Lewis Crocker stopped Artem Haroyan in round seven of their scheduled 10-round welterweight bout at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Crocker dropped Haroyan once in round sic and again in round seven, and the bout was stopped at 47 seconds.

Crocker, 146 1/4 lbs of Belfast, NI is 14-0 with eight knockouts. Haroyan, 146 1/4 lbs of Spain is 17-3-1.

Paddy McCrory stopped Celso Neves in round two of a scheduled 10-round super middleweight bout.

In round two, McCrory landed a wicked left hook on the inside that dropped Neves and the fight was over at 35 seconds.

McCrory, 168 lbs of Belfast, IRE who is 13-0 with seven knockouts. Neves, 167.2 lbs of Portugal is 8-2-1/

Sean McComb won a decision over Ronnie Clark in an eight-round super lightweight bout.

McComb, 137 1/2 lbs won by a 79-74 score and is now 13-1. Clark is 21-6-2.

James McGivern remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Rustem Fatkullin in a super lightweight bout.

In round six, McGivern was marked up a little bit around the left eye.

McGivern, 136.1 lbs of Belfast, NI won by a score 60-54 and is 4-0. Fatullin, 143 lbs of Russia is 8-11.

Paul Ryan made quick work of David Esquisabel with an opening round stoppage in a scheduled four-round middleweight bout.

In round one, Ryan landed a combination to the head that dropped Esquisabel. Ryan finished the fight with a hard uppercut to the body that sent Esquisabel down again and the fight was stopped at 47 seconds.

Ryan, 155 lbs of Dublin, IRE is 2-0 with one knockout. Esquisabel, 156.2 lbs of Spain is 4-7.

Daniel Keating remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Jack Dempsey Eubank.

In round one, Keating dropped Eubank with a left hook.

Keating, 152.5 lbs of Cork, IRE won by a 40-35 score and is now 5-0. Dempsey, 152.3 lbs of Ashford, ENG is 4-2.

Despite being dropped twice in the opening round, Cain Lewis and Juan Lewis battled to a draw in a super featherweight fight.

In round one, Yin dropped Lewis with a hard left hand. Moments later it was another left hook that put Lewis on the deck. Lewis was able to win the final three rounds and salvage a draw by 37-37 scores on all cards.

Lewis, 126 1/4 lbs of Ireland is 1-0-1. Yin, 125 1/4 lbs of Madrid, SPA is 4-0-1.

(July 8, 2021) — Many of Kazakhstan’s bright young stars will be highlighted this Saturday, July 10 at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In the main event, Kazakh southpaw dynamo Sultan Zaurbek will battle Scotland’s Ronnie Clark in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBO European junior lightweight title.
 
Zaurbek-Clark will headline a scheduled six-fight stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.
 
Zaurbek (10-0, 7 KOs) went 6-0 in 2019 and fought only once in 2020, a one-sided decision over Ukraine’s Vladyslav Melnyk in December. He broke through in December 2019 when he won the WBC Youth 130-pound title with a fourth-round stoppage over China’s Leshan Li. Clark (21-4-2, 10 KOs) is a 10-year pro who has not lost since challenging Martin Ward for the British junior lightweight title in 2016. He last fought in February 2018, knocking down the previously undefeated Zelfa Barrett en route to a majority decision win. A variety of issues kept Clark out of the ring, but he returns with hopes of springing another upset. 
 
In the 10-round junior middleweight co-feature, 2019 World Championships bronze medalist Tursynbay Kulakhmet (3-0, 2 KOs) will continue his world title charge against Russian veteran Aleksei Evchenko (19-14-2, 8 KOs). Kulakhmet, a 27-year-old southpaw, turned pro last summer with a fourth-round knockout over former amateur star Sagadat Rakhmankul and won the WBC International title in his second pro fight. Evchenko, who is 1-1-1 in his last three bouts, has only been knocked out once in a 15-year pro career.
 
In other streaming action on ESPN+:

• Lightweight Nurtas Azhbenov (11-0, 4 KOs), a 26-year-old southpaw from Kandyagash, Kazakhstan, will face former world title challenger Isa Chaniev (14-3, 6 KOs) in a 10-rounder. Chaniev is 1-1 since a second-round TKO loss to Richard Commey in 2019 for the vacant IBF lightweight world title.
   
• In an eight-round welterweight battle, 2018 Youth Olympic Games silver medalist Talgat Shayken (4-0, 2 KOs) will fight durable Russian trial horse Alexander Sharonov (12-5-2, 6 KOs), who has never been stopped in the paid ranks.
   
• Ivan Dychko (9-0, 9 KOs), who won Olympic super heavyweight bronze medals for Kazakhstan in both 2012 and 2016, will face 22-year pro Denis Bakhtov (39-18, 26 KOs) in a scheduled eight-rounder. Dychko recently spent time in camp with WBC and lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury.
   
• Dauren Yeleussinov (8-1-1, 7 KOs) will look to bounce back from his first career loss against Arman Rysbek (7-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round super middleweight tilt.

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Sam Bowen makes a highly-anticipated first defence of his British super featherweight title against Ronnie Clark at the Morningside Arena, Leicester on February 23, live on BT Sport.

Light Heavyweight sensation Anthony Yarde (17-0) will also return to action in a defence of his WBO Intercontinental light heavyweight title. The show will feature a number of the city’s finest young prospects, including a Midlands Area title challenge for 9-0 super welterweight CJ Challenger and the return of 11-1 super featherweight Lyon Woodstock.

Elsewhere on the bill, 14-0 Cruiserweight Jack ‘One Smack’ Massey will look to climb the world rankings as he challenges for the WBO European cruiserweight title.

Bowen, 26, was originally scheduled to defend his title against Clark, 33, this weekend before the 14-0 man from Ibstock in Leicestershire was forced to withdraw after suffering a rib injury in sparring against his gym-mate David Avanesyan.

It was a setback which disrupted some strong momentum built-up by Bowen, who won the Lonsdale belt against Maxi Hughes in April before – after signing a promotional agreement with Frank Warren – adding a second belt to his collection with a hugely impressive fourth round stoppage of Horacio Alfredo Cabral for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title at the same Leicester venue in October.

Bowen will be bidding to vindicate his firm belief that he is the top man in the domestic division against the wily Scot from Dundee, who recorded a significant upsetting of the odds in his last fight in February.
In front of a packed house at York Hall, Clark lived up to his pre-fight promise and de-railed the unbeaten quest of formidable prospect Zelfa Barrett to win the vacant IBF European title.

Clark spectacularly sent Barrett to the canvas in the sixth round before proceeding to win via a majority decision at the end of 12 rounds.

Featherweight talent Ryan Garner (7-0), Scottish Light Heavyweight amateur standout Willy Hutchinson (6-0), Tamworth’s 4-0 Light Heavyweight Ryan Hatton all return to action in Leicester along with a second professional outing for Tyson Fury’s younger brother Tommy Fury at Light Heavyweight.

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