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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.
At the midway point of the fight, Gratii landed a looping right hand over the top, to which Boyd responded very well with a combination of straight shots and hooks to the body, Boyd’s most significant strike of the round came after this exchange landing a straight left hand which sent Gratii’s back towards the ropes.
Gratii’s efforts lunging forward once again in the fourth looking to land on Boyd came up unsuccessful, with the Belfast man retreating and recouping keeping the Romanian at range, before landing a flurry of hooks at the midway point in the round, this barrage of strikes wasn’t to be the end of Boyd’s pressure as he went back to the well once more putting Gratii on the back foot for the remainder of the round.
The jab’s and straights from Boyd began to have a visible physical affect on Gratii in the fifth round as blood began to pour from the nose of the Romanian, Gratii’s head down approach to trying to close the distance with Boyd certainly didn’t aid his nosebleed.
A strong finish in the sixth round from Boyd, who was flowing in the final round as he threw caution to the wind despite being ahead on the judges scorecards, beckoning Gratii forward after catching him with clean strikes in close quarters, a flurry of hooks and straights in the last 10 seconds got a great response from the crowd, and seen the Belfast man move to 4-0 following a 60-54 decision win.
Glenn Byrne v John Henry Mosquera
Slow steady start from Glenn Byrne, as he marched down Mosquera before ripping to the body with a right hook, a strike which he’d find a home for throughout the first round, not much thrown from Mosquera who was quite happy to back off and let Byrne pressure him back to the ropes, and countering with hooks which had minimal effect on the Dubliner.
Byrne, starting to mix up his strikes in the second ripping to the body with a thundering right hook against the ropes before adjusting his focus to the head, midway through the round Byrne took the foot off the gas slightly, as there were minimal strikes thrown his way from Mosquera, with the ones that the Colombian threw lacking conviction.
Activity levels from both men ramping up in the third and fourth, as Byrne attacks yet again to the body, with his brother Jay in the corner calling for him to “double up” on the right hook to Mosquera’s midsection up against the ropes. Credit to Mosquera, who shelled up well to try and defend against Byrne’s onslaught, but yet again failed to respond with any significant lands of his own.
Byrne yet again ripping to the body and head in the final two rounds, much like the previous four, landing thundering hooks to the body of Mosquera who kept a great poker face and coolly absorbed the heavy body attacks from Byrne, with Byrne inevitably walking his way to a comfortable and dominant 60-54 decision win.
CO-MAIN EVENT Sean Murray v Daniel O’Sullivan
An electric start to a mouthwatering bout for the Celtic Super Welterweight Title, with Navan’s Sean Murray meeting Daniel O’Sullivan right in the centre of the ring and both men trading heavy leather right from the first bell, and the first round continued in that fashion with O’Sullivan and Murray trading heavy shots to the body midway through the first, a really back and forth round with O’Sullivan looking to be on the front foot and landing a beautiful overhand, only for Murray to counter with heavy hooks.
The action followed in the second round, with O’Sullivan looking to be on the front foot and landing the heavier strikes, with Murray throwing caution to the wind and swinging for the fences. The action was interrupted briefly as O’Suillivan had Murray’s back to the ropes, the Meath man’s gumshield fell out of his mouth.
In an absolute cauldron atmosphere, the third round didn’t disappoint, controversy arose when Murray’s gumshield fell out yet again, and as he tried to fend off the onslaught from O’Sullivan, there were calls that Murray may have struck O’Sullivan with a headbutt, nevertheless the action continued throughout the fourth and into the fifth with yet again more hooks and flurries of heavy shots from both men, as O’Sullivan would pressure Murray back to the ropes only for the Navan man to counter with massive looping hooks, some of which appeared to stun O’Sullivan. Murray was on the receiving end of a point deduction in the fourth.
With both men fighting at an absolute blistering pace for 15 minutes, the action well and truly continued into the sixth as Daniel O’Sullivan fearlessly marched down Murray putting every morsel of strength behind each hook to the head and body of the Meath man, ever the warrior Murray tried to counter with ‘hail Mary’ strikes but came to little avail, the relentless pressure from O’Sullivan began to take its toll on Murray visibly as his strikes began to look a lot more laboured, along with a bloodied nose.
More controversy in the seventh leaving Sean Murray chasing the knockout as he was deducted yet another point for his gumshield falling out again! Behind on points, Murray came out swinging for the fences in the eight and bloodied O’Sullivan’s nose before pressuring him against the ropes knowing he has to finish the fight, O’Sullivan shelling up and letting Murray tire himself out before combatting his barrage of strikes against the fence with that of his own.
Murray, knowing he’s behind on points and the two point deduction chased the finish throughout the eight and final round, unfortunately coming up short and his efforts coming as too little too late in the round. Awaiting judges decision but it definitely seems that Daniel O’Sullivan is the new BUI Celtic Super Welterweight Champion.
MAIN EVENT: Senan Kelly v Matthew Tyndall
Tentative start from both men, feeling each other out with jabs, with the pair having sparred multiple rounds previously the level of respect between both combatants is very apparent. A lot of straight strikes being thrown from each fighter, with Senan Kelly having the first ‘significant’ land in the round coming by way of a right hook to the body followed by a left up top. Kelly emerging on top and landing first from a lot of the striking exchanges.
Right from the off in the second round Senan Kelly hunted down “The Matador” with an attempted one-two resulting in both men tying up in the clinch, and spending quite considerable time there. Midway through the second the bout developed a bit of ‘needle’ and turned into a scrap with Senan Kelly tossing Tyndall to the floor after a tie up in the clinch, again Kelly seemed to land first and cleaner in the striking exchanges.
Kelly, starting the third on the front foot opened up the round with a beautiful counter straight right, a swing and a miss from Tyndall resulted in the pair tying up again and both receiving stern words from the referee, midway through the round Senan Kelly showcased blistering pace as he ripped three consecutive hooks to the mid section of Tyndall, unfazed and methodical in his approach despite being on the receiving end of heavy blows, Tyndall recouped and recovered landed strikes of his own.
More back and forth action in the fourth round, as Tyndall throws caution to the wind landing heavier shots than in previous rounds, a swing and a miss from the Bray man resulted in a stumble from Kelly as he tried to evade the strike, returning to the action following the stumble Kelly landed combination strikes to the body of Tyndall, which he followed with a straight right that got Tyndall’s attention.
Non stop action in the fifth round, with both men engaging in toe-to-toe close combat, producing high octane high energy striking exchanges before clinching up once again, by the end of the fifth, Kelly appears to be the fresher fighter and the pace setter.
Kelly comes out for the sixth and looks to be on the front foot, but he’s certainly not out of the woods yet as Tyndall is absorbing everything the Leixlip man throws his way, firing from the hip with his own looping strikes which are managing to keep Kelly from getting too close, biggest strikes of the round certainly another straight right from Kelly, along with an uppercut-hook combo.
Throughout the seventh, Tyndall looks as if he’s beginning to feel the pace that Senan Kelly has set from early on, by no means is Kelly walking the fight, he seems to be getting the better of striking exchanges, landing first and putting Tyndall on the back foot.
Into the eight round, it looks to be a case of sink or swim for Tyndall who could very well be behind on the judge’s scorecards. Again, Kelly dictating the pace of the fight, keeping Tyndall on the back foot, whilst throwing a lot of feints that Tyndall is reacting to.
A tough, and gritty ninth round for both men, Kelly was not only on the receiving end of a stern warning from the referee for his antics in the clinch but also an orchestra of boo’s from the crowd after he dragged Tyndall down in the clinch.
