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Caoimhin Agyarko starts busy night with impressive KO win

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Caoimhin Agyarko ensured a busy night of Irish boxing off to a perfect stat.

The Belfast middleweight was the first of four Irish boxers in action and kicked off the night with an impressive win.

Agyarko ended the year with a bang, registering a third career stoppage win in London.

The 23-year-old was predicting a tough fight against Bulgarian Danail Stoyanov [3(1)-9(0)] but seen the fact the journey has never been stopped as an opportunity to make a mini statement.

The Frank Warren prospect did just that, taking out the journey man at York Hall.

Speaking before the fight Agyarko told Irish-boxing.com he expected to start making more noticeable steps up the ladder in 2020 and believes that is when his best will be on display.

“A win will set up another busy learning year for me, but a year were I will step up in opponents and I believe that’s when you’ll see the best Caoimhin Agyarko.”

Agyarko was the first of the four Irish fighters in action tonight. Steven Ward will be up next in the Golden Contract quarterfinals, then Noel Murphy trades leather in Madison Square Garden, before Michael Conlan takes on Vladimir Nikitin at the same venue.

The win see’s Agyarko improve to 6-0 with three knockouts.

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Jonny Stapleton

Irish-boxing.com contributor for 15 years and editor for the past decade. Have been covering boxing for over 16 years and writing about sports for a living for over 20 years. Former Assistant Sports editor for the Gazette News Paper Group and former Tallaght Voice Sports Editor. Have had work published in publications around the world when working as a freelance journalist. Also co-founder of Junior Sports Media and Leinster Rugby PRO of the Year winner. email: editoririshboxing@gmail.com

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