Liam Davies crowned British champion in front of home crowd in Telford
Liam Davies became the new British super bantamweight champion with a points win over Marc Leach at the Telford International Centre on June 11.
Leach (18-2-1, 4KO) had taken the vacant title in March when he upset and outscored the favourite Chris Bourke, and the Salford man had also taken care of undefeated prospect Qais Ashfaq, which was another unsuspecting surprise win to many.
Local boxer Davies (12-0, 5KO) moved from English to British champion with scores of 118-11, 116-113, and 115-113.
Davies was cut in the opening round on the bridge of his nose, but scored an early flash knockdown to gain a foothold in the contest. The home favourite beat Leach to the punch in the early rounds, but the defending champion inched back into the contest with some pressure fighting as the fight went into the championship rounds.
The rounds were difficult to score in the main, and, as each man took turns to impose his will on the other, the breathless contest went to the scorecards.
Undercard Results:
The trilogy contest on the card saw no winner, as Ijaz Ahmed (10-2-2, KO1) and Quaise Khademi (8-1-2, KO2) couldn’t be separated yet again as the pair fought to a split draw. The British super flyweight title was on the line, and, after their rematch draw last August, and Ahmed took a 115-112 verdict, with Khademi taking a 114-113 score, with a third scorecard at 114-114 ensuring the two contested a draw.
Eithan ‘Jammy’ James (9-0) remained unbeaten, with the super lightweight taking an 80-72 win over Lee Connelly (8-78-6).
Muhammad Ali (4-0) also stayed undefeated, taking a 59-56 win at super featherweight against Brayan Mairena (11-28-1, 5KO).
Callum ‘The Tank’ Thompson (4-0, 1KO) went to 4-0, taking all four rounds against Jordan Ellison (13-39-3) at lightweight, and at light heavyweight, Ezra Taylor (3-0, 2KO) stopped Vaselin Vasilev (0-4) in the third round.
George Bance (4-0, 1KO) took a 59-57 win in his welterweight encounter with Richard Helm (1-9-1, 1KO).
Raheem Muhammad (2-0) moved to 2-0 as he took a points win at bantamweight against Stephen Jackson (1-20-1, 1KO).
William Hayden (4-0, 1KO) took all four rounds against Engel Gomez (8-11-1, 4KO) at lightweight.
Amaar Akbar (3-0) moved to 3-0, as the super lightweight took a four round points win against Matar Sambou (2-20, 1KO).
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