Tremendous welterweight prospect Junaid Bostan (9-0, 7 KOs) scored an emphatic eighth-round knockout in opposition to a troublesome Jack Martin (9-2, 4 KOs) within the chief assist of Peter McGrail vs. Marc Leach tonight on the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, England.
“I wouldn’t name it excellent, seven out of 10. I put rather a lot into it, first title, co-main, I’ve rather a lot to work with however I’m very proud of the efficiency,” mentioned Bostan.
Bostan began the primary spherical calmly behind his left hand jab, however it would not take lengthy for his explosiveness to shine by. On the midway stage of the opener, Bostan landed a straight left-right mixture to stun Martin. Bostan pounced with one other large proper to the pinnacle seconds later. Martin took one other two proper arms with simply over a minute on the clock and Bostan ripped the physique simply earlier than the bell.
A jittery Martin pressed ahead to start spherical two as Bostan picked away to the physique along with his left hand. Bostan once more landed an attention grabbing left to the physique as the ultimate minute approached. Switching his stance all evening, Bostan landed one other attention-grabbing counter with a wise left to the pinnacle. Nevertheless, Martin landed a flush proper hand because the bell rang that drew a smile from his opponent.
Martin once more pressed ahead to start the third, however Bostan was pleased selecting him off on the again foot. A left uppercut was effectively timed from Bostan as 60 seconds handed, a left uppercut adopted 40 seconds later, however the tempo had slowed.
Martin scored with a glancing mixture to open spherical 4. Nevertheless, Bostan took cost with a proper uppercut-left hook that Martin took admirably. Bostan went to the physique and adopted with a pointy proper upstairs halfway by the spherical, and he was trying ranges above the Southern Space champion. Bostan closed the interval with a left hook to the pinnacle.
By the fifth, Martin desperately wanted to say a spherical, however Bostan’s dominance continued as he subtly switched his stance. Nevertheless, Martin landed a uncommon clear proper hand on the midway stage. Bostan labored on the again foot till the top of Martin’s best session however would take one other stalling left-right mixture on the bell.
The tempo slowed as spherical six progressed however Bostan was nonetheless in agency management. He landed a pleasant proper to the pinnacle after the primary minute and Martin hit the canvas after a left to the physique, however the shot was dominated an unlawful blow. Bostan attacked the physique once more to see out the spherical in opposition to a nonetheless robust and recreation Martin.
Martin pressed within the seventh however Bostan countered with one other good left hand to cease the offense. Bostan showboated in an try to attract Martin in in direction of the shut of the session, however it was the struggle’s dullest spherical thus far. The eighth began with Bostan well selecting off the oncoming Martin. Bostan loaded as much as land a left uppercut to the chin that despatched Martin tumbling to the canvas after 49 seconds of the spherical. Martin admirably rose to his ft, however referee Marcus McDonnell referred to as a halt to the competition.
Native middleweight prospect Stephen Clarke moved to 3-0 with a large factors victory in opposition to Estonian Artjom Spatar (4-8-1) over 4 rounds.
The primary spherical noticed native man Clarke management the bulk. Nevertheless, Spatar landed a head-rattling mixture to finish the spherical because the pair traded. Each males continued to return ahead to begin the second. Motion adopted for the following two minutes with the pair each letting their arms go and each taking clear photographs.
It was both man’s struggle going into the third. Clarke landed a left hand to start, shortly adopted by a glancing uppercut. Clarke appeared to say himself scoring with a left to the physique, Spatar was being outworked and had gone quiet. Clarke acquired on his again foot to well field his method by till the top, touchdown a reaching shot on the bell.
Clarke once more began the sharper to start spherical 4 as Spartar’s assault had now turn out to be gradual and predictable. The Liverpudlian caught behind his jab and straight proper hand till the top. Referee Steve Grey scored each spherical for Clarke, marking it 40-36.
