Callum Walsh loved a Backyard occasion on St Patrick’s weekend as he moved into double figures on Friday evening.
The Cork fighter beat up the sport and courageous Dauren Yeleussinov, the older brother of an Olympic medal winner, and finally secured a ninth spherical stoppage in Madison Sq. Backyard’s Theater.
Walsh didn’t fairly batter the Kazach into submission, his opponent was too gutsy to present in, finally it was the referee who saved Yeleussinov from himself.
It was affected person and methodical reasonably than explosive from the Freddie Roach-trained fighter however the accumulative stress informed and finally secured the ‘quickest rising star in boxing’ an eight-stoppage win.
The away nook fighter did frustrate and spoil in a studying struggle of types for the Cobh native however he by no means regarded threatening or inflicting any actual issues.
Walsh minimize a peaceful determine within the first, comfortable up on his toes and choosing pictures as Yeleussinov got here marching in. An extended uppercut to the physique adopted by a chopping left hand the go-to shot of the primary three minutes.
Though Yeleussinov smiled all through and nodded his head anytime something of notice landed.
His head shook reasonably than nodded early within the second as a good looking mixture regarded to have him damage. Nonetheless, the skilled New York-based Kazach survived an onslaught earlier than touchdown a proper hook of his personal, as if to maintain the Cork man trustworthy.
Yeleussinov switched types for elements of the third occurring the again foot searching for breaks. Walsh paid no consideration and remained affected person and landed some properly picked and heavy-handed pictures throughout the stanza.
It bought a bit scrappy a lot to the referee’s frustration within the fourth and simply when it regarded just like the Irish fighter may also start to get pissed off he landed a giant left hand on the bell.
Roach known as for the Cobh man to extend the amount between the fourth and fifth however Walsh was comfortable to catch and counter with single pictures for probably the most half.
Whereas Yeleussinov was content material to march ahead and though by no means threatening something too harmful was asking questions and continued to take stable pictures with out blinking.
The beginning of the sixth adopted an analogous sample, though the LA-based mild middleweight did maintain his toes extra in opposition to a sport foe.
The combos did begin to come because the spherical closed, suggesting a gear change was imminent.
It wasn’t fairly first to fifth gear however the 22-year-old did up the tempo, regarded to carry centre of the ring, and continued to check the chin of his rouged marked-up opponent within the seventh, a spherical the place Yeleussinov tried a Floyd Mayweather versus Victor Ortiz.
An enormous left hand on the finish of the spherical excited the Irish within the crowd and despatched the New York resident flying to the ropes however the away nook fighter didn’t seem too damage.
Yeleussinov ate some brilliantly timed southpaw proper hooks all through the eight however not solely stayed standing however continued to search for work.
Nonetheless, the referee was involved and requested the physician to have a look between rounds, who allowed Yeleussinov to struggle on.
With the referee searching for a cause to step in, Walsh pushed the tempo within the penultimate spherical and the person within the center finally got here to the rescue of the courageous Yeleussinov.
The win sees Walsh transfer to 10-0 and it appears like he shall be again out Stateside in early June.
