Sunny Edwards outboxed longtime longtime champion Moruti Mthalne to capture the IBF Flyweight championship at York Hall in London, England.
Edwards landed 148 of 907 punches; Mthalane was 106 of 694.
Edwards, 111.3 lbs of England won by scores of 120-108, 118-111 and 115-113 and is now 16-0. Mthalane, 119. lbs of South Africa is 39-3.
Conlan wins Majority Decision over Baluta
Michael Conlan remained undefeated with a 12-round majority decison over Ionut Baluta in a super bantamweight fight.
Conlan landed 170 of 469 punches; Baluta was 97 of 782.
Conlan, 121.9 lbs of Dublin, Ireland won by scores of 117-112, 115-114 and 114-114 and is now 15-0.. Baluta 122 lbs of Madrid, SPA is 14-3.
Conlan said, “Baluta is a tough character, tougher than I thought. And he showed it in his last two performances. He’s as game as they come. But he was missing tons of punches, so I wasn’t really worried. But when {the first scorecard read} was a draw, I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’
“It was a good fight, good preparation for what’s to come.
“I’ll stay active. I’ll fight in August anyway, and I’ll get straight back in the gym.”
Troy Williamson stopped Kieran Smith in round six of a scheduled 12-round junior middleweight bout.
In round six, Williamson landed a a hard combination that put Smith down and out at 1:28. Smith was down for several minutes, but was able to get to his feet.
Williamson, 153 lbs is now 16-0-1 with 12 knockouts. Smith, 153.4 lbs of Scotland is 16-1.
Ryan Garner won a six-round decision over Jordan Ellison in a junior welterweight bout.
Garner was bleeding from his nose in round three.
Garner, 136.75 lbs of Southhampton, UK won by a 60-54 score and is now 10-0/ Jordan Ellison 141 lbs is 11-33-2.
Joshua Frankham won a four-round decision over Naeem Ali a junior middleweight bout.
Frankham, 152.9 lbs won by a 40-36 score and is now 3-0. Ali, 156.2 lbs is a robust 2-67-1.
