Liam Cameron, having his third comeback struggle after a four-year suspension for cocaine, stored his boxing goals alive with a first-round victory over Tanzanian Hussein Itaba at gentle heavyweight.
Sheffield’s Cameron, aged 33, improved to 23-5 (10 KOs) and landed a stable proper hand within the opening exchanges that brought on Itaba’s legs to dip and moments later he broke by way of with a number of quick left and proper hooks with Itaba all at sea. Cameron tried to get the job performed rapidly and he crashed over one other proper hand. Itaba tried to carry to stem the assaults coming his method however he was downed once more from a left to the physique and a left hook excessive and the struggle was waved off.
The time of the stoppage on the Sheffield Enviornment was 2:32. Itaba is now 16-9-3 (11 KOs).
“What a whirlwind this has been,” mentioned Cameron “Eight months in the past I used to be sitting on the couch as fats as a pig, I used to be an alcoholic; now I’ve stopped ingesting for 15 months and I’m on my third struggle. If I can do it, everybody can do it. That is for anybody who’s struggling on the market. You possibly can come again. It’s not over till it’s over.”
Cameron-Itaba was the ultimate preliminary bout forward of the tremendous light-weight conflict between Jose Zepeda and Dalton Smith.
Leli Buttigieg, a four-time nationwide champion who carries the nickname of “The Maltese Monster”, seems to be to be a category act. The Newham middleweight prospect dictated phrases all the best way towards Poland’s Bartlomiej Stryczek and, within the third spherical, he decked Stryczek with an exquisite lengthy one-two.
The imposing Buttigieg combined up his assaults properly and the referee may have been forgiven for stopping it within the third.
Buttigieg patiently took his time within the fourth however the now 2-3 Pole was badly reduce by the left eye within the fifth and a extra compassionate nook would have saved him from having to take in a one-sided loss.
Stryczek was harm with two minutes to go within the third however confirmed coronary heart and braveness in bundles, bleeding from the nostril, bleeding from the attention, taking heavy photographs to the pinnacle and physique and solely having restricted success.
The skilful Buttigieg is now 3-0 (1 KO), having gained by 60-53 for the referee John Latham.
Doncaster middleweight Connan Murray, 8-0 (1 KO) opened the present with a 60-54 choice over the all the time awkward Irish-based Slovakian Edgar Kemsky, 3-7-1 (1 KO).
