues to come back. On a few events, the referee stepped in to subject warnings, however deducted no factors. Regardless of that, each males nonetheless let their palms fly at one another, touchdown hooks to the pinnacle and physique. A minimize turned seen on the correct eye of Money early on.
In spherical 5, the minimize had worsened (within the eyes of the referee) to the purpose of stopping the conflict. Consequently, the competition went to the scorecards, the place Denny wound up successful the battle by way of choice.
Undercard
Lewis Crocker (20-0, 11 KOs) gained a unanimous choice in opposition to Conah Walker (13-3-1, 5 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight battle. Scores for the competition have been 96-93 (x2) and 95-94. Walker misplaced one level in spherical 9 for repeated low blows.
Cameron Vuong (5-0, 3 KOs) gained a unanimous choice in opposition to Jeff Ofori (13-8-2, 4 KOs) in a 10-round tremendous light-weight conflict. Scores for the bout have been 99-91 and 98-92 (x2).
Emma Dolan (7-0, 1 KO) gained a break up choice in opposition to Shannon Ryan (7-1, 0 KOs) in a 10-round tremendous flyweight contest. Whereas one decide had it 95-94 for Ryan, the opposite two noticed it 96-93 and 96-94 for Dolan. Ryan went to the canvas as soon as in spherical two. With the win, Dolan stays the Commonwealth titlist and is now the primary girls to change into the British tremendous flyweight champion.
On the portion of the undercard that aired completely on DAZN, Hamza Uddin (2-0, 1 KOs) gained on factors in opposition to Giulio Commerso (4-2, 0 KOs). Referee Kevin Parker scored the six-round bantamweight battle 60-53. Commerso misplaced one level in spherical 4 for repeated holding.
Earlier than the Bell
On a portion of the undercard that was accessible on YouTube, Ibraheem Sulaimaan (4-0, 3 KOs) gained by way of second-round technical knockout in opposition to Jesus Gonzalez (3-2, 0 KOs). The time of stoppage for this six-round light-weight bout was 1:50. Sulaimaan despatched his opponent to the canvas in rounds one and two. Following the second knockdown, Gonzalez bought up however was wincing, inflicting referee Parker to wave issues off.
In tremendous bantamweight motion, Muhammad Mustafa Ali (4-0-1, 1 KO) and Kelvin Madjid (2-1-1, 0 KOs) fought to a draw. Referee Chris Dean scored the six-rounder 57-57.
Emanuel Odiase (4-0, 3 KOs) gained by way of fourth-round knockout in opposition to Kevin Masirika (2-2, 1 KO). The time of stoppage for this four-round heavyweight bout was 0:45. A left hook despatched Masirika to the canvas and he didn’t beat referee Dean’s depend.
