Eddie Hearn and Matchroom presented an action packed night of boxing from the Hull Ice Arena, as Luke Campbell MBE and Tommy Coyle successfully came through their assignments to set up a Summer showdown, and Sam Eggington dropped and stopped Shayne Singleton.
Coyle took the opening session of his bout against Martin Gethin with ease, working the jab and shooting to the body, as the Walsall man looked to figure out his young opponent. Gethin made a statement of intent in the second, though, when he decked ‘Boom Boom’ with a wicked left hook.
The former fruit and vegetable salesman regrouped to win the third round, with Gethin doing little more than stalk. And the box and move tactics were enough for Coyle to secure the fourth too.
In between the fifth and sixth rounds, Gethin and his team pulled out of the fight citing an ear injury.
Campbell put on a dazzling display of southpaw skills to outclass and destroy the capable Levis Morales in three rounds.
The London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist was devilishly accurate and spiteful in his attacks. And the Nicaraguan puncher couldn’t keep up with him.
Welterweight dynamo, Sam Eggington, crushed Shayne Singleton to snatch the WBC International Silver welterweight title.
Singleton, the defending champion on fight night, boxed well in the opening session. Eggington, though, was merely biding his time.
‘The Savage’ knew all along that he was the puncher and he proved it in the second round. A short, fast counter exploded on the chin of the Colne man and left him on his back for an eight count.
Singleton battled bravely throughout, but every clean punch from the Jon Pegg trained Eggington had a negative effect on the legs of the former English light welterweight titleholder. Two more heavy knockdowns in the fifth round gave the Singleton corner the queue to throw in the towel.
Tom ‘The Crusader’ Knight overcame two knockdowns to claim a draw with the clever and experienced Erick Ochieng.
The young light middleweight started the fight working well behind a sharp and accurate jab. He was able to control the distance in the early exchanges, although Ochieng was always dangerous with swinging counters.
A crunching overhand right to the temple in the fourth round forced him to take a knee. Shortly afterwards, Knight again touched down after swallowing a right uppercut. In extraordinary turn of events, Knight finished the fourth stanza on top.
Knight then showed something that can’t be taught – courage. And in the fifth stanza, he bludgeoned ‘The Eagle’ clean through the ropes with a thudding flurry of blows. Knight seemingly outworked Ochieng through to the finish, but the referee, Howard Foster, scored the bout a draw.
Gamal Yafai maintained his professional winning streak by stopping Krysztof Rogowski in the third round. The Polish opponent came to fight, but the polished boxing skills of the younger Yafai brother were more than enough to see him safely past a potential banana skin.
Local lad, Charlie ‘Punisher’ Payton, suffered his first professional defeat at the hands of Lincoln’s Bobby ‘Dazzler’ Jenkinson. The visitor overpowered and outworked the home favourite for the entirety of their six round bout and he was thoroughly deserving of his 60-55 points victory.
Another Hull-based prospect, Connor Seymour, battled to a four round draw with Danny Brown. The pair traded often with both men enjoying success and they fought right through to the final bell.
Hometown heavyweight debutant, Ryan Fuller, started life as a professional by stopping Newcastle’s James Barnes in the opening round. A flurry of punches after 90 seconds prompted the referee to step in and call a halt to proceedings.
Rocky Fielding, returning from a lengthy layoff caused by a hand injury, shook off the cobwebs in a comfortable eight round decision over Oleg Fedotovs. Despite the comfortable nature of the performance, the lanky super middleweight showed signs of rust as he was tagged with a number of wild swings.
Sedgefield light welterweight, Bradley Saunders, thrashed Stephane Benito in preparation for an April Commonwealth title challenge against the seasoned Dave Ryan.
– Stevie Adams Jr / @StevieAdamsJr
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