Nick Ball vs Jesus Eduardo Ramirez Rubio round by round reports
Image Credit: Stephen Dunkley (Round 'N' Bout Media) for Frank Warren Queensberry Promotions
BBN Editor Tim Rickson is reporting live from the York Hall on Friday, November 11
Featherweight sensation Nick Ball (16-0, 9KO) defends his WBC Silver belt for a third time to Mexican challenger Jesus Eduardo Ramirez Rubio (20-1-3, 14KO), at the home of boxing in Bethnal Green.
The York Hall doors open at 6:30pm, with the first fight due to start at 7:05pm. Coverage on BT Sport 2 starts at 7pm and ends at midnight.
First Fight 7:05pm
4×3 Super-Welterweight Contest
Carl Fail vs Dwain Grant
Northampton's 'Chosen One' Carl Fail kicked off the show with a comfortable points win over Dwain Grant, winning all four rounds at 40-36.
Fight 2
4×3 Cruiserweight Contest
Alloys Jnr Youmbi vs Pawel Strykowski
Penge puncher Aloys Junior scored a second successive KO to take his record to 2-1.
Referee Kieran McCann rightfully stopped the contest with just seconds to go in the second round.
The 19 year old 'Animal' was brutal with piercing jabs, clubbing uppercuts and damaging body blows. Pawel Strykowski was bleeding from the nose and breathing heavily for a large portion of the fight. He was never going to make it the distance.
Fight 3
4×3 Welterweight Contest
Sean Noakes vs Petar Aleksandrov
Maidstone man Noakes was as sharp as pin and landed a crunching right hand early on. After a few more clean shots, Aleksandrov became wise to the right hand and managed to avoid a few but his face was reddened and sore by then.
The mid-range fighter hangs his left arm in a sling and uses feints to set traps. The second round was a bit messier as Aleksandrov sensibly tied Noakes up whenever he could and when he couldn't, he was mobile to keep away.
Sean landed some nice jabs in the third but then a shootout ensued when Aleksandrov landed a big right of his own. Incentivised by the success, the Bulgarian throw multiple hooks but Noakes answered them all back.
Another flush right hand landed in the fourth. Aleksandrov was showboating and whooping but he was eating jabs for dinner. Noakes closed the show with a superb right uppercut and, despite the torrid time he was subjected to, Aleksandrov walked back to his corner with a smile.
Lee Every scored the contest 40-36 to Noakes.
Fight 4
6×3 Featherweight Contest
Umar Khan vs Alexander Taylor
Taylor was coming forward but his punches were laboured. Khan forced him back into the ropes and spun his head round with a swift left hook.
The 20 year old from Ilford, Essex, hasn't stopped anyone yet but Khan started the second aggressively then reverted back to boxibg neatly for the rest of the round.
The 62-fight veteran from Nicaragua was on the front foot all the way through the third but was picked off throughout by Khan, who switched from orthodox to southpaw effortlessly.
Khan was clearly having fun by the fourth round, which he ended the round with a long right uppercut.
Not much to report from the fifth but Khan saved his best shot for the last second – a crunching straight right to the face.
Khan started the sixth stanza as southpaw and popped his right jab out constantly to not allow Taylor to come forward as he had been. A right hook – left hook combo landed cleanly, then an uppercut soon after, so Umar went in for the kill, trapping Taylor on the ropes, roared on by the crowd, but remained patient when he sensed it wasn't coming. There were smiles and mutual respects shared when the final bell sounded.
The contest was scored 60-54 to Khan, who moved up to 5-0.
Fight 5
10×3 Light-Heavyweight Contest
Willie Hutchinson vs Luca Spadaccini
Once-beaten Hutchinson was popping out his jab from down low and launched into aggressive attacks with left and right hooks on several occasions. He finished the round in southpaw stance. Spadaccini threw a couple of right hands but he was just target practise for those first three minutes.
The second round was tamer as the Italian learned his lessons and Hutchinson was patient. That soon changed in the third as Hutchinson looked to finish the fight early but the Italian was a tough nut to crack.
Willy took his foot of the gas in rounds three to five, perhaps mindful of the 10-round distance. The 33 year old Italian known as 'War Machine' kept coming forward still.
The 24 year old 'Braveheart' was finding it all too easy by the sixth stanza, switching stance, posing, inviting Spadaccini to fight…
In the seventh, Hutchinson stepped it back up a gear and was putting punches together. Soon he had Spadaccini trapped on the ropes and body shot rippled through his ribs causing the Italian to go down and when he rose to beat the count, the pain etched across his face was telling enough for referee Lee Every to stop the fight. Official time of 36 seconds in the seventh round.
Fight 6
6×3 Heavyweight Contest
David Adeleye vs Elvis Garcia
Ladbroke Groves' David Adeleye scored an eye catching uppercut in the opener, which ended with both heavyweights staring each other out before their walks to the corner.
Bad idea by the Mexican who was greeted with aggression at the start of round two and was looking up at the man he goaded from the seat of his pants just a few seconds into the stanza. After two more knockdowns, referee Kieran McCann stopped the contest at 2:27 of round two. 25 year old Adeleye didn't rush or smother his work, he exacted patience to land the right shots to cause the most damage, the second knockdown coming courtesy of a short right uppercut. The last punch the Londoner there didn't actually land, a right hook swept over the Mexican's head as he went down under the sheer pressure of Adeleye's advances and this time decided to stay down.
Main Event – 10pm (Approx)
12×3 WBC Silver Featherweight Championship
Nick Ball vs Jesus Ramirez Rubio
All over in one! Nick Ball was typically Nick Ball, bringing devastation in no time at all – three knockdowns in just 108 seconds.
A blisteringly quick left hook sent the Mexican crashing to the canvas in under a minute, then he landed a jab-uppercut-left hook combination to put him down in his own corner, then there was left-right-left hook combination for the third knockdown, then a further barrage forced referee Victor Laughlin to step in.
Rubio actually landed the first big punch in this fight, catching Ball with a strong uppercut early. He followed up with a couple more shots from at range but Nick caught them on his gloves, then came forward again unperturbed.
All three knockdowns were simply stunning. The first single left hook was thrown to perfection, landing accurately on its intended target. The second knockdown was a work of art as Ball came out from his neutral corner with patience and poise to get his stance and shape right before putting out a throwaway jab which invited Rubio to begin to throw his right hand, then Ball seized his moment to land a big left uppercut and the following left hook sent him flying backwards. The final knockdown was also eyecatching, he popped up from crouching down low with a big left hook but it was the follow-up right hook that went right through its target that did the damage, landing on the left side of the Mexican's chin to snap his head to the side and the last left hook landed on the neck area, but it was the vicious right hook that had done the job.
This latest knockout – his fourth in a row – will likely elevate the WBC 14th ranked featherweight into the top 10 where he is seeking a showdown with champion Rey Vargas next year.
