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‘MAKE OR BREAK’ WEIGH-IN RESULTS
| A SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT sizzler is coming our way tomorrow night when British and Commonwealth champion Jack Rafferty defends his belts against former WBC Silver lightweight champion Mark Chamberlain.
It is a domestic shootout that promises to be a thriller and this afternoon, in Manchester, the pair exchanged final words at the pre-fight press conference ahead of trading blows at the Altrincham Ice Dome. Weigh-in Results: The British & Commonwealth Super-Lightweight Championships – 12 x 3 Minute Rounds The Commonwealth Featherweight Championships – 12 x 3 Minute Rounds The WBA International Super-Flyweight Championship – 10 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest – 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest – 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest – 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest – 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Featherweight Contest – 8 x 3 Minute Rounds Featherweight Contest – 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest – 8 x 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest – 8 x 3 Minute Rounds |
‘MAKE OR BREAK’ FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
A SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT sizzler is coming our way on Saturday night when British and Commonwealth champion Jack Rafferty defends his belts against former WBC Silver lightweight champion Mark Chamberlain.
It is a domestic shootout that promises to be a thriller and this afternoon, in Manchester, the pair exchanged final words at the pre-fight press conference ahead of trading blows at the Altrincham Ice Dome.
Below are a selection of key quotes from the media event:
Jack Rafferty
“Thank you everyone for being here for the Rafferty Show. I am very proud to be headlining on DAZN for Queensberry. It is a bit of a pinch me moment, but I know why it is a pinch me moment because I’ve worked hard to get into this position.
“I don’t think anybody is as hungry as me. He has been there, done that, been on the big shows and has had a taste of Wembley. I think this is his first headline show, like myself, so we are going to see a good Mark Chamberlain. But this is going to be a demolition from Jack Rafferty.
“You’ve seen him do good things and now you will see him try and push onto good things at super lightweight and take these titles off me. You see the hard work I’ve put in to get into this position and be sat here at the table with these belts – that won’t be happening on Saturday night.
“He is coming for it and they all have. They’ve all tried it. Henry (Turner) tried it and I was a massive underdog against Henry. People said he boxed my head off for six rounds and that’s cool. I know what I’ve got in the tank and what I’m made of.
“I’ve prepared well for Mark and I know what he is about. Jack Rafferty will be coming out ‘and still’.
“It is break or be broken for me. Like I said, it is the Jack Rafferty show and we are all here, for me. My name is there at the top and we are all ready for it.
I don’t know what Mark has done to my coach because he has put me through it. I think he has got a bit of a bee in his bonnet about this. I’ve got a problem with Mark because he is trying to take my titles off me, but apart from that… He has got a massive bee in his bonnet about Mark.”
Mark Chamberlain
“I’ve trained hard for it and I am definitely more hungry than ever for it. It is my second headline and I am just excited for Saturday night, really.
“I expect an explosive fight between the pair of us because styles make fights. Jack is explosive and comes forward. I’ll be the same and I certainly won’t be doing what previous opponents have done and that is hit and run and then get knackered out after a few rounds.
“Just expect a war.
“It will be the making of me come Saturday night, that is for sure. The make or break title, I think, is a bit irrelevant. I am 26 and I haven’t got a million miles on the clock. I just truly believe that Saturday night will bring a victory for me.
“I knew what I was signing up for with this fight. I didn’t expect it to be down in Portsmouth because I am not the champion. Jack has earned his spot in his back garden and this is the challenge I want. I want big fights, I don’t want to be in boxing to have an opponent put towards me and me saying ‘I don’t want to fight him’.
“I just believe that if you want to be a champion, you’ve got to beat a champion.”
Chisora Outlasts Wallin
Derek Chisora isn’t done yet. The popular British heavyweight warrior won a hotly contested 12-round unanimous decision over Otto Wallin in front of a raucous crowd at The Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Chisora was in the face of Wallin from the opening bell. He landed some wild haymaker shots that seemed to have Wallin off his game. Wallin did well to land in between, but there were much fewer and far in between.
In round five, Chisora was cut bad both above and below his right eye.
Despite the blood, in round nine, Chisora landed a hard right hand in the corner that Wallin on the canvas. The battled to the closing bell.
Chisora, 259 lbs won by scores of 117-109, 116–110 and 114-112 and is now 36-13. Wallin of Sweden is now 27-3-0-1.
Sofiane Khati stopped Nathan Heaney in round seven of their 10-round middleweight bout.
In round five, Heanery was cut over his left eye.
In round seven, Khati landed a flush left and followed with a hard right that put Heaney on the deck. Heaney spit out his mouthpiece to buy some time. Moments later, Heaney ate a big left hook on the ropes and the fight was stopped at 1:08.
Khati, 159 lbs of France is 18-5 with seven knockouts. Heaney, 159 lbs of Stafford, ENG is 18-2-1.
Jack Rafferty broke down Reece McMillian en-route to a seventh round stoppage in a 12-round junior weterweight bout.
In round six, McMillian began to bleed around his right eye. Rafferty ramped up the pressure in round seven as he landed a hard flurry of punches and the corner of McMillian threw in the towel at 1:37.
Rafferty, 139 lbs of Manchester is 25-0 with 16 knockouts. McMillian, 139 lbs is 17-2.
Zach Parker won a 10-round unanimous decision over Mickeal Diallo in a light heavyweight bput.
In round four, Diallo was cut around his right eye from am accidental headbutt.
In round eight, Parker was cut around his left eye.
Parker, 173 lbs won by scores of 98-92, 98-93 and 97-94 and is now 26-1. Diallo, 174 lbs of France is 21-2-2.
Zak Miller won a 12-round majority decision over previously undefeated Masoud Abdulah to win the British and Commonwealth featherweight titles.
In round nine, Miller was cut over his left eye.
Miller, 125 lbs of Manchester, ENG won by scores of 115-113, 115-114 and 114-114 and is now 16-1. Abdulah, 125 lbs of London is 11-1.
Lewis Williams won a four-round decision over Christian Uwaka in a heavyweight bout.
Williams, 230 lbs of Lennington Spa, ENG won by a 40-36 score and is now 2-0. Uwaka, 219 lbs of Portsmouth, ENG is 1-5.
Ball Stops Rios in 10; Defends Featherweight Title
Nick Ball defended the WBA Featherweight title with a 10th round stoppage over Ronny Rios in Liverpool, England.
In round two, Ball began to bleed around his nose. In round three, Ball landed a flurry that was finished by a left hook to the head that put Rios on the canvas.
In round seven, Ball scored a second knockdown when he landed a hard right hand that put Rios down. In round 10, Ball beat down Rios in the corner and after a series of uppercuts, Rios was knocked through the ropes onto the Apron. Rios got to his feet, but his corner saved him anymore damage and the fight was stopped at 2:06.
Ball, 125 lbs of Liverpool is 21-0-1 with 12 knockouts. Rios, 125 lbs of Santa Ana, CA is 34-5.
Jack Rafferty stopped Henry Turner after round nine of their scheduled 12-round junior welterweight bout.
In round five, Rafferty was cut on his forehead.
After beating down Turner for much of round nine, Rafferty landed a huge flurry of punches to the body and Turner went to the canvas. After the round, Turner’s corner pulled their fighter from the fight.
Rafferty, 139 lbs of Manchester is 24-0 with 15 knockouts. Turner, 139 lbs of High Whyndym, ENG is 13-1.
Jack D Turner scored a vicious first round stoppage over Gonzalo Corrinaldezi in a eight-round bantamweight bout.
In the opening frame, Turner landed a hard uppercut that slumped Corinaldezi down to the canvas and the fight was stopped at 2:47.
Turner, 120 lbs of Liverpool is 9-0 with eight knockouts. Corrinaldezi, 118 lbs of Argentina is 5-7-1.
Walter Fury won a four-round decision over Dale Arrowsmith in a junior middleweight bout.
Fury, 156 lbs of Leicaster, ENG won by a 40-36 score and is 2-0. Arrowsmith, 155 lbs of Manchester, ENG is 6-115-5.
Jadier Herrera remained undefeated with a third round stoppage of Oliver Flores in a scheduled 10-round lightweight bout,
In round three, Herrera landed a perfect left hand that put Herrera on the canvas. Upon Flores getting to his feet, the fight was stopped at 30 seconds.
Herrera, 134 lbs of Dubai via Cuba is now 16-0 with 14 knockouts, Flores, 134 lbs of Leon, NIC is 31-6-2.
Andrew Cain stopped Lazaro Casseres in round two in a 10-round bantamweight bout.
In round two, Cain dropped Casseres with a uppercut. Later in the round, Cain landed two hard left hooks that sent Caint to the ropes and the fight was stopped at 1:48.
Cain, 117 lbs of Liverpool is 13-1 with 12 knockouts. Casseres, 116 lbs of Colombia is 11-2.
Joe Cooper won a four-round decision over Lukasz Barabasz in a middleweight fight.
Cooper, 159 lbs of Essex, ENG won by a 40-37 score and is now 2-0. Barabasz, 159 lbs of Poland is 4-14.
Kulakhmet Decisions McGowan
Tursynbay Kulakhmet won a 10-round unanimous decision over Macaulay McGowan in a super welterweight fight in Wakefield, England.
Kulakhment, 154 lbs of Kazakhstan won on all cards by 99-89 scores and is now 2-0. McGowan, 153 lbs of Manchester, UK is 14-1-1.
Rafferty decisions Hill
Jack Rafferty won an eight-round decision over Tom Hill in a welterweight fight.
Rafferty, 150 lbs of Manchester, ENG won by a 78-75 score and is now 3-0. Hill, 150 lbs is 9-2
Paddy Donovan remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Jumaane Camero in a welterweight bout.
Donovan, 146 lbs of Limerick, IRE won by a score of 60-55 and is now 5-0. Camero, 146 lbs of Mitcham. ENG is 10-7.
n a fight featuring undefeated super welterweights, Jack Martin won a decision over Inder Bassi.
In round three, Bassi started to bleed around his nose. In round’s five and six, Martin began to batter Bassi that opened a cut around the left eye.
Martin, 155.4 lbs of Essex won by a score 59-55 and is 4-0. Bassi, 156 lbs is 2-1.
Lewis Edmonson stayed perfect by pounding out a four-round decision over Scott Williams in a light heavyweight bout.
Williams started bleeding from the nose in the final round.
Edmondson, 173.3 lbs of Southampton, ENG won by a 40-36 score and is now 3-0. Williams, 171 lbs of Manchester, ENG is 0-9.