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Boxing is back at the Warehouse tonight.

JB Promotions promote their sixth show in under a year at the intimate venue – and it’s their best to date.

Top of the bill is a 50-50 Irish title fight with Senan Kelly and Matthew Tyndall battling it out for domestic honours at welterweight.

In an equally anticipated BUI Celtic title fight sees Daniel O’Sullivan and Sean Murray share the ring at 154lbs.

The extended undercard hosts bouts for Paul Loonam, .Glen Byrne, Oisin Treacy, David Kennedy, Jason Harty and John Boyd.

Irish-Boxing.com are ringside and will be providing on-the-bell reports from each undercard bout below.

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Jason Harty v Bahador Karami

A thundering start to the bout, with Harty stunning Karami with a quick right hand. Karami unfazed by ‘Hard Hitter’s heavy shot, Karami countered landing a straight right hand, knocking the Limerick man down briefly. Karami, definitely earning the respect of Harty, who recovered quickly and remained on the front foot for the remainder of the round, stunning Karami with a right hand in the last 10 seconds of the round following a call from Karami for an alleged low blow.

Starting the second in similar fashion to the first, Harty set out to put pressure on Karami, mixing up his shots a lot more in comparison to the first, having considerable success to the body late in the round. The round didn’t go all “Hard Hitter”s way, who again got caught on occasion by Karami’s counter right hand, which put Harty on the back foot midway through the round, before Harty returned his focus back to the body of Karami.

The third, continuing in the same fashion as the preceding rounds, with Harty starting well landing combination strikes to the body and head of Karami, credit to the UK-based Iranian fighter, who has taken everything Harty has thrown at him. Harty’s kryptonite seeming to be the patented counter straight right of Karami. Harty finishing the round on top, showcasing very slick head movement to evade the strikes of Karami, before landing a beautiful hook to the body which he followed with a thundering one-two at the end of the third.

Again, very close in the fourth and final round, with Harty confidently displaying slick head movement to evade the strikes of Karami, a great opening bout fought at a blistering pace, with Harty emerging victorious via decision.

David Kennedy v Michal Malicki

Huge reception for Wexford’s David Kennedy on his pro debut, who marched to the centre of the ring meeting Malicki with a jab to open the bout. Cool, calm and composed, Kennedy kept Malicki at his own range knocking the Polishman back with his jab on occasion. Kennedy’s most significant lands of the round came through a straight right hand followed by a jab midway through the round, along with a one-two in the last minute or so of the round.

Ramping up his activity in the second, Kennedy returned to the well once more utilising his jab and reach advantage to keep Malicki to the outside. Searching for Malicki’s head with thundering left hooks that narrowly missed, Kennedy readjusted his approach and began to throw right hooks to the head of Malicki which proved to be successful, causing blood to pour from Malicki’s nose.

The third round proved to show the difference in endurance levels, as Kennedy has seemed to grow into the fight with Malicki on the other hand looking visibly tired, desperately throwing haymakers to try and close the distance, with Wexford’s David Kennedy countering with a beautiful three strike combination midway through the round. Searching for the head with the left hook once more, Kennedy landed the strike he was searching for near the conclusion of the round.

Possibly the closest round of the fight, Malicki seemed to have gained a second wind with a swarming pursuit for Kennedy’s head with big looping strikes, some of which managed to land. Kennedy, although getting caught with a couple of heavy strikes, managed to recoup and return to his patented jab which caused Malicki’s nose to bleed profusely, and secure the 39-37 professional debut win for David Kennedy.

Oisin Treacy v Jose Aguirre

Composed from the start of the first, Bray’s Oisin Treacy set out to keep Aguirre at jabbing range from the start, in effort to close the distance Aguirre sent lunging attacks Treacy’s way, efforts which were inevitably unsuccessful as Treacy found home for a sumptuous right hook to the body of Aguirre multiple times throughout the round.

Another composed start from Treacy in the second, as he kept the Costa Rican at range with his jab once again, along with landing thudding straights and hooks to the body of Aguirre, which produced a wince from the Costa Rican brawler, speed and reach proving to be the defining factor of the fight by the end of the second.

A stinging jab to the body of Aguirre at the opening of the third round proved to be the beginning of the end, as Oisin Treacy went back to the well once more with stinging strikes to Aguirre’s midsection, a minute into the third round, the bout was waved off as Aguirre couldn’t sustain anymore strikes to the body, Treacy emerging victorious by TKO.

Paul Loonam v Jake Pollard

Loonam’s speed advantage proving to be very apparent right from the off, as “The Boxer” kept to the outside of Pollard, who tried to march the Offaly man down walking straight into stinging right hooks to the body on occasion. Looking to soften up Pollard’s midsection, Loonam’s primary focus of strikes in the first were indefinitely to the body.

Opening up the second round with jabs and feints to find his range, Loonam goes back to the well once more with yet again stinging right hooks to the body of Pollard. The sheer volume and speed of Loonam’s body strikes proving to be the difference thus far, leaving Pollard vulnerable to the head as he tried to protect his body, Loonam capitalising on the opening.

Three rounds in, Loonam looks fresh as ever, Pollard on the other hand, looked to be feeling the pace of the fight near the end of the round as he simply cant get inside Loonam’s range, with the Offlay man keeping to the outside and popping a jab infront of Pollard any time he tried to close the distance.

Refocusing his efforts back to the head of Pollard early in the fourth, Loonam landed multiple straight strikes on the Englishman early on, who then countered with a left hook that landed, but didn’t seem to faze Loonam. A big swing and a miss from Pollard which was met with jeers from the crowd concludes the fourth.

The early rounds certainly now seemed to have foreshadowed the trajectory of the fight as Loonam keeps to the outside once more, keeping the fight at his own range with sharp jabs and combination strikes to the body and head, landing three back-to-back right hooks at the end of the round, Pollard responding to the Offaly man by beckoning him forward to try and lure him into a dog fight away from his technical approach.

Cool, calm and collected in the sixth and final round, knowing he’s ahead on the judges scorecards, Loonam coasted his way to victory by keeping Pollard at jabbing range for the duration of the round, emerging victorious in a dominant 60-54 decision win.

John Boyd v Octavian Gratii

Significantly taller and longer than his adversary, in typical John Boyd fashion, the Belfast man took to the centre of the ring right from the beginning of the first round establishing his jabbing range, keeping Gratii to the outside for the majority of the round, before picking shots to the body of the Romanian, who tried to counter with looping overhands but Boyd simply wasn’t there.

Starting the second similarly to the first, with sharp shots from the outside along with quick footwork, Boyd really began to dictate the pace and range at where the fight takes place. Eager to try and get inside and land on the big man from Belfast, Gratii threw lunging strikes which failed to have a considerable effect aside from a glancing right hook near the end of the round.